Vertigo, Dizziness & Balance Physiotherapy

Vestibular Physiotherapy

Dizziness is common, and often very treatable

Your vestibular system is the balance organ of the inner ear and the brain pathways that make sense of its signals. Together with your eyes and the sensors in your neck and feet, it keeps your vision steady and your body upright. When part of that system is irritated or damaged, the result can be vertigo (a spinning sensation), light-headedness, unsteadiness, nausea, or a feeling that the world keeps moving after you have stopped.

Many of the most common causes are mechanical or recoverable. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), where tiny crystals in the inner ear move into the wrong canal, often responds to a simple repositioning manoeuvre performed in the clinic. After an inner-ear infection or vestibular neuritis, the brain can learn to compensate, and targeted exercises speed that process up. Systematic reviews support vestibular rehabilitation as a safe and effective treatment for this kind of inner-ear dizziness.

Vestibular physiotherapy starts with working out exactly what is driving your symptoms. We take a detailed history, test your eye movements, balance and positional responses, and check your neck, then build a plan around the cause. If anything in your assessment suggests a problem that needs medical investigation, we will tell you and help you get it looked at.