Vestibular Physiotherapy

What is Vestibular Physiotherapy?

Vestibular rehabilitation therapy is a specific form of physiotherapy designed to improve symptoms related to many vestibular (inner ear/balance) disorders.  Vestibular physiotherapists have undergone advanced post-graduate study in this field, as it requires particular knowledge and experience to provide appropriate treatment.

How can Vestibular Physiotherapy Help Me?

People with vestibular disorders may experience problems with vertigo, dizziness, visual disturbances and balance.  Vestibular rehabilitation therapy uses exercises and specific movements to help the brain to adapt and compensate for damage in the vestibular system.  The brain also learns to use other senses such as vision and body sense (somatosensory) as a substitute for the damaged vestibular system.  Balance retraining also forms part of vestibular rehabilitation to improve steadiness and reduce falls in people with these disorders.  At Neuro Junction the vestibular physiotherapist will guide you through a comprehensive clinical assessment including testing with infrared video eye recording.   

For patients with Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) Neuro Junction vestibular physiotherapists firstly identify the type of BPPV the client is suffering from and then use different repositioning techniques to resolve the problem.  

At Neuro Junction vestibular physiotherapists work with vestibular disorders and conditions such as:

• BPPV (Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo)

• Meniere’s

• Migraine disorders

• Vestibular neuritis

• Labyrinthitis

• Acoustic neuroma removal

• Dizziness or imbalance after stroke, trauma or head injury

• Visual vertigo – dizziness when watching things move

• Drug-induced vertigo (ototoxicity)