What is vestibular?- The Big 7 Questions About Vestibular Therapy- Dizziness & Concussion Treatment

Join us with Dr. Julie Gray, vestibular physical therapist as we go through the 7 big questions about vestibular therapy. Get all your questions answers about dizziness, vertigo, and concussion treatment in our 7 day series!
Each day we will spend time answering one question related to learning more about holistic solutions to dizziness through vestibular therapy!
Day 1 question 1 in our series is "what is vestibular?"
Be sure to check out the next video in our series, question 2 "what is vestibular therapy?"
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Dr. Julie Gray, PT is a vestibular physical therapist and owner of Piton Physical Therapy, a mobile vestibular therapy clinic serving clients in the Jackson New Jersey area or anywhere in New Jersey through telemedicine. Our mission is to empower individuals with pain, dizziness, and imbalance live a better balanced and active life from the comfort of home!
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So in honor of balance awareness week 2022 we are going to discuss the 7 big questions related to vestibular therapy!
Day 1 question 1: what is vestibular?
The vestibular system includes parts of the inner ear and brain that process the sensory information controlled with balance and eye movement. There are many different components of this system but the main component is called the vestibular labryinth, which most people call the inner ear. The vestibular labyrinth is made up of semicircular canals, and otolith organs called the utricle and saccule. They all contain nerve receptors to communication information from the vestibular system to our brain and other balance centers like our eyes, and to our joints. The vestibular system is the internal reference to our balance, while our eyes and joints sense are our external reference.
If you have ever been in a parked car, and the car next you starts to move, and you slam on the breaks instinctively because you feel like you are moving, that is because of a miscommunication between these balance centers. Your eyes sensed motion and overrode the information it was getting from what your body was feeling and what your vestibular system was sensing.
So the vestibular system is a sensory system that is responsible for providing information about head position, spatial orientation, and about motion. It helps us keep our balance, stabilize our eyes while our head moves, and maintain our posture. In a perfect world in works harmoniously with our other balance centers, our eyes, joint sense (or proprioception) and brain. However, problems can arise when there is a weakness in any one of these systems. This can lead to imbalance, dizziness, headache, motion sensitivity and more. This is why vestibular therapy was developed as a holistic exercise approach to solve these symptoms.