New vestibular rehabilitation exercises.
I went back to see the vestibular rehabilitation therapist, and they said there’s not really much noticeable improvement — so now we’re going to try to complete overload the vestibular system and see if it causes it to improve.
I’m still supposed to do the exercsises with the business card and moving my head horizontally back and forth, but now I’m also supposed to move my hand horiztonally back and forth in the opposite direction. It tends to make me feel a bit nasty.
I’ve also got to do what is essentially tight-rope walking with my eyes closed — just without the tight-rope (I do it across the floor in my apartment). I have a really hard time staying in a straight line, which the therapist says is normal with bilateral damage.
The last thing I have to do is stand on one foot while brushing my teeth (both in the morning and at night), which I also find tough. I’m hoping that between all these different exercises, we’ll start to some improvement. If not, then it’s going to be the BrainPort route for sure.
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