BALANCE PROBLEMS ARE A NATIONAL PROBLEM

Serious injuries from falls related to dizziness, vertigo, disequilibrium and balance disorders have become a national problem. Our nations population is aging and along with aging we encounter balance problems. As part of our mission, we will attempt to make the general public and their physicians aware of the national problem relating to complaints of dizziness and fear of falling.

WHAT IS VESTIBULAR REHABILITATION

Being “afraid of falling” is an “affliction” which serves to restrict ones activities of daily living and general happiness. Being “afraid of falling” keeps people home bound creating an overall deterioration of ones general health, strength, endurance, and abilities to move about safely.
 
Dizziness and fear of falling takes away ones self confidence and personal independence.
 
Now there is help! Your physician and physical therapist can now work together to properly diagnose your individual problem and provide a specialized balance and vestibular rehabilitation program.
 
What is “Vestibular Rehabilitation”?  Specially trained physical therapists are now available to provide individualized rehabilitation programs which directly target the deficits which your physician has diagnosed. The rehabilitation program, directly supervised by your physical therapy specialist, then helps to retrain your vestibular system and brain.

Studies have shown that this type of treatment is EXTREMELY effective in helping to ELIMINATE DIZZINESS and PREVENT FALLING.