Do you experience dizziness or loss of balance?
There are a few things you can do to help improve your balance and dizziness if you are having issues with your vestibular system, the “balance system” in your inner ear.
- Take a walk every day — this is the only exercise that I give all of my clients and it has been proven to have a significant benefit to recovery
- Try to move as normally as possible
- Rest is important but too much rest is not good for recovery, “a happy medium” between activity and rest is the aim.
If you are experiencing dizziness or loss of balance, there is a specialized physiotherapy treatment that may help you: Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy (VRT). VRT is specialized to help people recover from problems with dizziness or balance from inner ear disorders. It is a series of exercises that can be done at home to help the client re-learn the “feel” of their movement after an illness, injury or surgery has damaged their vestibular system. These exercises are created for the needs of each individual, based on the results of a detailed assessment.
Vestibular Rehab has been proven to assist in improving / resolving the symptoms from:
- Vestibular system loss in one or both ears
- Vestibular Neuronitis, Labyrinthitis
- Gentamicin ototoxicity
- Post-surgical issues (symptoms after tumour removal, etc)
- Multiple Sclerosis, Stroke, Head Injury with vestibular involvement
- Meniere’s Disease after surgery / gentamycin treatment
- Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)
VRT can be a path to return to your normal life activities. Ask your health-care provider about VRT to learn more.
