It’s easy for me as a Physical Therapist to tell my patients that they’re lives are about to be completely changed for the better because they’ve made the decision to come in for Physical Therapy. But it’s even easier for me to prove my point when they actually begin their Physical Therapy, because it’s one thing to say it, but another thing completely to see it working on yourself day after day.
For Sam, I am happy to report that, with a specialized course of Vestibular Physical Therapy in the Jersey City clinic that was tailor made to help him function daily with his normal activities, he now feels fully confident in his daily life and has no more reported Vestibular symptoms of dizziness and unsteadiness that had plagued him in the past.
Vestibular disorders are more common than you might think. Over 35% of adults over the age of 40 have experienced at least 1 Vestibular problem in their life, with the most common condition I treat, Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV), mostly occurring in females over the age of 60-65.
Luckily, there is treatment for this disease.
Experiencing dizziness symptoms for the first time can always be a bit harrowing, especially if you’ve never had them before. They can seemingly come out of nowhere. For the vast majority of my patients, the immediate response has been some variation of “It’s probably nothing and a one time thing.”
