Vertigo & Balance
Whether you’re experiencing light-headedness, unsteadiness, falls, feeling off-balance, head spins or staggering – balance problems are always worth investigating.
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What is Vertigo?
Treatments
Vestibular Physiotherapist
What is Vertigo
There are many reasons for the onset of balance problems:
- Vestibular Migraine
- BPPV -Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
- Vascular problems
- A tumour on or near the acoustic nerve
- Trauma
- Meniere’s Disease
- Other diseases that can be related to hearing loss
- Sudden Hearing Loss
It’s a good idea to see your GP if you have persistent dizziness or if it keeps returning. A referral for a Balance Study (ENG or VNG) will probably be necessary to assess the cause of the dizziness.
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Treatment for Vertigo
There are treatments for vertigo. Once the cause has been determined, then your ENT Specialist can recommend medication or perhaps a consultation with a Vestibular Physiotherapist.
Vestibular Physiotherapist
What is a Vestibular Physiotherapist?
Vestibular rehabilitation therapy is a proven and effective exercise-based program. It improves the symptoms of dizziness, vertigo and unsteadiness resulting from inner ear conditions such as:
• Benign Paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)
• Vestibular neuronitis
• Post acoustic neuroma removal
• Vestibular migraine
• Ototoxicity
• Trauma
If your symptoms are provoked or aggravated by movement – for instance lying flat in bed or when you turn over or look up high – or you become unsteady while walking, a doctor or an Audiologist can refer you for an initial assessment with a Vestibular Physiotherapist.
It is advisable to arrange an ENG/ Balance Study first in order to investigate the cause of the balance problem.
Balance Study
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