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Physical therapy for teens and adults who feel unsteady on their feet.
Balance depends on your eyes, your inner ear, your joints and your brain, all reporting at once. When one is off, the rest have to cover. We test each one, show you which is working harder than it should and train the ones that can improve.
We test standing, stepping and turning, with your eyes open and closed.
We practice in the conditions that bother you.
A plan that adds challenge slowly.
A visit is about an hour with one therapist, the same one each time.
When you feel unsteady, where, and what you have stopped doing.
Standing on firm and soft surfaces, walking, turning and stepping, with your eyes open and closed.
Which part of your balance is working harder than it should.
Exercises you can repeat at home, with clear limits for when to stop.
Tests you can repeat so that we both see what changes.
Eyes open and closed
Firm and soft surfaces
Foam, boards and head turns, added when you are ready.
A spotter beside you
Short rests
A short set of exercises that fit in a school or work day.
Written and shown
Changed as you improve
Every therapist here is a licensed Ohio physical therapist, with the license line at the foot of this page.
Physical Therapist, owner and concussion lead
Started Orbit so that a student with a head injury would have one therapist who also talks with the school. Leads concussion care and the school and coach meetings.
Physical Therapist, dizziness and balance
Tests how the inner ear, eyes and neck work together, and uses head positions and exercise to help teens and adults with dizziness.
How your balance tests, how often you can practice and what you want to get back to. We explain at the first visit and promise no number.
Most plans pay for physical therapy for balance. We check your benefits first, and give a written estimate if you pay yourself.
How fees workIn Ohio, you can start without a referral. Your plan may still ask for one, and we tell you before you book.
Go to an emergency room or call 911 for unsteadiness with a sudden severe headache, trouble speaking or seeing, new weakness or numbness, or a fall with a head injury. If unsteadiness is new and no doctor has seen you, see one first.
No. We see teens and adults whose balance changed after a head injury, an ear problem or an illness.
No. We start where you are, and you can sit and rest whenever you need to.
Comfortable clothes and flat, closed shoes you can balance in.
Send a message or call, and the front desk will find a time.