Vestibular Rehabilitation is designed to alleviate symptoms such as impaired balance, dizziness, and visual deficits. Treatment can include coordination of eye and head movements, desensitizing dizziness symptoms, progressing balance and ambulation abilities, and increasing general endurance and strength.
The most common balance disorder treated with physical therapy is benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, symptoms include dizziness (most often reported as Vertigo) provoked by head movements and changes in position (e.g., turning or lying in bed) lasting for a few seconds, up to a minute.
Treatment may include canalith repositioning procedures, such as the Epley or Semont maneuvers.
BPPV symptoms are often eliminated within one to two physical therapy visits.
Vestibular Rehabilitation is Appropriate for patients with:
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BBPV)
- Labyrinthitis/ Vestibular Neuritis
- Ménière’s disease
- Secondary endolymphatic hydrops
- Superior semicircular canal dehiscence
- Acoustic neuroma
- Perilymph fistula, ototoxicity
- Enlarged vestibular aqueduct
- Massociated vertigo, and mal de débarquement
- Other problems related to vestibular dysfunction include complications from aging, autoimmune disorders, and allergies