In vestibular rehabilitation, the focus often lies in exercises aimed at strengthening or adapting the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR), the reflex that stabilizes our gaze during head movement.
Yes - this movement is move the target as a smooth pursuit and then get to the end do a quick head turn to "hack" the VOR which with you is likely very weak. Which ear is affected as we might want to pulse more in that direction as well.
Critical is you are seeing patients with an impairment of the VOR and a way you can hack into the production of the a pseudo-VOR is to do a Smooth Pursuit Substitution technique.
Yes - this movement is move the target as a smooth pursuit and then get to the end do a quick head turn to "hack" the VOR which with you is likely very weak. Which ear is affected as we might want to pulse more in that direction as well.
This explains a lot. My therapist just told me to look at an object then move my head towards it, never explaining why. This clarifies it. Thank you.
Critical is you are seeing patients with an impairment of the VOR and a way you can hack into the production of the a pseudo-VOR is to do a Smooth Pursuit Substitution technique.