Who does a vertigo training?
Dizziness training is usually offered to individuals by physiotherapists and physiotherapists. For these forms of therapy, a prescription can often even be issued by the treating physician. Those who suffer particularly from dizziness can also complete the dizziness training as part of a rehabilitation or cure. Dizziness training is also offered by special health centers and health sport groups.
Ergotherapy/physiotherapy
Both occupational therapy and physiotherapy centers and practices often offer vertigo training under supervision. The causal trigger recedes into the background, while dizziness as the main symptom is the focus of individual treatment. In general, it can be said that the affected person can reach his or her performance limits when performing the exercises.
The dizziness symptomatology is deliberately provoked and endured during the training. Occupational therapy and physiotherapy are considered medical-rehabilitative measures and are usually prescribed by the treating family doctor, pediatrician or specialist. Treatment as part of a dizziness symptomatology is a recognized therapy by health insurance companies.
Depending on the diagnosis, a session lasts between half an hour and a full hour. Depending on mobility, the treatment is carried out on the premises or during a home visit. Patients suffering from dizziness symptoms often suffer from great physical insecurity, which is expressed in reduced spontaneous motor skills and stiffness.
This is also known as avoidance behavior, which may also make the symptoms worse. In addition to targeted exercises to combat dizziness, relaxation and breathing techniques are used. In this way one tries to regain spontaneous motor skills and to counteract the avoidance behavior. As a rule, the training is done step by step. It usually begins with exercises in a sitting position, which, as symptoms improve, change from standing to walking.
Exercises of vertigo training
The exercises of vertigo training vary greatly depending on how pronounced the dizziness is in affected persons. Thus, the exercises can be performed lying, sitting, standing and walking. Most of the exercises are initially based on keeping the body still and thus reaching a position where the dizziness is not present.
Then the exercises are started with slow eye movements. These are performed up and down, then left and right. If the slow movements can be performed without dizziness, one moves on to faster eye movements.
Head movements can be done in the same way. The upper body can also be tilted forward and backward as well as to the side. Afterwards one usually changes to rotary movements.
At first the head is turned, later the whole upper body is turned, in standing position even the whole body. You can increase the difficulty of these exercises by doing them with closed eyes. Dizziness training also involves picking up an object from the floor while sitting or standing, turning around and putting it down in another place.This also trains coordination and reduces dizziness during rotational movements. Advanced users can also train the one-legged stance and the tightrope walk, i.e. walking on a thin, straight line.
