Improve Your Balance. Reduce Dizziness. Move With Confidence.

Dizziness, vertigo and balance problems can make everyday activities feel uncertain or uncomfortable. At Sterling Physiotherapy & Wellness, we provide individualized vestibular rehabilitation in Calgary to help address appropriate vestibular and balance-related conditions and improve confidence with movement.

Vestibular rehabilitation is a specialized form of physiotherapy that uses targeted exercises and movement strategies to help the brain and body adapt to changes in the vestibular system. Depending on the underlying problem, treatment may focus on gaze stability, balance, coordination, habituation, functional movement or other vestibular rehabilitation strategies.

For people with appropriate forms of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), assessment and canalith repositioning procedures may be part of treatment. Persistent or atypical dizziness may require further medical assessment or referral.

What Is Vestibular Rehabilitation?

Vestibular rehabilitation is a specialized physiotherapy approach designed to address dizziness, imbalance and movement-related problems associated with vestibular dysfunction.

The vestibular system helps your body understand movement and maintain balance. When vestibular function is affected, you may experience dizziness, vertigo, visual instability, imbalance or difficulty moving confidently.

A vestibular physiotherapy assessment can help identify the movement and balance problems affecting your daily activities and determine whether vestibular rehabilitation is appropriate.

Treatment is individualized according to your symptoms, assessment findings, functional limitations and goals.

What Can Vestibular Rehabilitation Help With?

Vestibular rehabilitation may be appropriate for people experiencing:

• Dizziness
• Vertigo
• Balance difficulties
• Unsteadiness while walking
• Visual instability during movement
• Difficulty moving the head without becoming dizzy
• Motion sensitivity
• Difficulty with positional changes
• Reduced confidence with walking or movement
• Balance problems associated with vestibular dysfunction

Vestibular rehabilitation may be used for appropriate peripheral vestibular conditions and other balance-related presentations. The appropriate treatment depends on the underlying cause and clinical assessment.

Vertigo and BPPV

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, commonly known as BPPV, is a common vestibular condition that can cause brief episodes of positional vertigo.

Symptoms may occur when changing head position, such as:

• Rolling over in bed
• Lying down
• Sitting up
• Looking upward
• Bending over
• Turning the head

When BPPV is clinically identified, specific canalith repositioning procedures may be used as an initial treatment approach. Vestibular rehabilitation may also be appropriate in selected cases.

Because dizziness and vertigo can have many possible causes, an appropriate assessment is important before determining the most suitable treatment.