Vertigo and Dizziness Rehabilitation

Common Triggers & Causes

Vertigo and dizziness can stem from inner-ear dysfunction, visual-vestibular mismatch, or brain-based processing issues. Many people notice that symptoms worsen with certain triggers, including:

​

• Head movements such as turning, bending, or rolling in bed

• Busy visual environments (grocery stores, patterned floors, crowds)

• Driving or motion sensitivity

• Migraine-related triggers including light, sound, visual motion

• Rapid position changes or orthostatic shifts

• Fatigue or overstimulation

• Upper respiratory or sinus infections

• Inner-ear infections (labyrinthitis/vestibular neuritis) or residual inflammation

• Barometric pressure or weather changes, especially in people with migraine-associated dizziness

• Allergies or sinus pressure, which may alter inner-ear fluid dynamics

• Stress or autonomic dysregulation, which can heighten sensitivity to motion or visual input

​

These triggers often interact, and symptoms may persist even when basic imaging or ENT screening is normal because the issue is often functional — how the brain integrates sensory input — rather than structural.