Vestibular Rehabilitation
Specialized physical therapy to help you better understand and manage dizziness, vertigo, imbalance, motion sensitivity, and other symptoms affecting your balance and movement.
What is it?
Vestibular rehabilitation is a specialized form of physical therapy designed to help improve dizziness, balance, motion sensitivity, and visual symptoms related to the vestibular system. Treatment uses individualized exercises and strategies to help the brain and body better process information from the inner ear, eyes, and other sensory systems involved in balance and movement.
What does treatment involve?
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Gaze stabilization
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Habituation and motion exposure
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Balance and gait training
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Canalith repositioning maneuvers for BPPV
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Visual and sensory integration activities
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Cervical assessment and treatment when appropriate
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Education and home exercises
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Vestibular training tool that allows telemonitoring outside of sessions for quicker recovery
Who benefits
Vestibular rehabilitation can benefit individuals experiencing dizziness, vertigo, imbalance, motion sensitivity, or visual symptoms even when the cause is not yet clear. It can help people with vestibular disorders, concussion, migraine, neurologic conditions, and other complex conditions affecting balance and movement.
What conditions can complicate recovery?
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Migraine
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Concussion
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Cervical dysfunction
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Visual disorders
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Persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD)
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Autonomic dysfunction
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Neurologic conditions
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Anxiety/stress and heightened sensory sensitivity
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Multiple conditions occurring together
What symptoms might someone have?
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Dizziness or lightheadedness
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Vertigo or spinning
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Imbalance or unsteadiness
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Motion sensitivity
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Visual sensitivity
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Difficulty walking in busy environments
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Symptoms with head movement
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Nausea
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Difficulty focusing or reading
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Feeling disoriented or “off”
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Symptoms triggered by positional changes
When should someone seek evaluation?
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Dizziness or vertigo that is persistent or keeps returning
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Frequent imbalance or feeling unsteady
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Symptoms triggered by head or body movement
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Motion or visual sensitivity
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Difficulty walking in busy or visually stimulating environments
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Balance changes after a concussion or other injury
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Symptoms that interfere with work, exercise, driving, or daily activities
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You’re unsure why you’re experiencing dizziness or balance problems
At Brekke Rehab, vestibular rehabilitation goes beyond a standard exercise program. Each plan is individualized to your symptoms, goals, and nervous system needs, combining skilled physical therapy with advanced technology to provide highly specialized care.
Brekke Rehab is proud to offer VertiGenius technology as part of select vestibular rehabilitation programs. This advanced system allows for more targeted, measurable, and progressive vestibular and balance training in a controlled clinical environment. By incorporating technology-supported assessment and training with hands-on clinical expertise, we can create a more precise and personalized rehabilitation experience.
Premium care | Specialized expertise | Personalized progress
Whether you are experiencing dizziness, imbalance, motion sensitivity, visual dependence, or difficulty returning to everyday activities, Brekke Rehab combines evidence-informed rehabilitation with advanced tools to help you move with greater confidence.
What Makes Brekke Rehab Different?
Dizziness is rarely just about balance. At Brekke Rehab, we look at the bigger picture, including the vestibular, visual, cervical, neurologic, and autonomic systems, to understand what may be contributing to your symptoms and what is keeping you from improving. Your evaluation and treatment plan are individualized based on your symptoms, goals, and clinical findings.
If you have completed vestibular rehabilitation in the past and feel like it didn't work, made you feel worse, or you plateaued, a different approach that is not one size fits all is what you need to start feeling better.
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