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One frustrating problem with vertigo is that even if you receive \u201csuccessful\u201d treatment, mild dizziness and balance problems may linger for months or years after the main spinning has stopped.<\/p>\nOne frustrating problem with vertigo is that even if you receive \u201csuccessful\u201d treatment, mild dizziness and balance problems may linger for months or years after the main spinning has stopped.<\/p>\n
Luckily, a new study published in Acta Oto-Laryngologica<\/em> found that a specific kind of physical therapy \u2014 called vestibular rehabilitation \u2014 can help people who continue to feel dizzy after standard vertigo treatment.<\/p>\n The research focused on people who had been treated for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, commonly called BPPV.<\/p>\n This condition occurs when tiny calcium crystals in your inner ear move out of place, causing intense spinning sensations when you move your head in certain ways.<\/p>\n While doctors can usually fix BPPV with simple head movements that return the crystals to their proper place, many patients still experience lingering dizziness and balance problems long after treatment.<\/p>\n Researchers noticed this issue and decided to investigate whether vestibular rehabilitation could help these patients feel better.<\/p>\n This therapy involves movements and eye exercises designed to retrain your brain.<\/p>\n The researchers recruited 30 people who were all experiencing residual dizziness after successful BPPV treatment.<\/p>\n They divided them into two groups to compare different approaches:<\/p>\n ●\tGroup 2<\/strong> (15 participants) received instruction on aerobic exercises and attended less frequent sessions\u2014only every two weeks\u2014for the same six-month period.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n Before and after the six months, both groups were tested using the following:<\/p>\n 2.\tFunctional Gait Assessment (FGA):<\/strong> A walking test to assess balance and movement.<\/p>\n 3.\tPosturography (COP EC):<\/strong> A test measuring how well someone can stand still with eyes closed\u2014challenging when balance is impaired.<\/p>\n 4.\tSelf-Rating Depression Scale (SDS):<\/strong> To track any mental health changes.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n Here\u2019s what happened after six months:<\/p>\n 2.\tBut only the vestibular rehab group showed improved balance and postural control \u2014 especially when standing with eyes closed.<\/p>\n 3.\tTheir dizziness scores also improved more than Group 2\u2019s, meaning they felt less dizzy overall.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n So, while both aerobic exercise and vestibular rehabilitation help with lingering post-treatment dizziness, the latter is more effective.<\/p>\n But there are simple exercises that work better than any of these, and there is almost never any lingering dizziness after doing them.<\/p>\n\n
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