Physical Therapy Highlight: Dizziness

How can you describe your dizziness symptoms? Something so burdensome and so destructive that it can affect your daily function. It may be a feeling of spinning, tilting, or being off balance. Many people describe it as vertigo. With vertigo, most people feel better after not moving their heads. Lying still and not moving your head can delay recovery, as the vestibular system is always in a spontaneous rhythmic motion. When there is no movement associated, systems are not communicating appropriately.

Causes of dizziness:

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV); this is something physical t...