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Balance Awareness Week Breaks the Silence

Balance Awareness Week is a cause that is near and  dear to my heart. Until I lost balance my balance, I took my vestibular system for granted. I had heard about people falling as a

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Darcy’s Balance Awareness Week inspiration

I think I can confidently say nearly everyone has lost their balance at least one time in their life. How many times have you accidentally tripped over something, got off of a carnival ride a

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Travel Tips from a Dizzy Doctoral Student

A year ago, I did not know if I could function in daily life, let alone travel the world again. I was on medical leave from work and had to leave my doctoral program in

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Vestibular Rehab Revisited After 7 Years

By Carol Rexroad Cannon After a hiatus of seven years, I decided to see if vestibular rehab could again improve my quality of life. My husband and I felt we were managing my symptoms and

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Discovering Support

Darilys, like too many people with vestibular disorders, faced nearly 4 years of chronic dizziness before she got the medical help she needed.

Once she finally received a diagnosis of Vestibular Migraine, she began the search for treatment. Through VeDA’s online community, Darilys was able to learn the information she needed to advocate for herself and eventually found a healthcare team that could help her.

After getting so much life-changing support from the vestibular community, she knew she wanted to give back. As a billingual English and Spanish speaker, she saw an opportunity to spread knowledge and support to new members of the vestibular community.

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A New Support Group for Runners

Run Balanced By Alex Biss The Birth of a Support Group One of the hardest parts about my vestibular illness is the toll it has taken on my capacity for physical activity. In the fluid

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VeDA Volunteer Takes On Washington DC

Headache on the Hill Recently, VeDA Board Member Darcy Bonjour advocated for others when she participated in the Headache on the Hill event. Headache on the Hill (HOH) is the most influential day of the

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Boundaries of Balance

By Wendy Holliday Bledsoe and the Vestibular Disorders Association One day in 2016 Melinda woke with a stiff neck. She’d been painting a ceiling the day before and thought that she’d recover quickly as she’d

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Travelling to Antarctica With MdDS

December 17, 2019 I stepped onto a cruise ship in Portugal to sail across the Atlantic. On December 27, following ten days of rough seas I stepped onto the docks in Miami. I didn’t know

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I’m Dancing Again

Eight years ago, I was diagnosed with Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease, which has caused bilateral deafness and vestibular hypofunction. It has left me deaf, off balance, dizzy, and with oscillopsia (jumping vision). I have these

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Balancing Act Rehab Supporting The Continuation of LRL

Life Rebalanced Live (LRL) Conference, Past and Present Balancing Act Rehab Provides Funding for LRL VeDA would like to give a big shout out to Drs. Abbie Ross and Danielle Tolman with Balancing Act Rehabilitation

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Exploring New Year’s Resolutions

Exploring New Year's Resolutions Suggested Topic for Vestibular Support Groups Written by VeDA Ambassador Samantha @concussedfullydizzy Many people celebrate the New Year by setting goals or resolutions. However, for those with vestibular challenges and unpredictable

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