BALANCE, DIZZINESS

& GAIT DISORDERS

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Feeling Unsteady, Dizzy, or Off Balance?

Balance and dizziness issues can affect far more than just walking. Symptoms like unsteadiness, vertigo, dizziness, weakness, or reduced coordination may interfere with exercise, sports, daily activities, and overall confidence with movement.

These symptoms can develop from vestibular dysfunction, injuries, deconditioning, neurological conditions, mobility limitations, or changes in strength and coordination over time.

At Cuirim Sports Recovery in Costa Mesa, we help patients improve balance, restore mobility, reduce dizziness symptoms, and regain confidence through personalized physical therapy and movement-based rehabilitation programs.

“More than one in four adults aged 65 and older falls each year.”

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 Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Common Symptoms of Balance, Dizziness & Gait Disorders

    • Lightheadedness, unsteadiness, motion sensitivity

    • Common causes: vestibular dysfunction, dehydration, concussions, neck stiffness, balance deficits

    • Sports contributors: contact sports, rapid head movement, concussion history

    • Spinning sensation or feeling the room is moving

    • Often triggered by head movement or position changes

    • Common symptoms: nausea, motion sensitivity, loss of balance

    • Difficulty walking, exercising, or maintaining balance

    • Common causes: surgery, inactivity, muscle weakness, chronic pain, aging

    • Balance or coordination issues after injury

    • Common causes: ankle instability, ACL injuries, concussions, vestibular dysfunction

    • Altered walking patterns and instability

    • Symptoms may worsen with fatigue, uneven surfaces, prolonged walking, or direction changes

What Types of Balance, Dizziness & Gait Disorders Do We Treat?

  • Balance training focuses on improving stability, coordination, reaction time, and confidence with movement to help reduce fall risk and improve overall mobility.

  • Gait disorders involve abnormal walking mechanics that may develop from injury, weakness, neurological conditions, pain, surgery, or mobility restrictions. Physical therapy focuses on restoring safer and more efficient movement patterns.

  • Periods of inactivity, illness, surgery, or reduced activity levels can lead to deconditioning, weakness, reduced endurance, and difficulty tolerating daily movement or exercise.

  • Functional mobility training focuses on improving movement patterns used during daily activities such as walking, stair navigation, transfers, bending, reaching, and returning to recreational activities or sports.

  • Vestibular disorders affect the inner ear and balance system and may contribute to dizziness, vertigo, motion sensitivity, nausea, and unsteadiness during movement.

How Can Physical Therapy Helps Balance, Dizziness & Gait Disorders?

At Cuirim Sports Recovery, physical therapy focuses on improving balance, stability, mobility, strength, and movement confidence while addressing the underlying causes contributing to dizziness or gait dysfunction.

  • Physical Therapy Done Differently

    “Working with Cuirim has totally shifted my perspective on Physical Therapy. It isn't the old clinic setting where your PT sees you for 5 minutes, then has you do exercises on your own for the rest of the hour. At Cuirim they really care, a PT is always working with me for the entire session. They aren’t just putting together packets of exercises, they have a great combination of manual therapy, rehab, as well as return to play transitioning athletes back to their sport.I highly recommend working with Cuirim for anybody, athlete or not.”

    —Keyvan Aminzadeh

  • Life-Changing Physical Therapy

    “I have been to a lot of PT‘s because at my age, you get a lot of boo-boos. Other PTs will spend 10 or 15 minutes with you and then they pass you off to do your exercises. I could never imagine the amount of progress that is possible when the Physical therapist spends the entire hour with you and you do your exercises at home. Curium sports therapy has changed my life and allows me to enjoy things I haven’t been able to do in years. So grateful!!!”

    —Lynette Pelayo

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Your Next Steps

You don’t have to let dizziness, balance problems, or mobility limitations continue affecting your confidence and daily movement. Addressing symptoms early can help improve stability, reduce fall risk, and restore safer movement.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Yes. Vestibular rehabilitation and balance-focused physical therapy may help reduce dizziness, improve stability, and restore confidence with movement.

  • Balance issues may develop from weakness, vestibular dysfunction, injury, neurological conditions, reduced mobility, or altered walking mechanics.

  • Yes. Sports injuries, concussions, ankle instability, vestibular dysfunction, and time away from training can all affect balance and coordination.

  • Vestibular rehabilitation is a specialized form of physical therapy designed to improve dizziness, vertigo, motion sensitivity, and balance deficits related to the inner ear and vestibular system.