By Marcello Cherchi, MD PhD
In the material below we provide links to physical therapy services. Note that this is intended only for reference, and does not constitute an endorsement (of any specific therapist or particular organization) or approval of any of these services.
For many otovestibular diagnoses the mainstay of management is vestibular rehabilitation. Vestibular rehabilitation is a subdiscipline of the broader field of physical therapy (PT). Vestibular rehabilitation is not available at every single PT facility, but with minimal effort it is usually possible to find this service.
In Chicago many of our patients avail themselves of the services from large physical therapy chains. For any given PT chain, usually some of their locations will offer vestibular rehabilitation. Most of their websites offer the option of searching by the type of therapy desired (in this case, vestibular therapy) and by geographic location (such as by zip code). Examples include (alphabetically listed, not graded, not ranked, not endorsed):
- Athletico vestibular rehabilitation
- ATI Physical Therapy vestibular rehabilitation
- Core Physical Therapy vestibular rehabilitation
- Doctors of Physical Therapy vestibular rehabilitation
- Fyzical vestibular rehabilitation
- Impact Physical Therapy vestibular rehabilitation
- Lake County Physical Therapy vestibular rehabilitation
- Luna (in-home) vestibular rehabilitation
- React Physical Therapy vestibular rehabilitation
- Team Rehabilitation Physical Therapy vestibular rehabilitation
There are also several individual PT clinics that offer vestibular rehabilitation, such as (alphabetically listed, not graded, not ranked, not endorsed):
- Central Illinois Hearing and Balance Center
- Creative Rehab
- Physical Therapy Solutions
- The Fit Institute
Large university hospitals, hospital networks, and their associated outpatient facilities, often have very well-staffed departments of physical therapy, and will usually offer vestibular rehabilitation. In the Chicagoland area this includes (alphabetically listed, not graded, not ranked, not endorsed):
- Aurora Health Care vestibular rehabilitation
- Duly Health and Care vestibular rehabilitation
- Edward-Elmhurst Care vestibular rehabilitation
- Loyola University Medical Center vestibular rehabilitation
- NorthShore University HealthSystem vestibular rehabilitation
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital vestibular rehabilitation
- Rush University Medical Center vestibular rehabilitation
- Shirley Ryan Ability Lab vestibular rehabilitation
- Southern Illinois Health vestibular rehabilitation
- University of Chicago vestibular rehabilitation
- University of Illinois vestibular rehabilitation
There are also national organizations that maintain databases of vestibular practitioners, such as:
Note that in Illinois, as of 8/16/2018, a patient is entitled to be evaluated and treated by a physical therapist without a physician referral.
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