Balance Overview VIDEO
Patients with chronic balance problems and dizziness can experience a tremendous handicap in their everyday lives. Normal daily activities are often avoided for fear of bringing on an attack of their symptoms.
The Human Vestibular (Balance) System
The human balance system is the coordinated effort of several systems:
The Vestibular System is the balance portion of the inner ear. This system tells the brain where the head is in space.
Visual, or the eyes, and the Somatosensory System (the body and sense of touch) gives the brain information about the movement and stability of the world around us.
Our Central Nervous System (the brain) then processes the information.
It is conflicting information provided by these systems that results in dizziness or balance problems. The appropriate coordination of all these systems provides us with normal equilibrium.