<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nHannah Lamitie is a Physical Therapist who has been with Alpine Ear, Nose and Throat since 2004. (seen right)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her specialty is Vestibular Physical Therapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vestibular Therapy is a specialty of Physical Therapy that addresses the many disorders resulting in dizziness, vertigo, imbalance, and falling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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There are a multitude of diagnoses that result in vertigo and dizziness. Gross estimates of incidence and prevalence are as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nApproximately –<\/p>\n\n\n\n
40% are from otologic (inner ear) causes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
10% are from central nervous system causes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
25% are from other medical causes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
25% are from undiagnosed causes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The other group of people who can benefit from Vestibular Physical Therapy is the ever-growing population of older people reporting slow progressive changes in balance control and balance confidence. The increasing fear of falling leads to maladaptive changes in movement and balance responses that actually increase one\u2019s risk for falls over time. Even the most unstable people can change significantly in their balance control and confidence. With education and guided practice, fall risk can decrease and balance confidence can improve significantly.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nAlpine Ear, Nose & Throat is currently accepting new patients at both our Loveland and Fort Collins, Colorado locations. We look forward to helping you feel better, safer, and more independent! <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We at Alpine Ear, Nose & Throat understand the effects that vertigo, dizziness, and imbalance can have on the lives of our patients, which is why we offer a\u00a0comprehensive team equipped to assist in diagnosing the root of the problem and finding solutions towards relief. Our five board-certified Physicians (seen right) have a combined wealth…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpineent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpineent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpineent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpineent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpineent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1179"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/alpineent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7016,"href":"https:\/\/alpineent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179\/revisions\/7016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpineent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpineent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpineent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}