If you develop vertigo caused by BPPV, there are things that you can do and should do to help decrease or eliminate your symptoms. Some of these things involve getting checked by your healthcare provider and physical therapist, and others are specific exercises and maneuvers to help you start feeling normal again.
Your physical therapist can perform special balance tests and vestibular function tests to further assess your BPPV. He or she can then prescribe exercises that are best suited for your specific condition.
The exercise is one that should be done with another person present as it usually causes your symptoms to temporarily occur. It is done by sitting on your bed and then performing special motions with your head and body in sitting and lying.
Brand Daroff exercises can be used to help treat the primary symptoms of BPPV by helping you habituate to the vertigo. The exercises do not necessarily reposition the displaced calcium crystals in the vestibular system. Brandt Daroff exercises can also be used to help prevent future occurrences of BPPV.
