How does vestibular exercise make you feel?

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When you do the exercises, do you feel "off" for the remainder of the day or just for an hour or two after?

It seems that when I am active, it makes me feel sick and after that the dizzy/whooshing feeling subsides but not enough that it still impacts the rest of my day. This is what makes exercising so difficult as it ruins my days. I know it's supposed to get worse before it gets better, right?

Anyone else seem to have this issue?

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    Yes when I first started I would be dizzy for hours. So what I did was slow down the pace and length of time I did it. Let's say the stabilization I was doing 2 mins on each part the uo and down, and side to side so I started at 45 seconds each part then after a few days and it settled down meaning that after I was done I was only dizzy for a bit, then I would add 15 seconds every few days and I finally got to 2 mins and doing 180 times in each part. But it will take a few days to settle each time

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      That's a good idea Patty. I start physical therapy next week so I'm hoping to learn some exercises. 

  • Posted

    Are you seeing a therapist? Tell them. One I had years ago adjusted mine so it wasn't so bad. She made sure I was doing them right as well. To much to soon will make you sick. Not doing them right will make you worse. She was great. Wish she was a friend or family member. Lol. Rather see her than a new person.

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