Vestibular and Balance Training

Having good balance is important to complete nearly all tasks, such as walking or even leaning over to tie your shoes. Here at Island Sports Physical Therapy, we offer vestibular and balance training in Huntington to help those with balance and vestibular issues prevent injuries associated with falling. Improving your balance is a key component of strength, endurance, and flexibility, and has many benefits along with it.

Benefits of Vestibular and Balance Training

Our vestibular and balance training in Huntington is designed to strengthen the muscles that assist in keeping the body upright, including the leg and core muscles. Our exercises aim to increase stability and help prevent falls. There are many benefits that coincide with balance and vestibular training. These benefits include:

• Body Awareness. Improving your balance helps improve body awareness, which is an overall better sense of the body and how your limbs are oriented in space. This decreases the probability of injury.
• Joint stability.  Our balance and vestibular training help promote stable ankles, knees, hips, and shoulders.
• Coordination. Balance exercises require the entire body to work cohesively, otherwise stumbling and falling would occur. Increased coordination throughout the balance training will transcend into coordination in everyday life activities.
• Reaction time. Improved balance also can increase reaction time. When slipping or falling, the body needs to rebalance itself immediately in order to prevent a fall.

Vestibular Training

Vestibular training helps improve many conditions related to the inner ear or balance disorders. Individuals who have vestibular issues regularly experience issues with vertigo, lightheadedness, visual disturbance, and imbalance. These are the issues our training aims to address. Our training is a specialized form of exercises designed to alleviate those symptoms.

Balance and vestibular issues are known to weaken the quality of life and impact all aspects of daily activities. If you are experiencing dizziness or balance issues, do not wait any longer. Visit our office and take part in our vestibular and balance training in Huntington. Contact us for more information.