Regain Balance and Eliminate Dizziness
The feeling of being off-balance with vestibular disorders like Vertigo can be life-altering. Vestibular Rehabilitation is designed to alleviate symptoms such as impaired balance, dizziness, and visual deficits. Whether you experience these issues sporadically or consistently, our vestibular physical therapists are committed to developing a program individualized to your needs.
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. BPPV symptoms are often eliminated within one to two physical therapy visits.
Our Services
Understanding your vestibular disorder is one of the keys to recovery. The therapists at HARTZ PT treat balance and dizziness struggles related to inner ear problems, trauma and neurological issues. They will take the time to explain what is happening, and why it is happening, and help you get back on your feet and balanced.
Your therapist can help you with the following:
- Vertigo
- Dizziness
- Ototoxicity
- Concussions
- Balance Disorders
- Ménière’s Disease
- Acoustic Neuroma
- Perilymph Fistula (PLF)
- Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct
- Labyrinthitis/ Vestibular Neuritis
- Secondary Endolymphatic Hydrops
- Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
- Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscenc
- Ménière’s disease
- Secondary Endolymphatic Hydrops
- Massociated Vertigo, and Mal de Débarquement
- Other problems related to vestibular dysfunction include complications from aging, autoimmune disorders, and allergies
Treatment may include:
- Gaze stabilization to improve vision, is achieved by moving the head while viewing a stationary object.
- Habituation exercises to treat dizziness symptoms caused be self-motion or visual stimuli.
- Gait & balance training to increase your steadiness when standing and/or walking.
- Brandt-Daroff exercises are a series of movements that help dislodge and break up crystals in your ear that cause dizziness & lightheadedness.
- Canalith repositioning procedures (CRPs) include a variety of head positions to move the particles/crystals in your ear to an area where they won’t cause symptoms.
Vertigo Patient Testimonials
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