Anyone within a few hour drive from Columbus, OH, send me a message if you are interested in seeing this doctor for an evaluation. I am a firm believer in his methods and happy to pass on his info to others.

Also, to those of you who think you can't do this kind of therapy, I know that my doctor wouldn't put anyone through this kind of therapy who wasn't ready for it! My vertigo was severe, and I managed to get through it. I couldn't have done it while working though, even though some people apparently do! Brave souls!

At my worst, back in September/October 2012, I felt like the whole world was falling upward with any movement. It was terribly unnerving. It would have been very difficult to do this therapy then, I think. By the time I started the sensory integration therapy, I had improved to the point where I felt dizzy with almost any movement, but my dizziness never went above a 4 on a scale from 1 to 10 with my normal restricted day-to-day activities--like walking, turning around, standing up, etc.--but more unusual activities like watching my daughter on a trampoline or swinging on a swing or just dancing would send my dizziness through the roof. In just a month, I went from that level of dizziness to, I think it's safe to say now, normal. I'm still just amazed by my progress and hopeful that others might benefit from hearing about it.

Oops! Forgot to say . . .
While I was on the table doing the therapy, I also wore headphones softly playing "music" that sounds like it's caught between two radio stations. I know some of you will think that would just be unbearable, but it wasn't that bad. The only thing that sucked is when they would play a really bad song. Even with it that broken up, you can still tell when something sucks!

The research I did on central auditory damage has a simlilar therapy...one ear listens to an audio book and the other ear to some soft music. (two ipods..two earbuds!). There is also an Ipad app for desensitizing sound....Ease or Ease light (99 cent version!). I downloaded it and boy does it challenge! Variations in frequencies, change of tempo, style, etc.

All these things help promote change.....think neuroplasticity!

About sensory integration therapy:

Can it be too much stimulation at once?

On the contrary, by stimulating the well-developed sensory systems concurrently with the weaker sensory systems, the Sensory Learning Program provides an overall experience that is often gentler and more easily integrated than singularly focused interventions. Because we do not experience life in isolated modalities, the Sensory Learning Program actually provides a more holistic approach to developmental learning than do individual therapies alone.