Vestibular Rehabilitation
Vestibular rehabilitation is an exercise-based program, designed by a specialty-trained vestibular physical therapist, to improve balance and reduce problems related to dizziness.
At Synapse Physical Therapy, our committed and special team is ready to assist with vestibular rehabilitation to free you from dizziness and improve balance to make your life better and easier!
Dizziness can be described as:
- Feelings of unsteadiness
- Wooziness (swimming feeling in head)
- Light-headedness
- Feelings of passing out
- Sensations of moving
- Spinning
- Floating
- Swaying
- Tilting
- Whirling (sensations known as vertigo)
Benefits from vestibular rehabilitation
Physical therapist will evaluate your symptoms and review your medical history. Your assessment will include all or part of the following areas:
- Balance and/or leg strength/flexibility
- Gait (how you walk)
- Visual stability and mobility
- Neck mobility and neck and arm strength
Common symptoms that can be helped with vestibular rehabilitation include:
- Dizziness or blurry vision with head movements
- Neck tightness, stiffness and/or pain
- Imbalance or the need to hold onto objects when walking
- Headaches
- Frequent falls
- Generalized “dizziness, wooziness and foggy head” feelings