Useful Information On Physical Therapy Treatment For Vertigo

By Anita Ortega


Instability is an uncomfortable feeling of as if you are moving whereas you are not. This disturbing kind of feeling is referred to as revolving, whirling or spinning.it may also make one have a feeling you are falling or not standing in the right posture. Also when walking or just standing one may feel as if to vomit and nausea. Vestibular therapy rehabilitation is known to be the physical therapy treatment for vertigo.

This weird feeling of being dizzy is concerned with the flow of blood, an ear problem or nerve. When it is not so frequent no medication may be required but for people suffering from severe dizziness it is necessary to seek medical attention and the cause be known and treated.

The main focus of treatment is to help reduce, dizziness, make the vestibular system work normally and as a result one should stop experiencing the falling feeling and be stable. This disease is experienced by both people of young age and old people. Some experiences that comes with this disease involve shaking which might be detrimental as they can cause accidents.

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.

As one works out the vestibular recovery therapy lets the brain to work and compensate the main cause of unsteadiness. The determinant of whether this form of therapy will work or not relies on one amount of strength, capability to listen to instructions and follow the, age bracket and also one ability to harmonize issues. Its not a must though to always be seeing your therapist for one can work out the instructed exercise in your home. What is needed is that as the patient heals the difficulty of the exercise he/she does should be increased to ensure much stability when walking or standing.

The most common form of unstableness which mostly occurs to people in the age bracket 50 and common to women is benign paroxysmal positional unsteadiness (BPPU). According to the research done it is much known to happen to people at age 70 and above, once this weird condition has come to the attention of a physician in a patient, one is advised to see a therapist for treatment which normally does not take long

The so advised when he get to a therapist he/she is examined keenly and any changes in position that may be related to causing the unsteadiness are noted whether there are any more problem with the treatment to be administered or stability issues related with benign paroxysmal positional unstableness.

Currently there has been invented the most effective and most preferred mode of treatment known as Epley maneuver, this is involves brief and safe clinical head exercises which does not last long. The main cause of benign paroxysmal positional unsteadiness breaking of the calcium crystals in the inner ear and as a result float in the in the curved ear canal, now maneuver work on this principle to make the crystal move to another canal where they can be taken up by the body




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