Dr. Leann Nakamura, PT, DPT

Dr. Leann Nakamura, PT, DPT

Availability

Accepting New Patients

Details

Vortex Physical Therapy & Balance is a specialty clinic focused exclusively on treating vestibular and neurological disorders, including balance issues. We are dedicated to helping you resolve the challenging, often debilitating, symptoms associated with issues related to the balance system, which includes your inner ear, vision, and proprioception.

Our physical therapists have advanced training and education in this field. We regularly treat people suffering from common diagnoses including: BPPV, vestibular migraine, vestibular neuritis/labrynthitis, and Parkinson's. For a more complete list of issues we treat, please visit our website.

Utilizing current evidence-based vestibular rehabilitation protocols, we provide the education and exercises you need to decrease your symptoms and improve your balance. Our goal is to help you feel better and move better, so you can get back to the activities of daily life.

 

Specialty

  • Physical Therapist

Certifications

PWR!Moves® certified therapist for individuals with Parkinson’s disease (2021)

Vestibular Rehabilitation: A Competency-Based Course (Emory, 2023)

Languages

Serving patients in these languages:

  • English

Telemedicine

Serving patients in these regions:

  • US - California

Professional Association Membership

  • American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)

Continuing Education Courses Taken

An Introduction to Vestibular Rehabilitation (Sept 2021)

Vestibular Rehabilitation: Evaluation and Management of Individuals with Dizziness and Balance Disorders (Sept 2022)

Vestibular Rehabilitation: Advanced (Dec 2022)

Percentage of Patients Treated for Vestibular Disorders

50% - 74%

Procedures and Tools

  • Infrared lenses/Frenzel goggles
  • Neurologic exam
  • Bedside Head Impulse Test
  • Dix Hallpike
  • Oculomotor testing
  • Functional mobility and gait assessment

Diagnoses Qualified to Manage

  • BPPV
  • Other peripheral vestibular disorders
  • Central vestibular disorders

Multidisciplinary

  • I work in, or have access to, a multidisciplinary team of vestibular specialists