If you are living with symptoms of chronic dizziness, unsteadiness, vestibular dysfunction, or motion sensitivity, join our next balance session in Kelowna:

Living with Chronic Dizziness

There are no current sessions booked. To be added to the waitlist for the next session, please contact the office. 

LIMITED TO 6 PARTICIPANTS

“Both Clarice Bower and Nichole Sorensen are fantastic at educating patients on tools and strategies for dealing with our debilitating symptoms. I am extremely grateful for the support and education I have received from this group as it assists me daily in leading as close to normal life as possible.” – Cathy D.

This 3-hour interactive education support session with focus on:

  • demonstration and practice of self-directed vestibular rehabilitation exercises and how to incorporate into daily routines
  • understanding and controlling symptoms
  • an overview of the auditory/balance system and common assessment measures
  • the role of the vestibular therapist in treating vertigo, dizziness, motion sensitivity, and unsteadines
  • an overview of the more common types of vestibular dysfunction, including BPPV, onesided vestibular weakness, and post-concussion dizziness
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Vestibular Rehabilitation is for you if experience the following:

  • Any condition where there is a stable vestibular deficit and the natural compensation process appears to be incomplete (i.e., after infection, trauma)

  • After labyrinthectomy, vestibular nerve section, or acoustic neuroma surgery

  • Chronic light-headedness or disequilibrium are often helped if there is a vestibular component to your symptoms

  • Central Nervous System or Peripheral Neuropathies (i.e., elderly, neurological, and head injury) are still appropriate for treatment, although the speed and completeness of recovery is sometimes affected

  • Progressive or multifactorial conditions − MS or elderly − are still appropriate for management techniques, education, postural control, and decreasing fall risk

  • Meniere’s Disease, if milder symptoms remain when the disease is no longer active or if you have symptoms that linger between acute attacks

  • Mild anxiety disorders, therapy functions like exposure therapy for phobias

Please note – Vestibular Rehabilitation is NOT appropriate for the following:

  • Symptoms are constant without fluctuation, or completely spontaneous in onset (possibly vascular/central pathology/ Meniere’s/ migraine)
  • Other cranial nerve or upper motor neuron signs and symptoms
  • Spontaneous nystagmus in room light present for longer than 2 weeks
  • Progressive hearing loss, or fluctuating hearing-related symptoms

Vestibular Rehabilitation does not address/affect hearing-related disorders

If Vestibular Rehabilitation is Deemed Appropriate, Treatment Choices are as Follows:

  • Canalith reposition or liberatory maneuvers are used for the various forms of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
  • An exercise-based approach is used to maximize central nervous system’s compensation for vestibular pathology (adaptation if peripheral, or substitution if central or bilateral)
  • Habituation exercises for motion-provoked symptoms
  • Vestibulo-ocular reflex exercises to improve gaze stability and reduce visual sensitivity
  • Balance retraining is used for both vestibular and non-vestibular disequilibrium
  • Orthopedic manual physiotherapy, cervicocephalic kinesthesia retraining and/or therapy, if symptoms are thought to be cervicogenic/musculoskeletal in nature
  • Education of the client and communication with other providers (with client permission) are also key elements
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