Balance & Vestibular Rehab Scranton and Wilkes-Barre
Helping Patients Keep Their Feet on the Ground
The Balance Program at Allied Services treats patients with diagnoses that
are related to vestibular and neurological disorders. Your eyes, nervous
system, and inner ears all contribute to your sense of balance. However,
if any one of these complex systems isn’t sending the proper signals
to your brain, or your brain sending the right signals back, you may experience
dizziness or become unstable. The good news is that many balance deficits
can be improved with balance rehabilitation.
Allied Services Balance and Vestibular Programs provides specially trained
therapists to help patients improve balance, decrease dizziness, minimize
falls and reduce their need for medication and improve activity levels.
Using the latest advancements in technology coupled with knowledge and
help from experts trained in vestibular rehabilitation, our team will
develop a program specifically tailored to your needs.
Dizziness, vertigo, disequilibrium, blurred or bouncing vision, nausea
and anxiety are common symptoms that may result from an issue with your
vestibular system. These symptoms may range from mild, lasting only seconds
or minutes to being severe, restricting activity.
Our specially trained therapists help patients decrease dizziness, minimize
falls, reduce their need for medication and improve activity levels. Using
the latest advancements in technology, coupled with knowledge from experts
trained in vestibular rehabilitation, our team will develop a program
specifically tailored to your needs.
Allied Services utilizes
infrared video goggles for evaluation and treatment of peripheral and central vestibular disorders.
The primary use of infrared video goggles is to see a close-up image of
an individual’s eye. This allows the clinician to record and analyze
the person’s eye movements. This visual observation is advantageous
during the evaluation process and assists with diagnosing variants of
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV). This increases the effectiveness
of treating BPPV. It also assists in determining other potential contributors
to an individual’s dizziness.
With this technology our team of skilled Therapists can customize your
treatment specific to your needs
About the Balance Program
During everyday tasks, our brain assesses inputs from our vision, inner
ear, and body to coordinate appropriate balance reactions. Problems in
the brain or any of our sensory systems may result in loss of balance
and/ or falls. While these sensory systems tend to decline with age and
various medical conditions, imbalance can occur at any age.
The good news is that customized balance therapy can improve balance abilities
and reduce risk of falls at every age. The Balance Program at Allied Services
treats patients experiencing imbalance due to vestibular and neurological
disorders, as well as general deconditioning. Our specially trained therapists
evaluate strengths and limitations in each of the balance systems. Taking
into account these objective measures and your personal goals, our team
will design a program specifically tailored toward your individual needs.
Fall Prevention
Allied Services therapists help patients prevent falls with therapies designed
to improve strength, flexibility, and balance, as well as necessary education
and assistive devices. Patients leave Allied Services with individualized
exercise regimens designed to improve balance and with renewed self-reliance
and a feeling of independence.
Patient & Family Education
Family involvement is a key component of our program. We educate both the
patient and his or her family or caregiver on any potential safety concerns.
We also provide training and support to ensure that the patient’s
treatment is able to continue at home and in other settings.
Begin Your Recovery Journey Today
Getting physical therapy at our Rehab Centers is hassle-free. With Direct
Access, you can begin without needing a referral, which means you won't
have to go through the expense and inconvenience of seeing another physician
for a referral.
To find a nearby Rehab Center, please refer to the
Locations section or contact us at
570-348-1360.
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