- Vertigo is a serious health concern because it puts you at risk of falling and causing more serious injuries.
- Venture Rehab offers vertigo physiotherapy and vertigo treatment in Saskatoon and 19 other cities/towns across Saskatchewan.
- Venture Rehab can help with balance, dizziness, and vestibular disorders.
- In Saskatchewan, a doctor referral is not required to get started with a physiotherapist, but check with your insurance provider to determine if they require one for coverage.
- If you are experiencing imbalance or dizziness, you don’t have to live in fear of falling. Vertigo treatment physiotherapy can help.
- Vertigo may be an unpreventable effect of aging, it can be managed and treated with the right vertigo physiotherapy.
Introduction
Are you dizzy? Feeling off balance? Afraid of falling? Vertigo or (BPPV) Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo makes it hard to have the confidence to do regular daily activities. You aren’t alone and BPPV treatment physiotherapy can help.
Imagine waking up one morning, rolling over in bed and suddenly feeling like the world is spinning. Or what if you bent over to pick something up or tie your shoe and felt so dizzy you thought you were going to fall? Imbalance and dizziness, sometimes called vertigo, is very common among our older population. Vertigo is a serious health concern because it puts you at risk of falling and causing more serious injuries.
“35% of adults over age 40 have experienced some form of vestibular dysfunction [and] 80% of people over age 65 have experienced dizziness and BBPV.”
Vestibular Disorder Association
While vertigo may be an unpreventable effect of aging, it can be managed and treated with the right vertigo physiotherapy.
Vertigo Facts
- Inside your ear is a vestibular apparatus that senses your heads position and movements. It carries information to your brain to process and controls your balance and orientation.
- Vertigo is usually caused by an inner ear problem.
- Problems with your inner ear create the sense of dizziness.
- Vertigo can last a few minutes to a few hours and usually comes and goes.
- Vertigo can affect your mood and concentration.
- Symptoms often include a feeling of spinning, tilting, unbalance, or swaying. These symptoms can further cause nausea, vomiting, headache, sweating, or tinnitus.
Vertigo Treatment
- (BPPV) Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (caused by tiny calcium particles that build up inside the ear and come loose) is the cause of 50% of all dizziness in older people.
- The other common cause is Meniere’s Disease (an inner ear disorder caused by a fluid buildup which changes the pressure of your inner ear). This can also be associated with tinnitus.
- Less common causes include head or neck injury and migraine headaches.
Commonly referred to by patients as ‘dizziness treatment’ or ‘ear balance treatment’, balance therapy (also known as vestibular rehabilitation) is an effective treatment. At Venture Rehabilitation Sciences Group, our university trained physical therapists will perform clinical tests and get a history of your symptoms to help determine if you suffer from vertigo. We will then work with you using a tailored treatment plan that can include but is not limited to:
- Techniques to help reduce symptoms caused by movements
- Balance and stability training to reduce vertigo related falls
- Treatment to areas of your body (neck, muscles, joints) that may contribute to dizziness
- Education and modification of lifestyle factors
- Physiotherapy exercise program
Book Your Vertigo Treatment & Start Today!
Don’t wait to book your vertigo treatment! At Venture Rehab, you can get started the same day you call, no doctor’s referral needed. We can help reduce the symptoms of vertigo so that you can resume the activities you love without being afraid of injury due to falling. Find a clinic near you to book your appointment today. If you’re looking for a balance and dizziness clinic near you, or a vertigo clinic near you, consider calling Venture Rehab.
With 30 years of experience, we can help improve your quality of life and vertigo symptoms. Venture Rehab looks forward to treating your vertigo physiotherapy so you can do the things you love. Let us use our 45+ years of experience to help you alleviate your Vertigo symptoms.
Venture Rehab is a team of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and exercise therapists serving Saskatoon and surrounding areas. We provide physical rehabilitation from pain, injury, accidents, chronic illness, disease, and other impairments that keep you from feeling your best.
Previously known as Bourassa and Associates, we’ve been delivering professional multidisciplinary rehabilitation services since 1986. We integrate orthopaedic manual therapy within a functional rehabilitation model to ensure our patients obtain optimal recovery.
Our university-trained physiotherapists can help. Take control of your physical health, relieve your pain, and regain your strength.