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        • Michael Terzian
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        • Sophie Janssens
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        • Philippe Dufour
        • Michael Dyck
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  • Services
    • Classes >
      • Pilates
      • CPR training and first aid for parents
      • Prenatal Class
      • Yoga
    • Doula
    • FREE Webinars >
      • Back Pain/Sciatica
      • How Baby Gets to Walking
      • Intimacy and Sexuality in the Postnatal Period
      • Painful Sex
      • Perinatal Bereavement
    • Massage >
      • Sea Salt Scrub
      • Swedish
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Osteopathy >
      • Adult
      • Pediatric
      • Pregnancy
    • Physiotherapy >
      • Web Physio >
        • Web McKenzie/Ortho
        • Web Pediatric Physiotherapy >
          • Learn More
        • Web Pelvic Floor >
          • Learn More
      • Orthopedic/McKenzie
      • Pediatric >
        • Baby's Motor Development: Educational Session
        • Pediatric pelvic and perineal physiotherapy
      • Perineal and Pelvic Rehabilitation
      • Vestibular Rehabilitation
    • Sex Therapy
  • McKenzie Method
    • What is it?
    • Problems Treated
    • MDT Assessment
    • MDT Treatment
  • Medical Conditions
    • Headaches
    • Musculoskeletal >
      • Jaw pain/temporomandibular problems
      • Bell's Palsy
      • Belt pains
      • Cervicogenic Dizziness
      • Low Back Pain
      • Lumbar Spondylolisthesis
      • Plantar Fasciitis/Heel Pain
      • Restless Leg Syndrome
      • Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy (Tendinitis)
      • Sciatica
      • Spondylosis
      • Tennis Elbow (Lateral Epicondylitis)
    • Pediatric >
      • Constipation
      • Baby's Motor Development: Educational Session with a Physiotherapist
      • Gross Motor Developmental Delay
      • Hip Conditions >
        • Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
        • Legg-Calves-Perthes
        • Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
      • Idiopathic Toe Walking
      • Obstetric Brachial Plexus Injury
      • Plagiocephaly
      • Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis
      • Torticollis
    • Perineal and Pelvic >
      • What is the Pelvic Floor?
      • Fecal Complaints >
        • Anal Fissures
        • Constipation
        • Hemorrhoids
        • Fecal Incontinence
        • Rectocele
      • Pelvic Pain >
        • Chronic Prostatitis
        • Coccydynia
        • Dyspareunia
        • Pelvic Girdle Pain
        • Vaginismus
        • Vulvodynia
      • Pelvic Organ Prolapse
      • Post Operative Problems
      • Postpartum Care >
        • Postpartum Depression
        • Diastasis Recti
        • Mastitis
        • Miscarriage
      • Prenatal Care
      • Sexual Complaints >
        • Chronic Prostatitis
        • ♀ Decreased Sexual Pleasure
        • Dyspareunia
        • Vaginismus
        • Vulvodynia
      • Urinary Complaints >
        • Difficulties Voiding Urine
        • Interstitial Cystitis
        • Night-Time Urination
        • Overactive Bladder
        • Urinary Incontinence
        • Urinary Urgency
    • Mental Health >
      • Postpartum Depression
      • Miscarriage
    • Vestibular >
      • What is the Vestibular System?
      • Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
  • Our Team
    • Monk >
      • Administration
      • Doula >
        • Shanie Lapointe
      • Massage Therapists >
        • Jeffrey Quintela Pires
        • Stevie Fisher St-Denis
        • Natasha Granié
      • Occupational Therapist >
        • Michael Terzian
      • Osteopath >
        • Xavier Roger
      • Physiotherapists >
        • Dana Dufour
        • Yu Xin Hu
        • Kim Kearvell
        • Ivona Yordanova
      • Sex Therapist >
        • Shanie Lapointe
      • Yoga Teachers >
        • Alice Tremblay
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      • Massage Therapists >
        • Jeffrey Quintela Pires
        • Steffy Belliard
      • Occupational Therapy >
        • Michael Terzian
      • Osteopaths >
        • Sophie Janssens
        • Xavier Roger
      • Physiotherapists >
        • Laetitia Bourgeon
        • Monica Chan
        • Philippe Dufour
        • Michael Dyck
        • Kalem Kachur
        • Youri Laplante-El Haïli
        • Duc Nguyen
        • Isabelle Pearson
        • Olga Sofia Ramos da Silva Vieira
        • Sharl Shatta
  • Contact us
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Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) Treatment
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​If you are suffering from BPPV and prefer to treat them with non-invasive, non-medication based treatment, Montreal's Active Solution Physiotherapy, will develop a treatment plan specific to your BPPV.
WHAT IS BPPV?
WHAT CAUSES IT?
HOW CAN PHYSIO HELP?
WHAT IS BPPV?
BPPV occurs when otolith crystals, located in the utricle, move through one of the semicircular canals. These channels are responsible for giving information to the brain regarding the location of the head in space according to its movement. For example, looking up or lying on a bed will strongly stimulate the left and / or right posterior SC channels, while the horizontal SC channels will be stimulated when we look left and right, especially if we are lying on our back.

