Physiotherapy for dizziness
Dizziness
Dizziness can feel like spinning, light-headedness, imbalance, motion sensitivity, or visual disorientation. Because dizziness has many possible causes, careful assessment comes first.
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Dizziness is a symptom, not a single diagnosis.
The first job is to understand what kind of dizziness you are experiencing.
Some dizziness is related to the vestibular system, while other presentations may be influenced by medical, cardiovascular, neurological, visual, medication, or other factors.
When physiotherapy is appropriate, treatment may include vestibular exercises, balance work, gaze or head-movement training, and gradual exposure to movements or environments that provoke symptoms.
Understanding your symptoms
What may be contributing to dizziness?
The timing, triggers, duration, associated symptoms, and balance findings help determine whether a vestibular physiotherapy approach makes sense.
Position changes
Some vestibular problems are strongly triggered by rolling in bed, looking up, bending, or changing head position.
Head and visual motion
Busy environments, scrolling, driving, or head movement may provoke symptoms when the vestibular system is sensitive.
Balance-system integration
The brain combines vestibular, visual, and sensory information to maintain orientation and steadiness.
Non-vestibular contributors
Dizziness can also have medical causes, making appropriate screening and referral an important part of assessment.
Your next steps
A clear process from assessment to progress.
The exact treatment may change, but the process should stay understandable. We assess, explain, progress, and keep the plan connected to your goals.
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Understand the pattern
Clarify the quality, triggers, duration, and associated features of the dizziness.
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Choose the right starting point
Assess balance and vestibular function when appropriate.
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Build capacity progressively
Use targeted exercises or repositioning strategies when the findings support them.
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Return to what matters
Progress walking, head movement, visual motion, and real-world environments gradually.
Ready when you are
Get clearer about what is making you dizzy.
A dizziness assessment can help determine whether vestibular physiotherapy is appropriate or whether another type of medical assessment should come first.
Your local Milton clinic
Care close to home.
Questions about whether physiotherapy is the right next step? Contact the clinic or book an assessment and we can help you get started.