Weeks 1–2
Pain
Calm the dizziness down.
Guided repositioning techniques target the root cause directly and can bring real relief starting your very first visit.
What We Treat
Dizziness & Vertigo treatment in Louisville.
The room tilting when you roll over in bed. A wave of dizziness when you look up. Care that starts with finding what’s driving the spinning.
Sound Familiar?
Does this sound like you?
- The room tilting when you roll over in bed
- A wave of dizziness when you look up at a shelf
- Feeling unsteady when you turn your head quickly
- Avoiding driving because a dizzy spell might hit
- Nausea that shows up right along with the spinning
- Grabbing onto something anytime you stand up too fast
Two or more? Keep reading.
Why It Happens
Dizziness is a symptom. Something causes it.
Dizziness doesn’t come from nowhere. Often it’s tiny calcium crystals in your inner ear that have shifted out of place, a mechanical issue called BPPV. Other times it’s your brain and inner ear falling out of sync after an illness or an injury. Either way, there’s a real, physical reason you feel unsteady.
That’s why a cause-first evaluation matters so much. Generic “wait it out” advice doesn’t fix a crystal that’s still out of place or a vestibular system that’s still out of sync. Find the actual mechanism, and the right technique usually settles it fast.
The Honest Truth
Waiting on dizziness doesn’t make it wait on you.
If you keep waiting
- You avoid more and more activities, just to be safe
- Your balance and confidence keep eroding
- Dizziness quietly becomes a bigger part of your daily life
If you start this week
- The actual cause gets identified at visit one
- Guided relief techniques start the same visit
- You get a plan with an endpoint: a real one, not an open tab of appointments
Nobody regrets starting too early. Every week, someone in our clinic says they regret waiting.
How We Fix It
The same four phases. Built for your dizziness.
Every plan has an endpoint. Here’s what the four phases look like for dizziness and vertigo.
Weeks 2–6
Prime
Get your coordination back.
Targeted vestibular exercises retrain your inner ear and brain to work together again, rebuilding the coordination that’s been thrown off.
Weeks 6–10
Perform
Build the confidence to move again.
Real-world movement and head-turn drills rebuild the confidence to turn, look up, and go about your day without bracing for the spin.
Weeks 10+
Prevent
Keep it from coming back.
A prevention plan targets the habits and positions that triggered symptoms in the first place, confirmed before you’re cleared to go all-in: that’s the endpoint, not just another appointment.
Brad is absolutely amazing! Very attentive and answers all my questions before I even know I had them. He’s super kind and super knowledgeable at what he does. I recommend him to everyone!
Shared by Rebecca J. B.
Walked in: uncertain what was going on
Walked out: clear answers and expert care
New patient
First visit
Questions, Answered
What people ask before booking for dizziness and vertigo.
Yes, especially when the dizziness comes from your inner ear. Conditions like BPPV, tiny crystals shifting out of place, respond very well to specific repositioning techniques, often within just a few visits. The first step is always a thorough evaluation to confirm that’s actually what’s causing your symptoms, since not all dizziness comes from the same place.
If sudden, severe dizziness comes with chest pain, slurred speech, numbness, or a severe headache, go to the ER right away. Don’t wait on a PT appointment for those symptoms, they can signal something more serious than an inner-ear issue. Physical therapy helps with vestibular and balance-related dizziness, once anything urgent has been ruled out.
Many vestibular cases improve quickly, often within just a few visits. A full plan still moves through all four phases, Pain, Prime, Perform, and Prevent, tailored to how long you’ve been dealing with the dizziness. Either way, you get a plan with an endpoint: you’ll always know which phase you’re in and what’s left, not an open-ended string of appointments.
Book Your Visit
Ready when you are.
Request a time and a real person calls you back, usually within two business hours. No phone tree. No ‘someone will reach out.’ Just a plan.
- Hours Monday–Friday, 8:00am–6:00pm
- (502) 509-3136 Prefer to talk now? Call us.
- Same-week appointments available
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Typical response: under 2 business hours
Step 1 of 5
Request sent.
That’s the hard part done. We’ll call during business hours to lock in your time. Most people are on the schedule same week.
Visit Us
Care this good, this close.
Focus Physical Therapy
- 3010 Eastpoint Pkwy, Louisville, KY 40223 (opens in a new tab)
- (502) 509-3136
- info@physicaltherapylouisville.com
- Monday–Friday, 8:00am–6:00pm