Vestibular Migraines

Are you searching for vestibular migraines physical therapy? OneRehab is your sure solution for proper treatment.

What is Vestibular Migraines?

A vestibular migraine is a symptom that people with a history of migraines often experience. When one gets this symptom, one feels like the world and objects surrounding them are moving and spinning around. Vestibular refers to the inner ear system that controls body balance.
Unlike common migraines that consist of severe pain, vestibular migraines involve no headaches. Vestibular migraines don’t last long, but patients experience it for a few seconds or minutes; they can go for days or more, but not more than three days. Apart from vertigo, one may experience other symptoms like feeling off-balance, dizziness, and lightheadedness.
he symptoms worsen when you move your head. Children may get similar symptoms which leads to them experiencing migraines. If you or your loved one are experiencing this condition, you can benefit from our neuro rehabilitation program and 

Vestibular Migraines Symptoms

The most common symptom of vestibular migraine is vertigo. Other symptoms include:
  • Dizziness after looking at moving objects
  • Nausea and vomiting, which is caused by other symptoms
  • Lightheadedness
  • Feeling imbalanced
  • Motion sickness that usually occurs after moving your head
  • Feeling like you are on a boat ride

Causes of Vestibular Migraines

Other symptoms that trigger other forms of migraines can also lead to vestibular migraines; these factors include:
  • Stress
  • Insomnia
  • Menstruation
  • Dehydration
  • Weather changes
Certain foods and drinks can also cause a vestibular migraine:
  • Coffee
  • Soda that has caffeine
  • Processed meats
  • Aged cheese
  • Red wine
  • Monosodium glutamate

Treatment For Vestibular Migraines

Vestibular rehabilitation is a form of therapy used to reduce pain. It also helps address falling problems resulting from vestibular disorders, imbalance, gaze instability, dizziness, and vertigo. When you visit our leading neuro physiotherapy center, we perform clinical assessments, laboratory testing, and imaging studies, which helps us create an exercise program. Several factors can determine your recovery. They include emotional concerns, medications, activity level, pain, and other medical conditions. Vestibular rehabilitation in Richardson is effective in improving symptoms related to vestibular disorders.
Our top neuro vestibular therapists help you, or your loved one avoid problems such as depression and anxiety. These issues can reduce the quality of life and negatively impact all activities of daily living.
People with this disorder adopt an inactive lifestyle to avoid worsening dizziness and imbalance. Due to this, the muscles tend to weaken and reduce flexibility, and joints become stiffer. Rehabilitation treatment reduces secondary vestibular migraines symptoms.

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Vestibular Migraine Therapy Exercises

Vestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT) is a special therapy used to reduce vestibular migraines’ primary and secondary problems. It’s an exercise program developed to reduce dizziness, vertigo, blurry vision and imbalance, and falls
The vestibular function restoration rate in people with this disorder is minimal because the damage is permanent. However, the program helps you become better and learn how to compensate for some functions. The brain learns how to use other senses to replace the damaged vestibular system.
Vestibular therapy is crucial in helping you resume the performance of activities of daily living. We create an in-depth custom-designed exercise program to help you deal with vestibular migraines through an oriented approach. The vestibular exercises focus on specific areas through:
  • habituation
  • gaze stabilization
  • balance training.

Habituation Exercises

Habituation exercise treats dizziness symptoms caused by self-motion or visual stimuli. Patients with increased dizziness after changing a position often go through this therapy. It’s also appropriate for patients with increased dizziness in a visually stimulating environment.
This treatment is not applied to patients whose dizziness is not a result of visual stimuli or head motion. At OneRehab, we perform a thorough examination to determine the suitability of this vestibular exercise.

Gaze Stabilization

Gaze stabilization exercise helps to stabilize eye movement to clear vision during head movements. This therapy is for patients who can’t see clearly, especially when moving about. Patients’ visual to the world jumps or bounces when reading or trying to identify objects.

Balance Training Exercise

We use the balance training exercise on patients who need to increase their steadiness. We design these exercises at our neurorehabilitation multispecialty clinic to address your underlying balance problems.

Vestibular Migraine Therapy FAQs

How long do vestibular migraines last?

There is no definitive answer to this question, as the duration of vestibular migraines can vary from person to person. However, they tend to last anywhere from 5 minutes to 3 days on average. If you are experiencing recurrent episodes of vestibular migraines, it is important to work with a physical therapist to develop a treatment plan that can help reduce frequency and severity.

How do I treat vestibular migraines?

There is no one-size-fits-all treatment of vestibular migraines may vary depending on the individual's symptoms. However, some tips that may help include:
  • Undertaking vestibular exercises under the instruction of a PT
  • Resting as much as possible during an episode
  • Taking medications prescribed by your doctor to help relieve symptoms

What are the benefits of vestibular rehabilitation?

This exercise program helps reduce dizziness, vertigo, blurry vision and imbalance. It also reduces falls leading to secondary migraines.

What is vestibule migraine therapy?

Vestibular rehabilitation can help you resume your everyday activities including work, recreation, and hom

Who is eligible to receive this therapy?

You can begin vestibular rehabilitation if you experience dizziness and balance problems. Treatment improves the quality of life in patients with chronic migraine disorders such as vestibular migraines.

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