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Useful Information On 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 rehabilitation therapy to let the brain to adjust to and compensate for what is causing the dizziness one is expected to do planned workout. The accomplishment of this dependent on one physical strength, ability to follow directions or instructions, the age of the patient, harmonization and motor abilities. In most cases, patients go to see a therapist few times and instead do perform the designated exercises at their homes. As they continue with their workout numerous times a day, the strain of the exercise increase until one achieve the required high level of stability when doing the head movement, walking and eye movement.

The most known type of unstableness is benign paroxysmal positional unsteadiness (BPPU) which usually occurs to people in the age of 50 and most precisely in women mostly. It has also been shown in researches that its common in people at the age 70 and above. When the benign paroxysmal positional unstableness is observed in a patient by the concerned doctor, it is directed that one undergoes therapy for faster healing.

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.

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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