Vestibular Interventions

Cawthorne-Cooksey Exercises are for _______

Habituation in pts with vestibular hypofunciton

Habituation exercise examples

eye movements progressing from slow to fast

Head movements slow to fast

Shoulder shrugging/circling in sitting; bending to pick up objects off ground

Sit to stands

Moving: circle round center person who throws a ball

Gaze stability exercise examples

x1 viewing: adaptation; performed 3x/day - move head back and forth at 30 deg keeping letter in focus

x2 viewing: adaptation; card and head move back and forth in opposite directions

Active eye-head movement bw two targets (saccades substitution)

Imaginary targets: substitution using COR; look at object, close eyes, turn head, look back at object

Postural Stability exercises

Any balance activities