Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Toi Hi Subs30
Thanks for your reply - it gives me some hope of getting better some time soon. I'm interested in what VRTs you did that helped.
Thanks
Toi |
Hi Toi
Nothing tailored to my BPPV----just the standard core set of VRT's, i.e.,:
--Ankle Sways: This will help you build good strategies for keeping your balance while standing.
--Ball Circles: This will help you build good strategies for keeping your balance while standing.
--Circle Sways: This will help you build good strategies for keeping your balance while standing.
--Focusing With Head Turns: This will help you stabilize your gaze with quick, short head movements. This type of movement is used while driving.
--Gait With Head Movement: This will help you build stable head movements while walking. This type of movement occurs when walking down the aisle of a grocery store searching for an item.
--Head Circles: This will help you keep your vision stable with smaller head movements. This would be similar to standing in an aisle of a store and looking for an item on the shelves.
--Horizontal Head Movements: This will help you keep your vision stable with head movements. This is similar to watching for a break in traffic.
--Saccades: This will help you to tolerate quick eye movements such as those needed for reading.
--Targets: This will help you keep your vision stable with large head movements. This type of movement is often needed when changing lanes while driving.
--Visual Tracking: This will help you to smoothly follow a moving target. This type of eye movement would be needed for watching a car cross in front of you at an intersection or following a tennis ball during play.
Got these VRT exercises from the Univ of Penn P/T person---along with instructions on how to do them and how often---but---I think they are just a standard set of exercises---that they---hand out to---just about anyone---and are used/employed across the VRT Industry---if you do a search on any one of them it will prob/should come up since they are so common---at least in the states.....
Good Luck---worked for me!!