Is this something that's a normal part of the whole ordeal?---Yes--can be..........
---Is it one of those things everyone who has it knows about but it's not studied and therefore not (medically) explained?----No its well covered in the Medical Literature...........
What brings on "decomp?" What are the symptoms?---See below:
Simply means----brain has forgotten----procedure(s) developed in the chronic compensation phase.......after a balance injury/insult...
"Decompensation" can be triggered by---bad cold, flu, minor surgery, vacations....etc...
Recovery---is(after--decompensation)---exactly the same---i.e., VRT's ---used for recovery during the chronic compensation phase
---the chronic phase is usually thought/defined to be that period---within first 48/72 hours after the "insult" when the brain is thought to place a "cerebral clamp" on in the inputs it suspects as unreliable....
So-----
Its a good idea---to---keep ur VRT's in a drawer even after u recover to/and----begin them immediately when/if symptoms return....
recovery from---decompensation can be/is usually a quicker---recovery then after recovery following the initial insult to---ur balance system.