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Vertigo two months post-concussion?
Brain & Nervous System | Last Active: Apr 30, 2022 | Replies (12)Comment receiving replies
Hello @mrhodes
I appreciate the additional information about your history of PT. It certainly is unfortunate that your experience was not a good one.
You might do well to seek out a certified vestibular therapist. These folks have been trained in methods to deal with vertigo. You will probably find certified vestibular therapists in major medical centers or a university hospital center.
Here is some information from the University of Michigan about vestibular problems and therapy for post-concussion problems. https://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/Neurology/NeuroSport/VestibularTherapyForConcussion.pdf
Here are some samples of VT exercises,
https://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/PMR/Vestibular/VisualGazeStabalizationVORx1.pdf
https://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/PMR/Vestibular/VORX2.pdf
As you can see, these exercises can make your vertigo seem worse for a while. It can take several days or weeks before it gets better.
Do you live near a university medical center or another major medical center?
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Just want to note that those exercises are for vestibular problems, including labyrinthitis, vestibular neuritis and possible brain-based (central) vertigo.
But they are different from the exercises for Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo. https://www.healthline.com/health/exercises-for-vertigo#:~:text=1%20Brandt-Daroff%20exercises.%20Brandt-Daroff%20exercises%20use%20gravity%20to,%E2%80%94%20even%20after%20doing%20just%20a%20single%20movement.?msclkid=fb500086c6dd11ec8a97dbc0ed0ed96b
Many PT's can test vertigo to see whether it is BPPV or another kind of vertigo. You can also try the BPPV exercises to see if they help, using online resources, but be careful of your neck!
I have done both kinds of exercises for different problems and they work, but you do feel worse at first right afterwards!