Recover FisioterapiaVestibular Therapy

Ready to Improve Your Balance? Start with Vestibular Therapy 

Do you often feel unsteady or off balance? If so, vestibular therapy may be beneficial. Living with vertigo or dizziness can severely limit your daily activities, making even simple tasks difficult and exhausting. At Recover Fisioterapia & Rehabilitacion, our physical therapists provide highly effective vestibular therapy services to help you regain balance and stability.

Common Causes of Dizziness

Dizziness is a broad term used to describe everything from feeling lightheaded or faint to feeling weak or unsteady. Another common term you may have heard is vertigo—the sensation that you or your surroundings are spinning. Both issues can affect your balance and your ability to stay steady and upright.

Some common reasons for balance problems include:

  • Arthritis
  • Stroke
  • Lack of physical activity/movement
  • Aging
  • Inner ear issues related to the vestibular system, such as Ménière’s disease

Symptoms can range from acute to chronic and, in some cases, may indicate serious health concerns. If you feel dizzy frequently, it’s important to have your condition evaluated, as dizziness can increase your risk of falls, which may lead to serious injuries.

What Can Vestibular Rehabilitation Do for Me?

Balance problems include a wide range of conditions, but they are all connected by their impact on the vestibular system—also known as the inner ear. Vestibular therapy, also called vestibular rehabilitation, is a treatment approach based on adaptation and compensation.

During treatment, the vestibular system is essentially “retrained” to build new connections with the brain, helping correct imbalances and restore equilibrium through both gentle and more intensive therapeutic techniques.

Some common balance disorders that may improve with vestibular therapy include:

  • Ménière’s disease
  • Migraines
  • Stroke
  • Vestibular neuritis
  • Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)

Vestibular therapy can be the difference between living with constant dizziness and vertigo and feeling your best again.