When these crystals dislodge and migrate through a channel, they give the brain false information. They essentially tell the brain that the head is moving when it actually isn't, causing intense dizziness as well as involuntary eye movements (nystagmus). Postural changes such as rolling over, lying down and getting up from bed are typically the aggravating factors, as they cause large head movements in relation to gravity. These movements / position changes cause the crystals to move and thus cause dizziness. When you stop moving, the crystals gradually stop moving on their own, which is why this dizziness does not last long: between 30-60 seconds.

BPPV is therefore characterized by intense dizziness (ie: spinning room) for a short time (30 to 60 seconds) caused by changes in positions or head movements.
WHAT CAUSES IT?
  • In 60-80% of cases, there is no known cause. The risks increase with age (especially after 55 years of age) and women are affected twice as often when compared to men. In addition, some links are present between BPPV and osteoporosis, atherosclerosis, arterial vasculitis, autoimmune diseases, diabetes, anxiety, hormonal changes and the position of the head during sleep. 
  • 10 to 30% of cases occur as a result of trauma, such as a car accident or a severe blow to the head.
  • 5 to 25% of cases are the secondary consequence of another medical condition, such as labyrinthitis, neuronitis, Ménière's disease and migraines.
HOW CAN PHYSIO HELP?
Firstly, the physiotherapist will conduct a full vestibular assessment in order to confirm the diagnosis of BPPV. Then, with this data, the physiotherapist can use different maneuvers of "repositioning" so that the crystals return to their usual location. These therapeutic maneuvers exist in several variations, but are all effective with a resolution rate fluctuating between 85 and 95% in 1 to 3 treatment sessions. The practitioner can also teach you the exercises you need to do yourself at home in order to speed up the recovery process.

Relapse

Unfortunately, BPPV is a condition that can reoccur. In the long term, one in two people will get it again. The risk of recurrence increases for women, as well as people over 60 years of age, in addition to those who have experienced more than 3 episodes of dizziness, people with vitamin D deficiency, and people with osteoporosis.
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Treatment Option

  • Vestibular Rehabilitation in clinic

Physiotherapists

  • Philippe Dufour
  • Kalem Kachur

​Take control of your health and start feeling better TODAY!

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If you have any questions regarding how vestibular rehabilitation can help, please do not hesitate to contact us by filling out this form.
references
  1.  Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) - VeDA
  2. Most Common Etiology for Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) -- Study of 270 Cases (P4.262), Gobinathan Devathasan, Senna William, Neurology Apr 2016, 86 (16 Supplement) P4.262;
  3. Liu, D. H., Kuo, C. H., Wang, C. T., Chiu, C. C., Chen, T. J., Hwang, D. K., & Kao, C. L. (2017). Age-Related Increases in Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo Are Reversed in Women Taking Estrogen Replacement Therapy: A Population-Based Study in Taiwan. Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 9, 404. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2017.00404
  4. Parnes LS, Agrawal SK, Atlas J. Diagnosis and management of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). CMAJ. 2003 Sep 30;169(7):681-93. PMID: 14517129; PMCID: PMC202288.
  5. Yang B, Lu Y, Xing D, Zhong W, Tang Q, Liu J, Yang X. Association between serum vitamin D levels and benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2020 Jan;277(1):169-177. doi: 10.1007/s00405-019-05694-0. Epub 2019 Oct 19. PMID: 31630244.

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