Vestibular physiotherapy is the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of conditions affecting the vestibular system. The vestibular system controls balance and when this goes wrong symptoms such as dizziness, nausea, headaches, fatigue and imbalance can occur. It can be a very disabling time and all aspects of your life can be affected by these symptoms. Vestibular physiotherapy aims to identify the problem and rehabilitate the system to stop this happening.
Benefits of Vestibular Physiotherapy
The benefits of receiving vestibular physiotherapy are huge in terms of the impact on your life and include:
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Vestibular Conditions we treat.
We treat a number of different vestibular conditions. You may have been given a diagnosis of one of the following which physiotherapy can help with:
- BPPV
- Vestibular Neuronitis
- Labyrinthitis
- Migraine Associated Dizziness
- Meniere's
- Dizziness in the Elderly
- Post-surgical removal of Acoustic Neuroma
Do not worry if you have not been given a set diagnosis you can just look through this list of symptoms to see whether a vestibular physiotherapy assessment would be appropriate for you:
- Dizziness
- Imbalance
- Nausea/Vomiting
- Fatigue
- Tinnitus
- Headache
- Fuzzy or full feeling in your head
- Trouble with busy places
- Altered hearing.
- Vertigo