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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.

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 article is adapted from The Great Balancing Act: An Insider’s Guide to the Human Vestibular System, published by Columbia University Press. Copyright (c) 2025 Jeffrey D. Sharon. Used by arrangement with the Publisher. All rights

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

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

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

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

My vertigo journey began around Christmas 2020 where I couldn't roll out of bed without a whirlwind of dizziness. Thinking it was an inner ear virus as I've had vertigo before, my primary doctor who

The vestibular system includes the parts of the inner ear and brain that process the sensory information involved with controlling balance and eye movements. If disease or injury damages these processing areas, vestibular disorders can result. Vestibular disorders can also result from or be worsened by genetic or environmental conditions, or occur for unknown reasons.

Introduction My Meniere’s Disease began some 20 years ago, while I was leading a workshop in England, when I experienced a sudden and dramatic hearing loss, specific to one ear. I had to ask people