Balance Physio: Symptoms, Conditions & Treatments at Edinburgh Balance Clinic
At the Edinburgh Balance Clinic, Dill offers clients a holistic, patient-centred approach to recovery. Working with you, Dill will assess your symptoms and build a unique balance rehabilitation program tailored to your specific concerns and individual needs.
Some conditions are quick to treat and only take 1 to 3 sessions, while others can take around 6 sessions to get you back on your feet with confidence.
Common Conditions
& Their Symptoms
Often, dizziness disorders, loss of balance and reduced mobility are interrelated. These conditions can affect our confidence, making it more challenging to live the lives we want and to go about our daily activities freely. Unfortunately, many people reduce their activity level through fear of falling, which can, in turn, lead to poor exercise tolerance, increased anxiety, isolation and ultimately, falls.
Thankfully, physiotherapy for balance can help. With balance rehabilitation exercises and a structured care plan for reduced mobility, treatment can be highly effective, enjoyable and stimulating.
If you’re concerned about a loss of balance, dizziness or reduced mobility, it’s recommended that you begin receiving treatment as soon as possible. Here are some of the most common conditions and symptoms Dill encounters:
Loss of Balance & Reduced Mobility
- Difficulty getting out of a chair
- Difficulty when walking
- ‘Furniture’ walking (an over-dependence on objects to maintain balance)
- Deconditioning, breathlessness and chronic airway disease (e.g. COPD)
- Reduced or loss of balance
- Falls & fear of falling
- Pain and stiffness
- Loss of confidence outdoors or activities in daily living (ADLs)
- Parkinson’s-related mobility issues
Dizziness Disorders
- Persistent or intermittent dizziness
- Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV), also referred to as Labyrinthitis
- The sensation of head-spinning during certain activities
- The sensation of seeing flashing lights or visual auras
- Migraine associated dizziness
- Hyperventilation syndrome
- Persistent Postural Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD)
- Postural hypotension
Treatments
At the Edinburgh Balance Clinic, Dill adopts a holistic, patient-centred approach to rehabilitation. There are several different treatments available for balance physiotherapy. In most cases, a combination of methods is used to give clients the best possible care plan to target the causes of loss of balance, reduced mobility, and dizziness.
- Balance Rehabilitation Exercises (exercises that retrain your brain to react more effectively to normal daily activities and later, to more challenging activities)
- Vestibular Rehabilitation (graded special exercises to enable your brain and sensory-motor system to acclimatise to the standard stimulus that has been making you feel unwell)
- Self-directed Balance Rehabilitation Exercises (home exercises, to correct weakness or imbalance and promote flexibility and speed up balance reactions)
- Canalith Repositioning Manoeuvres (such as the Epley Manoeuvre in BPPV) to resolve Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) or Vertigo.
- Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy (VRT)
