Vestibular Physiotherapy in Richmond.

Often yes. Once we've identified the affected canal, the right repositioning manoeuvre resolves BPPV in 1 to 3 visits for most clients. We confirm with re-testing.

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

For straightforward positional or post-concussion dizziness, vestibular physio is usually the right first step. If symptoms include hearing change, severe headache or 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 tells us which inner ear canal is affected.

No. Vestibular physiotherapy is direct-access in BC, so you can book without a referral from a doctor or an ENT specialist. If your family doctor or an ENT has already assessed you, bringing their notes helps the first session move faster, but a referral is never required to get in the door.

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 balance retraining exercises are the focus of that particular session.

Yes. Richmond is the only Launch Rehab studio with a dietitian on-site, so when dizziness sits alongside a broader health concern, your physiotherapist and dietitian can share notes rather than you coordinating two separate clinics for what is really one connected picture of your health.

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 billing process used for a general physiotherapy appointment at this studio.