Balance Restoration Through Physical Therapy

Balance Problems

Do you have trouble standing upright? Do you sometimes catch yourself from falling? Balance problems cause dizziness and can make you feel like you or the world around you is moving although you are standing upright. These balance problems can lead to falls and even broken bones. Our physical therapy in Ronkonkoma can help restore your balance.

Factors That May Cause Balance Problems:

Joint stiffness
Inner ear problems
Depression/high blood pressure medications
Sedentary lifestyle
Aging

Medical Conditions That May Cause Balance Problems:

Arthritis
Diabetes
Spinal cord injury
Brain injury
Parkinson’s disease
Multiple sclerosis

How is it diagnosed?

Our physical therapist in Ronkonkoma will evaluate you and learn about your medical history. Detailed questions will be asked about your condition and how you are feeling such as:

How many times a week or month do think you experience imbalance?
When you experience imbalance, are you doing a certain activity?
How many times have you fallen in the past year?
Do you take medications?
When was the last time you had an eye or ear checkup?
Do you exercise daily? If so, what do you do?
Do you have any known medical conditions?
Are you under physician care?

How can physical therapy help?

Physical therapists are experts in prescribing active movement techniques and physical exercise to improve strengthening, stretching, proprioception exercises, visual tracking, and inner ear retraining. Since balance most often derives from one of those expertise’s, a physical therapist knows what to look for and how to look for it.

Our physical therapists in Ronkonkoma will treat your balance problems by identifying its causes and thereafter designing an individualized treatment program to address your specific needs, including home exercises to help you.

Using a physical therapist will help you: