Balance Programs
Personalized physical therapy to help you feel steadier, move with confidence, and get back to the daily activities you enjoy.
If dizziness, unsteadiness, or fear of falling is holding you back, our team can develop an individualized plan around your needs.
Signs It May Be Time for Help
Balance symptoms can come and go or last for a long time. They can also contribute to fatigue, anxiety, and reduced confidence with everyday movement.
Dizziness or Vertigo
Spinning sensations, lightheadedness, faintness, or a feeling that you are moving while standing or sitting still.
Unsteadiness or Falls
Staggering while walking, teetering when standing, losing balance, falling, or feeling as if you are about to fall.
Visual or Cognitive Changes
Blurred vision, confusion, disorientation, nausea, vomiting, or fear and anxiety related to movement or falling.
How Physical Therapy Can Help
Physical therapists are experts in evaluating movement, muscle, joint, and nervous system disorders that affect balance. After a personalized evaluation, your program may include coordination, proprioception, strengthening, stretching, range-of-motion, posture, inner-ear retraining, and visual-tracking exercises.
We work with people experiencing central nervous system disorders, neuropathy, age-related balance dysfunction, oculomotor dysfunction, muscle atrophy, nerve injuries, BPPV, labyrinthitis, Ménière’s disease, and vestibular neuronitis. We also coordinate care with your physician when appropriate.
Thorough Evaluation
We assess your fall risk, strength, balance, medical history, and the specific situations that make you feel unsteady.
Fall-Risk Reduction
We can identify concerns such as problem footwear and household hazards including loose rugs, poor lighting, pets, and other obstacles.
Confidence in Motion
By addressing the problems found during your examination, we help you build confidence for walking, stairs, exercise, and daily activities.
Positional Vertigo & Vestibular Care
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is a common cause of dizziness and balance problems. For people with BPPV, vestibular therapy may include a series of simple movements, such as the Epley maneuver, to help dislodge calcium crystals from the semicircular canal of the ear. In many cases, one session helps; others may need the procedure more than once.
Some balance disorders benefit from specialized vestibular rehabilitation. Learn more about our vestibular rehabilitation approach, or explore information about vertigo and dizziness.
Education Is Part of Therapy
Understanding your diagnosis, what may be causing the problem, and how to manage it is an important part of care. Our team emphasizes patient education and collaboration with your referring physician so you can make informed decisions and move forward with greater confidence.
Take the Next Step Toward Better Balance
San Tan Physical Therapy has helped community members cope with and recover from conditions that cause dizziness and balance problems. Let us create a plan designed for your goals.