Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy for Patients

Dr. Jordan Tucker presents a webinar for vestibular patients on the benefits of vestibular rehabilitation. What you will learn:
- How the balance system works
- What is vestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT)?
- How does VRT help improve balance and vision?
- Will VRT work for you?
- Other therapies used in conjunction with VRT

[roseeca]

This was a very helpful presentation. I'm dealing with some sort of vestibular problem and the biggest takeaway I've learned is that what makes you dizzy is what will heal you! Vestibular rehab makes you feel dizzy and it's supposed to--it's really difficult to go home and want to do exercises that make you feel worse, but if you just stick to it with a positive attitude it will get better in time. There is hope!

[Frannkoo]

I dealt with BPPV for almost a month, now I'm dealing with vestibular compensation, you just have to re-train your brain so you feel normal again. It has been a really tough time. What most people don't understand is that the dizziness is not what kills you, but it's the anxiety, the stress, the uncertainty, the fear and desperation of waking up everyday and just not feeling okay, seeing things as if you were "high" or drunk. I believe doctors added the "benign" part to its name just so people could relax a little bit.
As of today, I'm still dealing with the anxiety and the "drunkness", but everyday I'm feeling a little bit better (with a lot of ups and downs). The secret is to move as much as you can, as one of the comments on this video pointed out, it's doing the things that make you dizzy the ones that will then later make you feel better.
So to all going through this horrific experience: be strong, be patient, you will heal, just give it time.

[saraclucas]

Thank you for this video. It is such an invisible condition with multiple potential diagnoses and treatments. Whoever is unfortunate enough to suffer from it, feels isolated, desperate, depressed and powerless.



I lost my balance completely after an acute episode of vertigo and vomiting that left me in a permanent state of "drunkenness" for almost a year. I had multiple diagnoses, I saw private and NHS doctors and they all brushed it off as having poor eyesight or them not wanting to investigate and try different treatments. All I was given was different medications that did not work.



Thanks to VRT, I started to get better. I came across it after having tried other exercises to no avail. I know everybody is different but this is what really helped and 10 months into my condition, I was diagnosed with an acute inflammation of the ear canals and I'm still in treatment. However, I am myself again, I leave the house on my own, I'm confident, I feel strong. This is life changing and I wish I would have known about it instead of doing my own research and wasting a year of my life. Thanks again for giving vestibular conditions visibility.

[avrahawkins]

Thank you! Just started vestibular therapy for vertigo off and on over 15 years with balance issues getting worse over time. Wish I had found this therapy years ago. Life has changed so much to deal with balance fears . Very isolating! Hope to get better with this therapy!

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Thapa Kishor
I have Vestibular Neuritis which cause me to be continuously dizzy (a rocking sensation like being on a boat), Since doing Vestibular exercises twice a day, every day, the dizziness has improved greatly. My balance and blurry vision has also improved and the shaking sensation I feel inside me has decreased a lot to where I am feeling calm again. If you can't find a Vestibular Specialist in your area, you should ask "Vestibular Disorders Association" for help or find Vestibular exercises on YouTube. When the vestibular exercises my physical therapist gave me were no longer challenging (increase my level of dizziness to retrain my brain), I found some good ones on YouTube that have helped me a lot. I wish you the best in finding help and getting well.

[arqMyriamBM]

My physical therapist was the first one who told me "pay attention to the food". And he was right, it took me a year to understand that vestibular migraine is (also) related to gastritis and some types of food. I could manage it with supplements and diet.

[jimbrausky]

Very informative video. I'm going through it and is extremely frustrating. No one would understand how bad it is. Sometimes you feel you are getting better, sometimes you feel worst and loose hope for a moment. is awful. Doing whatever I can. and yes, this is stressing me a lot and causing anxiety or increasing the one I already have. And the fears of not being able to function or work, drive, etc.

[jbranson]

Excellent Presentation and I am truly grateful for your most informative vestibular rehab. I have learnt a lot and I will be able to self rehabilitate through your guidance! Thanks a lot! Best wishes from Down Under in Australia!

[fatimaboubsis]

very informative, I just visited my therapist who said that i do not have any issue with inner ear, but she is working with me on my balance as well as neck pain.

Thank you so much

[violetsareblue]

Had vertigo a year ago. Doctor kept saying give it time. Finally heard about this therapy and oh my gosh…it gave me hope. An awful thing to go through. Thank you. Great video.

[sandysutton]

Amazing presentation and very informative. I will have my evaluation tomorrow as I was diagnosed with left peripheral vestibulothy.

[goonigal]

What a wonderful presentation. My first definitive attack was 6 weeks ago. My first dr ordered tests but, didn't give me any info. So, I changed drs mid-stream. I'm feeling good today. The 2nd dr., suggested VRT. I almost put it off and watched this. So much information I called the VRT group she recommended within 5 minutes!! Thank you for making this info public!

[elizabethplane]

I’m booked into a hospital vestibular dept for vertigo/balance issues. Having now watched this very informative video. Thank you, I now have idea what I may expect. I’m in a miserable state with no diagnosis for several years. I’ll do anything but need to know where it’s coming from.

[ClayKicker]

this has been so interesting and useful thanks a lot!!

[rachidsebbar]

You the best so far, hope if you are in Morocco, i had this vestibules problem from stress or muscles problèmes for about 10 years !

[ruthcormack]

Crucial listening for sufferers/& those recovering. After care for BPPV is essential for those whose brains need to reset with the 'new' original position/movement data.

[Justme]

As I was listening to this I now know what is causing my dizziness. I cannot lay on my left side or look up for long periods of time. I think I have cervicogenic dizziness, what you discussed at 17:00 in. What can I do to help myself or get help? I've had this for about a year now and it is ruining my life. Also, I cannot be in darkness without feeling dizzy either. I have to sleep with the bathroom light on and have to avoid going out in my yard at night without taking a flashlight with me.

[baljittucker]

I am highly grateful for your great presentation. I am 62 and just came to know that I have benign cranial meningioma and low bone density in lumbar 4, 5 vertebra. Everywhere else good. Have little balance issues while walking. Just came to know about vestibular issues first time from my doctor for the first time. Please suggest any particular specialist in Sydney near Revesby.

[chrisgraves]

I was completely normal until last week when things went terribly wrong. Came on quick, vertigo, nausea, vomiting, dizziness. Car ride to ER was UNBELIEVABLE! WOW, nice to meet you vertigo!! Lol... After 7 days I can walk a little now. Can't drive my brand new truck. Oh, well! I will stay positive.

[bobroston]

Note. Again it would help if you asked for additoinal issues for all ofyour pateints and shwo the questions and answers to everyone as they could pertain to people who didn't ask the question,