Great home balance therapy… and it’s cheap
Thursday, September 18th, 2008
A patient came to me yesterday who suffers from presbystasis. This is a disorder in which both inner ears are weak and the person has difficulty maintaining balance. Often, time consuming vestibular physical therapy is the only available remedy. This patient had trouble taveling to our vestibular rehab center, so….. he did the next best thing. He brought the therapy home. He purchased an inexpensive foam board on which to practice his balance. The foam removes sensory clues that one would normallyget from the feet contacting the ground. This forces the balance system in the ears to function extra hard thus “exercising” the inner ear. A briliant and inexpnsive alternative.