It's an ability and skill often taken for granted. It affects quality of life and has been linked to heart disease and stroke ...

Park Medical Center Dr. Andrew Wood sees patients of all ages throughout the summer and winter reporting head injuries from ...

The Neursantys platform includes an easy-to-use wearable sensor and digital biomarkers to assess balance impairments, ...

Koti Magedi, a speech therapist and audiologist helps readers identify vestibular disorder symptoms and seek professional treatment if needed.

The vestibular cortex plays a critical role in balance, posture and spatial orientation. If this area is damaged, Wood said people will have a hard time driving and experience chronic headaches ...

Jack Fischer spent more than 100 days aboard the International Space Station in 2017. He described to NPR what being in space ...

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are finally back on Earth after spending more than nine months in orbit on ...

"Dizzy" and "off-balance" may seem interchangeable, but the sensations are unique and don't always accompany one another. For ...

Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are back on Earth - but what has nine months in space done to them?

The multispecialty facility is equipped to offer personalized treatment plans including sports medicine, balance/gait training, vestibular and cupping therapy and TMJ physical therapy. The South ...

One of these, the vestibular system, is responsible for our sense of balance and spatial orientation. When we feel anxious, this system can be affected, causing feelings of unsteadiness ...

Spaceflight causes changes to the balance (vestibular) and sensory systems that can lead to symptoms such as disorientation and impaired locomotion. Standard Measures collects a set of data ...