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Vestibular disorders are not unique to humans. All higher animals that have a vestibular system—from fish to mammals—can be afflicted, including cats and dogs.

El propósito de estos artículos es identificar reacciones y fenómenos psicológicos comunes asociados con los trastornos vestibulares y sugerir varias estrategias de afrontamiento para mejorar el funcionamiento. La información se divide en dos artículos separados:

The mind/body connection is complex. Emotional factors – the way we think, feel and behave – can have a significant effect, for better or worse, on our physical health and our capacity to recover from illness. Anxiety, depression, and social isolation are common problems among people who suffer from vestibular impairment. Learn more about coping strategies and other treatment options.

When your brain is expending all its energy keeping you balance, there isn’t a lot left over for other cognitive processes. As a result, many vestibular patient struggle with attention, concentration and memory, and may feel disoriented and confused. Activities that were automatic, that you never had to even think twice about, now have to be meticulously focused on and thought about. Thankfully, there are ways to combat and overcome these difficulties and improve functioning.

Vestibular patients benefit from environments that allow them to use their vision and somatosensation/proprioception to compensate for their vestibular weakness. Keeping your environment safe means creating an environment where you can stay grounded and see what’s going on, using all your senses for better equilibrium. This article presents a “3-zone home safety assessment” you can do.

Sometimes I feel angry when someone looks at me and assumes I am well. I know that may seem weird since I do SO MANY activities on a daily basis to maintain my wellness and

When I was in school as a child, I cannot recall us normally wearing helmets, and I do recall multiple hits to the head with various balls, including while playing softball and, when I was

This is a transcript from the 2022 Life Rebalanced Live (LRL) Virtual Conference on the topic of “The Vestibular Traumatic Brain Injury Connection.” Learn more about this annual conference at vestibular.org/LRL.   Dr. Danielle Tolman,

This is a transcript from the 2022 Life Rebalanced Live (LRL) Virtual Conference on the topic of "What is Vestibular". Learn more about this annual conference at vestibular.org/LRL.   Dr. Danielle Tolman, PT  00:02 Good

By Drs. Michael Teixido and John Carey. Updated June 2022 by Pavan Krishnan, pre-doctorate research fellow at Johns Hopkins Introduction Migraine is a common clinical problem characterized by episodic attacks of head pain and associated

This is a transcript from the 2022 Life Rebalanced Live (LRL) Virtual Conference on the topic of Neurological Symptoms associated with Long-haul COVID-19. Learn more about this annual conference at vestibular.org/LRL. Dr. Danielle Tolman, PT

Results of Treating Meniere’s Disease with Increased Water Consumption Introduction This article is a follow-up to a patient spotlight previously submitted to VeDA in 2020 titled, My Meniere’s Journey. Summarizing that paper, my journey with