Goals of The Practice

The Werner Institute for Balance and Dizziness works to:

  • Assist physicians in the community manage their imbalanced and dizzy patients.
  • Identify patients who are at risk for falls Diagnose balance and dizziness with a level of sophistication and accuracy that is uncommon.
  • Create targeted therapies for individual patients based on superior diagnostics.
  • Aid persons with neurological issues such as Parkinson's, stroke, and MS strengthen and enhance their bodies faculties in maintaining balance and gait as much as possible.
  • Provide a community resource for help in concussion management, specifically return-to-play decisions.
  • Create balance assessments and fall prevention programs for persons with osteoporosis.
  • Assess patients who are medicated for atrial fibrillation and then strengthen and maintain their balance capabilities so they can stay on the medications that they need.
  • Create community awareness concerning the great amount we can do to prevent falls.
  • Offer educational seminars and outreach for our communities.

More for Physicians

Facts about Balance Disorders

A majority of individuals over 70 years of age report problems of dizziness and imbalance, and balance-related falls account for more than one-half of the accidental deaths in the elderly…

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BPPV Statistics

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo is the most common cause of dizziness, most experts agree. Experts disagree as to its prevalence, however, if anyone you know has gotten dizzy briefly...

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VAT Testing

The Vestibular Autorotation Test. The VAT tests the accuracy of the vestibulo-ocular reflex. A patient, monitored via electrodes, moves their head back in forth first...

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Clinical Articles

Read a variety of clinical articles about balance and dizziness treatment.

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Informational Presentations

View PowerPoint presentation files about balance and dizziness treatment.

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