Conditions Treated

Conditions Known to Benefit From Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy (VRT)

GyroStim is an FDA-cleared, Breakthrough Medical Device indicated for the treatment of balance disorders and vestibular dysfunction, supporting its clinical use to provide superior outcomes across a broad range of conditions in which VRT is known to be beneficial, including:

Why:
Concussions and TBIs frequently disrupt vestibular, oculomotor, and cognitive networks through shearing forces, diffuse axonal injury, and impaired neurometabolic cascades. This can result in dysfunction across the vestibular nuclei, cerebellar circuits, visual tracking pathways, and frontoparietal executive networks. Common sequelae include motion sensitivity, postural instability, dizziness, headache, visual disturbances, sleep disruption, emotional dysregulation, slowed reaction times, light and noise sensitivity, and deficits in attention and working memory—all hallmark symptoms of concussion-related vestibular dysfunction. Vestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT) is a key intervention for promoting recovery in mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI).

How GyroStim Helps:
Clinical evidence shows that patients treated with GyroStim achieve an average 17× higher therapeutic dose-response per session compared to those receiving traditional VRT therapies alone. GyroStim delivers precisely controlled, robot-assisted, multi-axis rotational VRT that drives vestibular recalibration, central compensation, and enhanced multisensory integration. Integrated visuomotor and executive function challenges—such as interactive laser-targeting tasks—activate cortico-cerebellar, vestibulo-ocular, and frontoparietal circuits simultaneously. This multimodal activation accelerates neuroplasticity, restores dynamic balance, improves vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) gain, and strengthens sensorimotor and cognitive processing—leading to faster, more complete recovery and lasting symptom resolution.
Why:
Ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes often cause focal damage across sensory, motor, and associative brain regions, resulting in hemiparesis, ataxia, spatial neglect, impaired proprioception, and executive dysfunction. Disrupted connectivity between sensory input (vestibular, somatosensory, visual) and motor output can further compromise balance, gait, postural control, and coordination. Vestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT) is a key intervention for stroke patients with vestibular dysfunction, balance deficits, and postural instability.

How GyroStim Helps:
GyroStim delivers precisely controlled, robot-assisted, multi-axis rotational VRT that actively engages and retrains the brain’s integrated sensorimotor networks. By synchronously stimulating vestibular, visual, and somatosensory systems—and pairing these with interactive visuomotor and cognitive challenges—GyroStim promotes reorganization and reconnection of disrupted neural pathways. This multimodal activation enhances neuroplasticity, improves dynamic balance and coordination, and restores spatial orientation and postural reflexes. Over time, GyroStim therapy helps stroke survivors rebuild stability, mobility, and confidence—supporting recovery toward greater functional independence and improved quality of life.
Why:
Vestibular and balance disorders often stem from peripheral vestibular deficits (e.g., bilateral hypofunction, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo), central maladaptation (e.g., persistent postural–perceptual dizziness, vestibular migraine), or disrupted sensory integration between the vestibular, visual, and somatosensory systems. These dysfunctions typically present with vertigo, oscillopsia, motion sensitivity, spatial disorientation, imbalance, and postural instability. Vestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT) remains the primary intervention for restoring sensorimotor integration and promoting compensation and recovery in these patients.

How GyroStim Helps:
Clinical evidence indicates patients treated with GyroStim in conjunction with typical VRT strategies experienced a significantly accelerated rate of recovery, achieving clinical discharge approximately four times faster than those treated with standard VRT alone. GyroStim’s precisely controlled, multi-axis motion delivers graded, repetitive VRT in combination with interactive visuomotor, visual-vestibular, and cognitive exercises that promote central adaptation, recalibration, and integration across vestibular, visual, and somatosensory systems. Repeated stimulation and challenge facilitate habituation, reduces motion sensitivity, and strengthens dynamic postural control and gaze stability. In cases such as vestibular migraine and PPPD, GyroStim therapy helps normalize maladaptive cortical hyperexcitability and improve sensory weighting. For patients with Mal de Débarquement Syndrome (MdDS) or bilateral vestibular hypofunction (BVH), GyroStim's rhythmic, controlled vestibular input assists in reestablishing accurate internal models of self-motion and spatial orientation—helping patients regain balance confidence and restore quality of life.
Why:
Aging produces cumulative degenerative effects across the sensory and motor systems—including the vestibular (inner ear), visual, and somatosensory (proprioceptive) networks—that are critical for maintaining postural stability and balance. Degeneration of vestibular hair cells, vestibular nerve fibers, and cerebellar Purkinje cells, combined with slowed sensory processing, reduced reaction times, and diminished neuromuscular responsiveness, can impair the brain’s ability to integrate multisensory input for balance control. The result is decreased dynamic stability, impaired spatial orientation, gait imbalance, and increased fall risk—often leading to injury, loss of independence, and reduced quality of life. Vestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT) is a key intervention for mitigating these age-related changes and promoting safer mobility in older adults.

How GyroStim Helps:
GyroStim delivers precisely controlled, incremental motion-induced VRT integrated with visuomotor and cognitive challenges in a safe, adaptive environment. This multimodal approach activates and retrains underutilized balance networks, enhances cerebellar–cortical plasticity, and restores sensorimotor responsiveness. Repetitive, progressive stimulation improves dynamic balance and coordination, strengthens vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) efficiency, reduces postural sway, and sharpens spatial orientation and reaction times. The result is improved balance confidence, greater functional independence, and a significant reduction in fall risk—leading to enhanced safety, mobility, and quality of life.
Why:
Developmental and neurological disorders commonly involve disrupted sensorimotor integration, abnormal postural control, delayed visuomotor coordination, and deficits in cognitive flexibility, attention, and motor planning. Cerebral palsy adds complications of spasticity and abnormal muscle tone, while autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) frequently present with executive and sensory processing impairments. These multisystem challenges limit adaptive functioning, coordination, and learning. Vestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT) is an evidence-based intervention shown to improve sensorimotor integration, postural stability, and cognitive regulation across these populations.

