Vestibular Therapy

Vestibular Rehab Therapy (VRT) is a specialized physical therapy service provided for people with vestibular dysfunction.  The main goal of the therapy is to treat balance, dizziness, or vertiginous disorders by re-training the brain.  The patient is initially put through an exam to which a customized home exercise program is issued for recovery of dizziness and improvement of balance. 

The initial examination analyzes the three systems for balance, which includes vision, vestibular, and proprioception.
 Please see the attached link for a more detailed description.  

Jaimy Wahab, PT, DPT, NCS has specialized in this area since 2003 and has been an invited speaker on the topic at both a local and national level.  She has lectured on this topic to the doctoral students at Regis University. Early in her career she was involved in a specialized balance clinic for patients with complex forms of dizziness, and has worked alongside neurologists, neuro-optometrist, and neuro-otolaryngology.

She has seen a wide variety of Vestibular disorders including: 

• Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo -BPPV
• Persistent Postural Perceptual Dizziness - PPPD
• Vestibular Migraine
• Post concussive Vestibular Dysfunction
• Menieres Disease
• Endolymphatic Hydrops
• Vestibular Neuritis/ Neuronitis/ Labrynthitis
• Mal De Debarquement Syndrome- Mdds
• Functional Vestibular Disorders

http://vestibular.org/understanding-vestibular-disorder/treatment/treatment-detail-page