How Physiotherapy Can Help Treat Dizziness
We’ll show you specialized physiotherapy maneuvers to find a solution that works for your dizziness
Are you ever struck with a feeling of lightheadedness or find it difficult to keep your balance? Dizziness is a common experience, particularly as people get older, but it’s still an unnerving sensation. Dizziness is an umbrella term for several difficult-to-describe sensations. You may feel like you’re spinning or floating. You may feel lightheaded or faint–or you may feel heavy-headed and woozy. Or you may feel imbalanced and unstable. Regardless, physiotherapy at Dynamic Balance Physiotherapy & Vestibular Rehab Clinic can help your dizziness!
We’ll work with you to identify the source of your dizziness, then provide several potential solutions that can help manage it.
Although dizziness is associated with aging, it’s not an inevitable part of getting older. Nor is it a symptom you have to live with for the rest of your life. To find out more about dizziness and physiotherapy’s role in addressing it, make an appointment at our Surrey clinic today!
The Causes of Dizziness
Several conditions can cause dizziness. One of the most common is inner ear disorders or injuries. Your inner ear plays a significant role in controlling your balance, so when it’s impaired, it can create feelings of unsteadiness and vertigo (a type of dizziness in which you or the room feels like it’s spinning).
However, your inner ear isn’t always the root cause of vertigo. Other potential causes include the following:
- Disruption between your inner ear and your eyes, which destabilizes your vision and leads to dizziness
- Medications, which often have dizziness as a side effect
- Low blood pressure or low blood sugar
- Diabetes
- Neurological conditions like Parkinson’s disease or stroke
- Neck injuries and impairments, including arthritis of the neck and whiplash
Depending on the source of your dizziness, you may experience other symptoms, too. Nausea and difficulty walking are two significant ones. Other potential symptoms might include fatigue/tiredness or certain eye movements, which our physiotherapists can identify.
How Physiotherapy Addresses Dizziness
Determining the source of your dizziness is an important part of developing a plan for addressing it. When you come in for an initial appointment, our team will carefully review your symptoms and medical history and perform a series of movement screens to help us determine what condition might be causing your symptoms.
From there, we’ll develop a customized plan that addresses your dizziness at its source, with the goal of helping you find long-lasting relief. Here are just a few of the approaches we may take to help you feel steady on your feet:
- Symptom Management: One of the first things we’ll do is help you identify any movements or activities that trigger a bout of dizziness. We can then provide modifications. While this doesn’t address the dizziness directly, it can help make it more manageable.
- Vestibular Rehabilitation: If inner ear issues are causing your dizziness, vestibular rehabilitation will help address those issues at the source! Vestibular rehab involves specialized exercises that will help stabilize your gaze and address inner ear concerns.
- Balance Training: Dizziness and imbalance often go hand-in-hand. Balance training involves tailored exercises that challenge your balance, helping you to see improvements over time.
- Manual Therapy: Manual therapy consists of different hands-on techniques, several of which can address dizziness. For example, certain head maneuvers can help relieve symptoms in people with inner ear disorders.
Every treatment program is customized based on the source of your dizziness, your exact symptoms, and your overall goals. Our physiotherapists will guide you through your program, ensuring you do all exercises correctly and adjust techniques as needed.
Request An Appointment at Dynamic Balance Physiotherapy & Vestibular Rehab Clinic Today!
If you’re living with dizziness, vertigo, or balance issues, it’s important to reach out to our team of physiotherapists. Many people struggling with dizziness find it challenging to live their day-to-day lives, especially if they feel like their bouts of dizziness happen randomly. But physiotherapy can help you get your life back!
When you understand the source of your dizziness, you’ll better understand how to manage your symptoms. Our physiotherapists will help you solve the mystery of your dizziness so you can live a full, healthy lifestyle.
To get started, schedule an initial consultation today!