We treat Vertigo, Concussions, and Motion Sickness in Greenville, SC
by REBALANCING the Inner Ear
So that you can live a DIZZY FREE lifestyle!
Does this sound like you?
These are not meant to diagnose you but help lead you in the right direction to see if your inner ear is contributing to your symptoms.
Positional Vertigo
Worse with laying down
Worse with changes in head and body positions
Concussions
Blurry vision
Difficulty with concentration
Decreased tolerance to normal tasks/increased fatigue
Light/sound sensitivity
Motion Sickness
Nausea/ Vomiting
Have to be the driver
Feel off in crowded environments
Feel like you have tunnel vision
Vestibular Migraine
Feeling hungover without alcohol consumption
With or without head pain
Dizziness or vertigo that lasts hours or days independant of body position
Vestibular Hypofunction
Brain feels like its sloshing in water/jello
Dizzy but not spinning (Feeling off)
Vision feels like it is lagging
Meniere’s Disease
Ear Fullness/Ringing
Hearing loss
Poor Balance Control
Vertigo for prolonged periods
Our Services
Dizziness, Concussions, Motion Sickness, and more
Perfect for athletes, teams, clubs with rotational sports
Perfect for anyone interested in learning about their eye health
Community Events
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Free 15 Minute Balance Screen
The first wednesday of every month we hold a FREE screen from 11:30am-1pm at our clinic! We offer this service to help you determine if you could benefit from care and what your next steps should be! Drop in anytime on dates below!
Schedule for the rest of the year- Nov 5, Dec 3
Free Resources
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$15 Motion Sickness Guide
Take control of your motion sickness with our expert-designed $15 guide. Full of practical tips and proven techniques, this guide will help you reduce symptoms and enjoy smoother, more comfortable travels.
Our 3 Step Process
“EAR”
To get you DIZZY- FREE
Step 1: Evaluate
We take the time with our 1-1 treatment model to give YOU a thorough evaluation to determine the root cause of your dizziness and symptoms.
Step 2: Adapt
We will create specific treatment interventions and habituation techniques for YOU so that your brain learns to ADAPT to your environment so that you can return to doing the things you love symptom-free.
Step 3: Reintegrate
After ensuring the communication is REBALANCED between your inner ear, your eyes, and your brain, we will REINTEGRATE you back into the community so that you can live the life you’ve always wanted!
What Our Patients Are Saying
At Rebalance Physical Therapy in Greenville, SC, we are the Upstate's specialized vestibular clinic, built entirely around helping people who live with dizziness, vertigo, and balance dysfunction get their lives back. Every session is 60 minutes, one on one with a Doctor of Physical Therapy who specializes in the vestibular system and uses advanced diagnostic tools, including infrared goggles and RightEye eye-tracking, to identify the root cause of your symptoms before treatment begins.
We help people dealing with vertigo and BPPV, dizziness and imbalance, headaches and vestibular migraines, post-concussion syndrome, and PPPD. Our motion sickness physical therapy in Greenville is built for patients who are tired of white-knuckling car rides or skipping the activities that matter most. Whether your symptoms started after a head injury or developed gradually, our goal is to retrain the communication between your inner ear, your eyes, and your brain so you can move through the world without fear.
We use canalith repositioning maneuvers, gaze stabilization training, vestibular habituation exercises, and oculomotor therapy tailored specifically to what your evaluation reveals, not a generic program handed to everyone who walks in. We also offer a free monthly balance screen on the first Wednesday of every month and a free 15-minute discovery call for anyone who wants to know if vestibular PT is the right next step.
No referral is needed. Reach out today to get started on your path to a dizzy-free life.
FAQ
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The vestibular system is a very small yet mighty system within your inner ear. It is 1 of 3 systems we use for balance and helps tell us where we are in space. Therefore, any pathology to the inner ear such as swelling, compression on the vestibulocochlear nerve, or dislodged otoconia or “crystals” within the inner ear canals can cause abnormal symptoms such as vertigo, nausea, disequilibrium, or imbalance.
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Yes! The Epley maneuver is the most common maneuver performed for posterior canal BPPV. However, the Epley is specific to certain canals and does not cure ALL vertigo. We perform several other different maneuvers - all dependent on which canal is affected and what your eyes tell us!
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When crystals become dislodged, they will be free-floating in 1 of our 3 semi-circular canals. Each canal is associated with specific eye muscles, so your eye will uncontrollably be pulled into a specific direction based on where the crystals are located. We utilize infrared goggles in our clinic that allow us to assess eye movements for “nystagmus” in order to more accurately determine where the crystals are and therefore which canal needs to be treated.
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No, vestibular rehab is needed for many symptoms outside of just “dizziness” that most people do not recognize as an issue. Other descriptions that vestibular rehab can address include: “brain fog”; “haziness”; “rocking or swaying”; feeling “floaty”; feeling “detached” from one’s self (depersonalization); feeling pulled to 1 side; motion sickness as a passenger or backseat rider; sensitivity to viewing increased visual stimuli such as patterned carpets, moving fan, or moving tree limbs in the wind; increased eye fatigue or eye blurriness; or just simply feeling “off” or “not normal”
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Infrared goggles - these are CRUCIAL in assessing your eye movements and being able to differentiate if your dizziness is coming from the vestibular system (a peripheral issue) vs. something potentially more sinister like a stroke or other neurological disorder (a central issue). Also, the goggles allow us to more accurately and confidently ensure if otoconia or “crystals” are dislodged and where they are located so that the CORRECT canal and the CORRECT ear can be treated!
RightEye - this high-tech software links up to your pupils in order to provide objective data on how well your eyes are tracking moving targets, jumping from target to target, and fixating on a specific target. This detailed report helps us know how we can better train your eyes because the eyes, the inner ear, and the brain all have to be on the same page and communicate effectively individually and together for you to feel your best!
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Although we do not file to insurance companies, we can provide you with a “superbill” that has all the necessary information for you to file to your specific insurance independently.
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Unfortunately, you cannot use a superbill if you are planning to file to Medicare or Medicaid. You are able to still come to us out of pocket, but if we see that you would benefit from a more traditional insurance model, we will help you find a better fit!
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Kat and Adi have both taken insurance in the past and found that with reimbursement rates being so low, most companies are forced to see several patients an hour and insurance dictates what treatment should be provided. We want to provide higher quality 1:1 care and treat the way that is best for you (without insurance getting in the way)
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Yes, we most certainly do!
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Yes, we are highly qualified and certified in dry needling. Because most of our vestibular patients also have neck-related pain, tension, or stiffness, we often incorporate dry needling of the neck into our plan of care. This will help improve neck ROM, decrease muscle tension, decrease headaches, and allow us to better fire the vestibular system!
*Disclaimer: This is not something we have to do by any means for those that are more anxious or fearful of needles - this is just 1 of many tools in our toolbox that can be a great adjunct in treatment