How GyroStim Helps:
GyroStim’s engaging, gamified multimodal therapy simultaneously stimulates the vestibular, visual, motor, and cognitive systems—promoting integrated neurodevelopment and functional improvement. In cerebral palsy, precisely controlled multi-axis motion delivers intensive, full-body vestibular and sensorimotor stimulation that enhances postural control, balance, and motor planning—inputs often inaccessible through conventional therapies. For ASD and ADHD, the combination of interactive visuomotor and cognitive tasks strengthens attentional control, working memory, and behavioral self-regulation. This immersive and rewarding format drives high engagement, supports consistent participation, and reinforces neuroplastic gains that foster lasting functional progress.
Why:
Progressive neurodegenerative conditions disrupt motor control, gait, balance, coordination, and executive function through mechanisms such as dopaminergic depletion (Parkinson’s disease), demyelination (multiple sclerosis), or widespread cortical and subcortical atrophy (Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease). These pathophysiological changes can impair vestibular integration, reduce mobility, increase fall risk, and accelerate functional decline. Vestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT) is frequently recommended to slow progression, stabilize function, and enhance quality of life in these populations.

How GyroStim Helps:
GyroStim delivers adaptive, high-intensity VRT in combination with multisensory stimulation that engages surviving neural pathways to compensate for degenerating circuits. In Parkinson’s disease, vestibular activation improves axial stability, postural reflexes, and dual-task performance. For multiple sclerosis, precisely controlled whole-body, multi-axis motion promotes cerebrospinal fluid circulation, recalibrates sensorimotor function, and reduces dizziness and fatigue. In Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s disease, multimodal stimulation challenges and helps preserve executive function, coordination, and functional mobility—supporting independence and slowing decline in activities of daily living.
Why:
Persistent post-viral or post-infectious syndromes often present with autonomic dysregulation, microvascular impairment, and neuroinflammatory changes within the central and peripheral nervous systems. These disruptions can lead to dizziness, imbalance, cognitive fatigue (“brain fog”), and reduced stamina due to impaired multisensory integration and autonomic–vestibular dysfunction. Vestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT) is a key intervention for restoring sensory integration, improving autonomic stability, and promoting functional recovery in these patients.

How GyroStim Helps:
GyroStim’s precisely controlled, multimodal stimulation promotes vestibular recalibration, enhances sensory integration, and strengthens cognitive endurance. By combining vestibular activation with visuomotor and cognitive challenges, GyroStim's incremental approach stimulates and challenges the functional performance of neural circuits commonly affected by neuroinflammatory and autonomic disturbances—normalizing gaze stability, improving postural control, and reducing dizziness and fatigue. This leads to improved balance, mental clarity, and overall functional resilience during recovery.
Why:
Neurotoxic chemotherapy agents such as cisplatin and carboplatin can damage vestibular hair cells and neural pathways while inducing systemic neuroinflammation and oxidative stress. These effects can disrupt both peripheral vestibular input and central cognitive processing, producing symptoms such as dizziness, imbalance, slowed reaction time, impaired attention, and executive dysfunction—collectively known as “chemo brain.” Vestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT) is an effective strategy to recalibrate sensory integration, restore balance confidence, and enhance cognitive processing disrupted by chemotherapy-induced neurotoxicity.

How GyroStim Helps:
GyroStim delivers precisely controlled, robot-assisted, multi-axis VRT integrated with visuomotor and cognitive challenges. This multimodal therapy re-engages neural systems impaired by chemotherapy, enhancing vestibular compensation, improving reaction time, and strengthening executive and attentional control. By driving coordinated activation of cortico-cerebellar, vestibulo-ocular, and frontoparietal circuits, GyroStim promotes neuroplasticity, restores multisensory integration, and helps patients regain cognitive clarity, balance, and functional independence.
Why:
Autonomic dysfunction disrupts the bidirectional communication between the autonomic and vestibular systems, impairing postural control, vascular regulation, and heart rate variability. These disruptions can manifest as dizziness, syncope, orthostatic intolerance, nausea, blood pressure instability, and anxiety—symptoms that can profoundly impact daily function and quality of life. Conventional interventions such as medication, physical therapy, and lifestyle modification often provide only partial relief, underscoring the need for neurophysiologically targeted therapies. Vestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT) is an important approach for reestablishing sensory integration and promoting autonomic stability through improved vestibular–autonomic coupling.

How GyroStim Helps:
GyroStim provides precisely controlled, multimodal VRT that engages and recalibrates neural pathways linking the vestibular apparatus, brainstem autonomic centers, and cerebellum. This graded, adaptive stimulation promotes neuroplasticity within autonomic–vestibular circuits, helping stabilize cardiovascular and postural responses. Through enhanced sensory integration and autonomic regulation, GyroStim reduces dizziness, improves orthostatic tolerance, and restores balance—supporting overall autonomic resilience and functional recovery.

Conditions Treated

Conditions Known to Benefit From Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy (VRT)

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