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Learning More About Physical Therapy Treatment For Vertigo

By Anita Ortega


Dizziness is an uncomfortable sense of motion when there is actually no motion at all. This feeling of motion when actually there is no actual movement is generally known as whirling or spinning. It may also include feelings of one falling or slanting in posture. Vertigo may cause nausea and vomiting, difficulties in balance, standing or even walking. A physical therapy treatment for vertigo is vestibular rehabilitation therapy.

This form of feeling unstable is usually associated with blood flow, ear dysfunction or the nerve. When it does not occur so frequently one must not seek for medical attention; however, if it is severe it is required or advised that the patient seeks medical care as soon as possible.

The main aim of healing is to minimize light-headedness, restore normal function of the vestibular system to prevent falls and improve on one balance. Light-headedness can be a complication for any age patient. One may feel something like you are spinning, dizziness, foggy or just lack of balance and as a result, one ought to cause accidents that might be detrimental at times.

Physical treatment of this problem include inspection of the balance system, one ability to see properly and the functioning of the ear doing the instructed head movement helps in identification of system that are not working for easy medication and instruction by the therapist.

In vestibular recovery the brain is expected to change and replace what is actually bringing up the unstableness while talking the designed exercise. How strong you are, you willingness to be instructed, how old you are, coordination and motor skills will determine how this is accomplished. Normally people work out in their homes and see their therapist ones or twice a week. The difficulty of the exercise ids increased as one continues recovering till you attain the normal stability.

Benign paroxysmal positional unsteadiness (BPPU) the most common type of dizziness occurs mainly in people over the age of 50 and has been mostly observed to occur in women. Research has it that the incidences are even much high in people around 70 and over. Once benign paroxysmal positional unsteadiness has been noted in patient by a physician, they may advise them to see a therapist so it can be controlled and cured which sometimes is easily treated in one or two treatments.

The therapist would keenly inspect the patient and note the positional changes that cause the dizziness. Whether there are any balance difficulties related with BPPU and if the person has other illnesses that may affect the treatment to be done.

The recent known and better treatment is known as BPPV Epley maneuver and it is considered to be having secure guided head exercise which takes a few minutes. Considering the cause if BPPV is crushing of the calcium crystals that are in the semicircular canal then the cure comes up to make the crushed particles to move to another canal where they can be taken up in the blood stream of the body




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