Vestibular Physiotherapy in New Westminster.

Often in one to three sessions. Once we've identified the affected canal, the right repositioning manoeuvre resolves BPPV for most clients. We confirm with re-testing.

Yes, under the physio pre-approval. Vestibular issues are common after MVAs, especially with concussion or whiplash involvement.

For straightforward positional or post-concussion dizziness, vestibular physio is usually the right first step. If symptoms include hearing change, severe headache or new neurological signs, see your physician same-day.

BPPV, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, is short, spinning dizziness triggered by specific head movements like rolling over in bed or looking up. Your physiotherapist confirms it with positional testing that reproduces the spinning and the eye movement pattern that goes with it, which identifies the affected inner ear canal.

No. Vestibular physiotherapy is direct-access in BC, so you can book without a referral from a doctor or an ENT specialist, though bringing notes from a prior assessment can help the first session move more efficiently through the questions your therapist needs answered before treatment begins.

The first assessment usually runs 45 to 60 minutes to allow time for oculomotor testing, positional testing, and a balance screen. Follow-up visits are typically 30 to 45 minutes, depending on whether repositioning treatment or exercise progression is the focus of that particular session in your recovery.

Yes. Because the studio sits next to Royal Columbian Hospital, a meaningful part of the caseload is post-surgical or post-discharge balance work, where dizziness or unsteadiness is part of a broader recovery rather than an isolated inner-ear problem on its own, and needs to be addressed alongside the rest of your recovery.

Yes, it is billed as physiotherapy, so it draws on your physio benefit with most major extended health insurers. We direct bill up to your plan limit and you pay any balance on the day, the same process as a general physiotherapy visit at any Launch Rehab studio.