Vestibular Rehabilitation
Personalized physical therapy for dizziness, vertigo, unsteadiness, and balance problems.
If symptoms are keeping you from walking confidently, turning your head, using stairs, or enjoying daily life, our team can develop an individualized plan to help you move with greater confidence.
Understanding Balance Disorders
A balance disorder can make you feel unsteady or dizzy. Whether you are standing, sitting, lying down, or walking, you may feel as if you are moving, spinning, floating, or tipping over. Dizziness can mean different things to different people—from a fleeting feeling of faintness to an intense, lasting sensation of spinning called vertigo.
Balance disorders may be related to medications, ear infections, head injury, low blood pressure, problems affecting the inner ear or brain, or conditions involving the skeletal and visual systems. Symptoms can begin suddenly and may affect daily activities, confidence, and quality of life.
Common symptoms include:
- Dizziness or vertigo (a spinning sensation)
- Falling or feeling as if you are going to fall
- Lightheadedness, faintness, or a floating sensation
- Blurred vision
- Confusion or disorientation
- Nausea, vomiting, fatigue, fear, anxiety, or panic
How Vestibular Physical Therapy Can Help
Treatment for dizziness and balance disorders can be complex. Our physical therapists conduct a personalized evaluation and develop an individualized treatment plan based on your symptoms, movement, strength, coordination, and goals.
Personalized Evaluation
We assess your balance, strength, medical history, movement, and fall risk to better understand the factors affecting your daily activities.
Movement & Visual Retraining
Your plan may include coordination, proprioception, strengthening, stretching, posture, inner-ear retraining, and visual tracking exercises.
Fall-Risk Reduction
We can identify problem footwear and home hazards, address specific movement problems, and help you regain confidence in everyday activities.
Conditions We Work With
Vestibular rehabilitation may be part of care for a range of balance and dizziness diagnoses, including:
- Central nervous system disorders
- Neuropathy
- Age-related balance dysfunction
- Oculomotor (visual) dysfunction
- Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV)
- Labyrinthitis
- Ménière’s disease
- Vestibular neuronitis
- Muscle atrophy and nerve injuries
We also provide care for patients with balance problems and vertigo and dizziness.
Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
BPPV is a common cause of dizziness and balance problems. Vestibular therapy may include a series of simple movements, such as the Epley maneuver, designed to help dislodge otoconia (calcium crystals) from the semicircular canal of the ear. In many cases, one session works; other people need the procedure several times to relieve dizziness.
Education & Collaboration
Understanding your diagnosis, the cause of the problem, and how to manage it is an important part of treatment. We emphasize patient education and coordination of care with your referring physician so your care team can better address fall risks and concerns about movement.
When to Seek Help
Talk with your doctor and a physical therapist if you feel unsteady, feel the room spinning, feel as if you are moving while sitting or standing still, lose your balance or fall, feel lightheaded or faint, have blurred vision, or become disoriented.
San Tan Physical Therapy has served the Queen Creek and San Tan areas since 2006. We offer one-on-one evaluations and personalized care to help you improve strength, mobility, balance, and confidence.