Vestibular Physiotherapy is a specialized form of exercise-based physiotherapy that prescribes to treat and manage symptoms caused by vestibular disorders. Vestibular disorders are related to your body’s vestibular system – which is the link between your ear and brain.
Your vestibular system sensory system is made up of two inner ear organs, vestibular centres in the brain stem and your vestibular nerves.
It provides the brain with information about head movement and body position and reacts accordingly by sending nerve impulses to the muscles in your eyes, trunk, and limbs to help you balance.
Physiotherapy treatment can help to reduce dizziness provoked by head-and-body movement and improve balance and gaze stability or eye-head movement coordination.
Therefore, your physiotherapist will do a detailed assessment to formulate a specialized vestibular rehabilitation programme that requires active participation to help improve the following symptoms.
Our team is experienced in treating most cases related to the neurological or vestibular system such as the ones below. Other conditions we can see include Cranial traumas, Brain tumours, Vestibular neuronitis and more.
For Stroke Patients, the focus will be on improving mobility, function, and independence through gait training, functional rehabilitation, and motor relearning techniques. Physiotherapists also address balance, coordination, and spasticity management while providing education and support to stroke survivors and their caregivers.
Vestibular Physiotherapy treatment is an effective way to resolve disorders like BPPV. Medications may only reduce the symptoms of nausea and vomiting, but they are not effective in treating the root cause. Physiotherapy treatment includes repositioning manoeuvres to relieve the symptoms of BPPV. Your head will be placed at different movements and angles to move the otoconia from your semicircular canals back into the otolith organs in your ear.
Physiotherapists begin treatment by evaluating their clients’ physical capabilities, establishing rehabilitation goals, and crafting individualised exercise plans. They emphasise improving mobility, balance, fall prevention, and gait retraining. Through personalised interventions and continuous support, physiotherapists assist Parkinson’s disease clients in maximising their physical potential and sustaining independence in everyday activities.
