Care
Physical therapy for spinning, lightheadedness and a room that moves when you roll over in bed.
Dizziness has many causes, and a few of them need a doctor first. When the cause is in the inner ear, a physical therapist can test for it and, for a common type called BPPV, move the loose crystals back to where they belong with a series of head positions. When it is something else, we tell you so and send you to the right person.
That pattern is typical of BPPV, which we can test for in the first visit.
We look at how your eyes and inner ear work together.
We check your eyes, neck and balance together.
We work alongside your doctor and share what we find.
A visit is about an hour with one therapist, the same one each time.
When the dizziness starts, what sets it off, what you have already tried.
Eye movement, head positions and balance. You may feel dizzy for a moment during a test, and we tell you before each one.
If the test points to BPPV we treat it in the visit. If it points somewhere else, we say so.
Safe ways to get up and move at home, and exercises if you need them.
Head positions that find and treat BPPV when it is the cause.
A test you can repeat
Treatment in the clinic
Exercises that teach your brain to settle after movement, at a pace you can handle.
Following a target
Turning your head as you look
Getting out of bed, showering and stairs without a fall.
Slow transitions
Where to hold on
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.
The cause of the dizziness, how it responds to the first treatment and how much exercise you do at home. We explain at your first visit and promise no number.
Most plans pay for physical therapy for dizziness. We check your benefits before the first visit 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 dizziness with a sudden severe headache, trouble speaking or seeing, new weakness or numbness, or a fall with a head injury. If dizziness is new and a doctor has not seen you, see one first.
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is a brief spinning feeling brought on by head position, caused by small crystals that have moved in the inner ear. A physical therapist can test for it and treat it.
Some do, for a short time, and we tell you before each one. We stop when you ask.
Many people can. If a test leaves you unsteady, we wait with you, and we suggest you bring someone the first time.
Send a message or call, and the front desk will find a time.