BC Balance and Dizziness

We can train our brains to use other incoming environmental information to compensate for the defective brain signal. The goal of these exercises is to help you do this effectively. At first they may cause dizziness, however they can be performed at your own pace. Gradually you will experience the benefit of the exercises when your balance system gets used to the new signal coming in. ~ Neurophysiologist Art Mallinson, PhD

The Gaining Balance video consists of 35 minutes of vestibular rehabilitation exercises specially designed for people with balance and dizziness disorders. They can be done at home with no special equipment. Instructor Pauline Martin is a physiotherapist who specializes in treating vestibular disorders. Copyright 2008 BC Balance and Dizziness Disorders Society.

The Gaining Balance video can be purchased either as a downloadable MP4 file or as a DVD.

Gaining Balance: How to Purchase Downloadable Video (MP4)

• Downloadable video in MP4 format. After purchase, you will be taken to a page where you can download the file. An email will also be delivered to your inbox containing the same download link.
• The download link will be available to you for 72 hours after purchase, with a maximum of three downloads during that time.
• After downloading the MP4 file, you will need to locate the file on your hard drive and run it from there.
• This is a large file (3.6 GB), so please give it plenty of time to download.
• Running time for the video is approximately 35 minutes.
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• The cost of the downloadable video is $10.00 CAD. This fee goes directly towards keeping BC Balance and Dizziness working for you and for others like you in our community.
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Gaining Balance: How to Purchase DVD

• The DVD version of Gaining Balance is a physical product that will be mailed to you.
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• The cost of the DVD is $25 CAD for BC Balance and Dizziness members and $30 CAD for non-members. The price includes shipping to addresses in Canada.
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• In person - a $5 discount applies to DVDs purchased (cash or cheque) at a BC Balance and Dizziness meeting.
• International and bulk orders of DVDs - please contact us. For international orders, the price is greater only to cover additional postage costs.
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View Interviews with BC Balance and Dizziness Members on YouTube

In this 13-minute video, several BC Balance and Dizziness members, including the husband of a dizzy wife, share how chronic dizziness changed their lives. It is inspiring to learn how diligent practice of the exercises demonstrated on our Gaining Balance video helped them cope with dizziness and get on with their lives.

After doing the [Gaining Balance] exercises there are certain movements I can do now, like putting my head back and looking at the ceiling without feeling any dizziness. Now I can cope with my life and do more - I have more confidence in myself. ~ Cynthia Wu

Pauline [Pauline Martin is the instructor on the Gaining Balance video] always pushed us to the point of feeling dizzy and encouraged us that that was where we needed to work. We were to do the things that made us dizzy so that we could learn to cope with them. The exercises really helped me. I have not had to use a cane for three years. Although I’m still dizzy, I’m able to cope. Life is definitely worth living again. ~ Rae Smith

I learned to trust Pauline [Pauline Martin is the instructor on the Gaining Balance video]. With time I found that the more often I did the movement the better I could cope with it. There are movements I can do now that don’t make me dizzy at all. It’s marvellous. ~ Muriel Kauffmann