Vestibular Therapy

If you feel dizzy, off balance, or have fallen, Dr. Karen Merritt PT, DPT can help to determine how well you are using your visual, somatosensory, and vestibular systems to keep your balance. She will instruct you in specific exercises that address the problem and improve how your body uses all these systems together.


If you are experiencing any of these symptoms and would like Karen to evaluate you, please request an appointment.  We look forward to helping you!  

BPPV is something that can happen spontaneously or following a fall, car accident, or other head trauma.  This type of spinning dizziness can be very debilitating.  However, this condition is very treatable and we can provide that treatment here at Dynamic Physical Therapy!   Symptoms that are caused by BPPV can typically be diminished in 1-2 Physical Therapy visits. 

Vestibular PT encompasses oculomotor training, performing canalith repositioning maneuvers as indicated and balance training secondary to vestibular deficits. ​​

You may be experiencing something called Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo, or BPPV.  BPPV is a disorder of the vestibular system where crystals in the inner ear break free from where they are supposed to be located and fall into the semicircular canals.   When these crystals get into the semicircular canals, it causes an increased sensitivity to head movement/position changes.​

At Dynamic Physical Therapy, Dr. Karen Merritt PT, DPT treats vestibular disorders including:

  • Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
  • unilateral vestibular hypofunction
  • ​bilateral vestibular hypofunction as a result of vestibular neuritis


​Have you been feeling dizzy when you move your head?
Do you feel a spinning sensation when you turn over or get in / out of bed?
Does bending over or looking up give you a feeling of dizziness?  ​

44651 Village Court Suite 120 Palm Desert, CA 92260​

760-501-6655


Dynamic Physical Therapy : an outpatient orthopedic physical therapy clinic. 

​Serving the Coachella Valley and cities of Palm Desert, Indian Wells, La Quinta, Bermuda Dunes, Rancho Mirage, Cathedral City, Palm Springs, and Indio.