| There is no question that vestibular rehabilitation | | | | approaches, especially pertaining to vestibular |
| therapy is the best way to manage most causes | | | | rehabilitation therapy, are destined to fail. |
| of vertigo, dizziness and imbalance. The downside | | | | Treatment protocols must be specifically designed |
| is that there are very few trained specialists in | | | | for the patient being managed. If this is not the |
| this field competent in diagnosing these disorders | | | | case, some patients will improve, some will stay |
| and formulating appropriate treatment applications. | | | | the same, and some will worsen. |
| This field is mostly the domain of the chiropractic | | | | You can look at an analogy of physical fitness. If |
| neurologist, and there remain very few doctors | | | | you want to get into shape and hire a trainer, if |
| sub-specialized in this field, especially in NJ. Further, | | | | the trainer says on day one, ok, were going to |
| just because a therapist of sorts offers vestibular | | | | start with bench pressing 200 lbs., you can see |
| rehabilitation therapy, it does not mean that it will | | | | how that will end up for someone who cannot |
| be done correctly. | | | | physically do that. The same thing happens when |
| My office sees a myriad of individuals with these | | | | you exceed someone's functional capacity with |
| conditions. Several have somehow managed to | | | | rehabilitation. For more information and to |
| find a therapist who performs some variation of | | | | determine if you are a candidate for vestibular |
| vestibular rehabilitation therapy. All have failed | | | | rehabilitation therapy, (VRT), log onto my website |
| because the therapy provided was a "canned" | | | | listed below and follow the links to the online |
| approach, and was not formulated specific to the | | | | consultation form for vertigo and dizziness |
| patient being treated. I find that canned treatment | | | | disorders. |