Specialist Physiotherapy for dizziness, vertigo and balance problems, helping you understand your symptoms and work towards greater stability, confidence and independence.
Dizziness, vertigo and balance problems can affect confidence, movement and everyday life. They can also have several different causes, so the right assessment is important.
Vestibular Rehabilitation is a specialist form of Physiotherapy that assesses how dizziness and balance symptoms affect you and develops an individual treatment and rehabilitation plan where appropriate.
The aim is to help you understand your symptoms, improve function and move with greater confidence.
Your balance depends on information from several systems working together, including your inner ears, eyes, muscles and joints.
When the information from these systems does not work together effectively, you may experience dizziness, vertigo, unsteadiness or difficulty with balance.
Vestibular Rehabilitation aims to help the brain and body adapt and improve how these systems work together where appropriate.
Not every type of dizziness is caused by the vestibular system, so specialist assessment is important before deciding whether Vestibular Rehabilitation is the right treatment.
Dizziness is not always caused by a problem that Vestibular Rehabilitation can treat directly.
Symptoms may sometimes relate to blood-pressure changes, medication, cardiac conditions, neurological problems or other conditions requiring medical or specialist assessment.
If your assessment suggests Vestibular Rehabilitation is not the appropriate pathway, we will explain the recommended next step.
Your first 60-minute appointment is designed to understand your dizziness or balance symptoms, how they affect your daily life and whether Vestibular Rehabilitation is appropriate for you.
The assessment may include discussion of symptoms and medical history, balance and walking assessment, eye/head and movement responses, relevant positional testing, explanation of findings, agreement of a personalised rehabilitation plan and identification of any need for further medical or specialist assessment.
You should leave with a clearer understanding of your symptoms and the most appropriate next step.
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) is a common cause of short episodes of vertigo triggered by changes in head position. Where assessment confirms BPPV, specific treatment can be used to help reposition the inner-ear particles causing the vertigo.
Some Vestibular Rehabilitation exercises are designed to gently challenge the balance system and may temporarily reproduce mild dizziness or unsteadiness.
Your programme will be tailored and progressed according to your symptoms and response.
Your clinician will explain how to perform the exercises and how to manage them safely at home.
Vestibular Rehabilitation at Physiozen is currently provided by Haku Talsaniya, our Senior MSK Physiotherapist | Vestibular Rehabilitation Specialist.
If you’ve been struggling with dizziness, vertigo, or balance problems, our team at Physiozen can help.
