Treating Vertigo with Physical Therapy

Yvonne Francis, PT, MBA, CMLDT explains vertigo and how a physical therapist can help treat the condition. For more information and to find a physical therapist, visit http://www.moveforwardpt.com/find-your-condition/balance-related/what-is-bppv/.

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Education

Tags:

• Vertigo
• dizziness
• physical therapy
• physical therapist
• move forward

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To find a physical therapist near you or more information about vertigo, you can go to move forward pt dot com

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The exercises that I'm performing right now is working on high level balance and we will also be moving his head up and down which will also strengthen his inner ear dysfunction, so it won't feel like his world is spinning around him.

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Some of the treatment for vertigo is based on the symptoms of the cause. If someone has a inner ear dysfunction versus someone with a traumatic brain injury function. Also patients with vertigo may also have problems with balance and with walking, so a physical therapist would treat those impairments as well.

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Some questions that I ask patients with vertigo during the initial evaluation is how long they've have vertigo, what activities were they doing when they experienced the dizziness as opposed to the room spinning, if they're taking any medications for vertigo, and how long has the symptoms

been progressing if they had it two or three years ago.

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Physical therapers are trained in movement disorders, so what we would do is evaluate the patient for vertigo and establish a treatment program based on the symptoms.

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I've posted a transcript of this video for the benefit of the hearing impaired:

Part 1

"Vertigo is a situation that you are spinning and it can also cause nausea, vomiting, sweating, irregular eye movements. Vertigo is caused by inner ear dysfunction or a problem with the vestibular system. It can also be caused by tumors, migraines, people that have strokes, traumatic brain injuries, and a hole in the ear.