Let’s take a look at how physiotherapy helps BPPV.
“In terms of treatment for BPPV it is individualised depending on which of the semicircular canals has been identified by your clinician”
A thorough assessment including an in depth subjective assessment, or put simply a bunch of questions that well ask you to describe your symptoms ie
- When it started?
- How long do symptoms last for?
- The positions that aggravate you most?
- How this is affecting day to day activities and life?
We will then test you, performing a quick movement of the head and body called a Dix-Hallpike test.
If positive, this will reproduce your symptoms and give us information on perform a ‘repositioning’ technique such as the Epley Manouvre.
This seeks to dislodge the calcium crystals from where they shouldn’t be and return them to where they belong promoting a return to normal vestibular function.