Boise Balance and Vestibular

Boise Balance and Vestibular A specialized physical therapy clinic providing high quality care for balance/vestibular issues.

07/30/2026

👓🎮 The future of brain-body rehabilitation has arrived!

This isn’t just gaming for fun—it’s virtual reality vestibular rehabilitation! By immersing patients in realistic environments, we can safely challenge the brain’s balance system, improve visual motion tolerance, and build confidence with movement in ways that are difficult to recreate in the clinic.

Every head turn, step, and scenario is designed with a purpose: helping patients return to the activities they love with less dizziness and better balance. 😎

Fun tip - have the patient stand on an unstable surface to isolate and integrate the vestibular system even more!

07/17/2026

🧩 Balance and vestibular rehabilitation isn’t just about standing on one foot.

Real life requires your brain and body to work together while you’re moving, thinking, searching, planning, and adapting—all at the same time.

In this exercise, we’re combining:
✅ Dynamic balance
✅ Walking and functional movement
✅ Head and eye movements
✅ Cognitive dual-tasking
✅ Problem-solving and visuospatial processing
✅ Multi-planar reaching, bending, and turning

As the task progresses, the challenge increases by completing the puzzle while walking on a treadmill, scanning side to side, locating pieces, and planning each move—all while maintaining steady gait.

These types of activities better reflect the demands of everyday life than isolated balance exercises. Whether you’re navigating a busy grocery store, carrying on a conversation while walking, or searching for an item on a shelf, your brain is constantly integrating movement, vision, balance, and cognition.

The goal isn’t just better balance in the clinic—it’s confidence and function in the real world.

💫Same spins, different brains 🧠 😵‍💫 Did you know that everyone processes movement differently?After spinning, our eyes c...
07/10/2026

💫Same spins, different brains 🧠

😵‍💫 Did you know that everyone processes movement differently?

After spinning, our eyes continue to move automatically. This is called post-rotary nystagmus and happens because your vestibular system (the balance organs in your inner ear) keeps signaling that you’re turning, even after you’ve stopped.

In our family:
🔄 One of us has a very robust response.
🔄 One has a moderate response.
🔄 One has a much shorter, less intense response and could probably spin all day!

Differences in post-rotary nystagmus can reflect normal variations in vestibular sensitivity, motion tolerance, and even how our brains adapt to movement experiences.

There isn’t one “perfect” response—our vestibular systems are wonderfully unique!!

07/02/2026

Sometimes progress in vestibular rehab looks small before it looks big.

Driving a short distance. Walking through a store for 10 minutes. Feeling more engaged in conversation. Recovering faster after symptoms flare.

These “little wins” are often the first signs that someone is getting their confidence — and their life — back! 🫶🏼

“When you are struggling with dizziness or imbalance it’s easy to become demoralized and feel like you’ll never feel ‘no...
05/20/2026

“When you are struggling with dizziness or imbalance it’s easy to become demoralized and feel like you’ll never feel ‘normal’ again. Recovery can be a long road, and just thinking of taking one more step might feel like climbing a mountain - impossible.”

But by taking steps together, we build resilience and bring hope. 🤍

It doesn’t matter whether it’s a step toward your kitchen, to the mailbox, at the park, running a mile, or a figurative step - anything counts as a step forward!

Join Boise Balance & Vestibular and as we take together. Learn more at vestibular.org/s2b.

Comment below what activities you are doing to improve your balance and tag and !!!!!!

✨WHY YOU’RE DIZZY WEDNESDAY: Vestibular Migraine✨Vestibular migraine is one of the most common causes of recurrent dizzi...
05/13/2026

✨WHY YOU’RE DIZZY WEDNESDAY: Vestibular Migraine✨

Vestibular migraine is one of the most common causes of recurrent dizziness — and many people don’t realize you can have it even without a severe headache.

Symptoms can look like:
• Vertigo
• Feeling off balance or “floaty”
• Motion sickness sensitivity
• Visual dizziness
• Brain fog or nausea

Because symptoms can come and go, people are often told “everything looks normal” while still struggling day to day.

Vestibular rehab can help improve motion tolerance, balance, and confidence with movement through individualized treatment strategies. 💙

04/24/2026

Cervical Proprioception training (CPT) is a type of exercise therapy that aims to enhance joint position awareness and neuromuscular precision in the neck.

This CPT drill trains the deep neck sensors to improve head positioning, reduce dizziness, and sharpen stability.
Laser + maze = real-time feedback for better control.

These exercises are good for treating conditions such as:

➡️ cervicogenic dizziness/headache
➡️ post concussion rehab
➡️ cervical instability
➡️ forward head posture correction
➡️ whiplash associated conditions

04/16/2026

If daily tasks like reaching, turning, or walking on uneven ground make you feel off-balance or dizzy—exercises like this can help!

By combining unstable surfaces, dynamic reaching outside the base of support, and gaze stabilization, we build balance that actually translates to real life function (and we have fun doing it!) ⚖️🚶🏽‍♂️🙌🏼

04/12/2026

Vestibular rehab in action 👀
This drill layers visual tracking + dynamic balance + cognitive load to challenge the entire system.

▪️ Unstable surface (Rocker board) → somatosensory challenge
▪️ Pendulum tracking → vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) & gaze stability
▪️ Adding numbers → dual-tasking + cognitive integration

Real life doesn’t happen in a quiet, controlled environment—so rehab shouldn’t either.




04/10/2026

Ear crystals (BPPV) is a common cause of vertigo but it’s certainly not the only one! Conditions such as vestibular migraine vestibular neuritis (nerve inflammation), Meniere’s (ear fluid build up), or acoustic neuroma/vestibular schwannoma (benign tumor) can cause this environmental-spinning sensation. 😵‍💫

There are other neurological conditions which can cause vertigo as well! This is why it’s very important to seek out a health care provider if you are experiencing vertigo.

Getting the right diagnosis matters because if it’s not BPPV, a crystal repositioning maneuver will not fix the problem.

Working with a trained vestibular therapist is the key to finding the right treatment for you! 🩶

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9351 W State Street Ste 130
Garden City, ID
83714

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Monday 8am - 3pm
Tuesday 8am - 3pm
Wednesday 8am - 3pm
Thursday 8am - 3pm

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