Safety Overhead Support System Benefits Vestibular Patients

S.O.S. is an overhead harness support system consisting of an overhead track and moveable trolly that allows the patient, while secured in a simple body harness, the freedom to ambulate, perform functional types of activities, and fall with minimal risk of injury.

 

One of the greatest predictors for success with balance and vestibular therapy is centered around how much challenge a patient can be provided. Ask any therapist and they will tell you that using a gait belt is NOT a fool proof technique, and that the degree of challenge is restricted based on fear of the patient falling.

 

Not only does the therapist restrict challenge based on this fear, but the patient also restricts their participation due to an overwhelming fear of falling themselves. Whether a disease process, injury, or after surgery, the S.O.S. can help prevent fear, injury, increased time in therapy, and poorer outcomes.

 

At FYZICAL, we have changed the way balance and vestibular therapy is performed. Our clinics offer a Safety Overhead Support (S.O.S.) system which utilizes a body harness suspended from a rail system, and acts as a full body weight support system to prevent a person from falling.