Vestibular / Balance Disorders

Columbia Physical Therapy is staffed by licensed physical therapists who invest in professional continuing education, in order to improve our treatment techniques for a wide variety of disorders.

Patients with impaired balance or vertigo might have good potential for improved function by working with a physical therapist who is familiar with evaluating and establishing a treatment program.

Treatment is customized to the individual and may include instruction in postural stability exercises and gait training. The therapist might employ techniques to facilitate vestibule adaptation. Exercises to increase motion tolerance or improve dynamic equilibrium are often beneficial. Patients exhibiting somatosensory / proprioception deficits need treatment to focus on regaining righting reactions.

If your patient has the following clinical findings or pathology / diagnosis, you might consider a trial of balance retraining vestibular rehabilitation.

• Vestibular Neuritis – vertigo, dysequilibrium, postural instability
• Labyrinth – motion sensitivity, dysequilibrium
• Central Vestibular Loss – falls, light headedness, decreased righting reactions and decreased sensory integration

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo

• Positionally Provoked
• Period of Latency
• Positive Hallpike Test
• Fatigability
• Nystagmus
• 1 - 60 Second Duration

We look forward to assisting your patients regain balance, reduce deficits and overall improve their functional activities.