Nampa Balance Therapy

When Your Balance Doesn’t Feel Quite Right

Balance problems doesn’t mean that you are constantly falling or unable to walk. Sometimes the changes happen a lot more subtly.

You may notice:

• Dizziness or a spinning sensation
• Feeling unsteady while standing or walking
• Difficulty with balance
• Spatial disorientation
• Vision problems
• Changes in hearing
• Trouble focusing or concentrating
• Fatigue
• Nausea or vomiting associated with dizziness

Vertigo is one example. If you’ve ever sat up in bed and suddenly felt like the room was spinning, you may have experienced vertigo.

These symptoms can have different causes, which is why a professional evaluation matters. Balance problems can be caused by the same part of the body or by different parts, but your treatment depends on what is contributing to the symptoms.

Conditions That Can Affect Balance

There are several different vestibular conditions that can cause dizziness or problems with your spatial awareness.

Pick PT’s vestibular rehabilitation program works with patients experiencing conditions such as:

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
BPPV is a common cause of vertigo that can cause brief episodes of spinning, often when you change the position of your head.

Vestibular neuritis or labyrinthitis
These conditions involve inflammation affecting the vestibular system and can cause dizziness and balance problems.

Vestibular migraine
Some people experience dizziness or other vestibular symptoms as part of migraine-related problems.

Concussion
A concussion can affect your balance, your vision, and the way your brain processes sensory information.

Meniere’s disease
This inner-ear disorder can involve episodes of vertigo and changes in hearing.

General imbalance and multifactorial dizziness
Sometimes balance problems have more than one contributing factor. Weakness, changes related to aging, neck problems, and other conditions can all play a role too.

Pick PT also provides vestibular rehabilitation for patients with certain central conditions, like vestibular stroke and multiple sclerosis, as well as pre- and post-surgical rehabilitation for acoustic neuroma.

How Dizziness Can Change Your Everyday Life

When your movement repeatedly causes you to be dizzy or unbalanced, it’s understandable that many people tend to start avoiding the activities that trigger those symptoms. If you keep becoming less active overtime because of this dizziness, it can start to lead to other problems. If you are experiencing decreased muscle strength, reduced flexibility, joint stiffness, or just overall lower stamina, those changes can create another layer of difficulty.

Not using your muscles and avoiding movement causes weakness and that weakness can then make everyday movement more difficult. Vestibular rehabilitation can address the balance problem while also helping patients work on the physical limitations that develop when they’ve been less active. The purpose is to help you become more comfortable moving through the activities of everyday life.

Balance Therapy at Pick PT in Nampa

Feeling dizzy or unsteady can make ordinary activities more difficult than they used to be. It can affect so many different parts of your life.

At Pick PT’s Nampa location, balance and vestibular rehabilitation begins with understanding what’s causing the problem. Therapists use specialized evaluation techniques and individualized exercises to address vestibular conditions, dizziness, balance deficits, and related mobility problems.

Pick PT is located at 2422 12th Ave Rd, Nampa, Idaho 83686, and the Nampa clinic is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. If dizziness, vertigo, or balance problems are affecting how you move, schedule an appointment with Pick PT to have your symptoms evaluated.