Dr. A. R. Scopelliti

Disorders of Movement

Over 40 million Americans – 1 in every 7- suffer with a movement disorder. That’s more than twice the number of individuals who suffer with diabetes, which, is in itself a monumental number. A person who has a movement disorder will frequently see on av... Read >

Fall Injury Prevention Through Appropriate Screening

Dizziness and vertigo are with the leading three reasons why patients visit a physician. Back pain and headaches comprise the other two reasons. Symptoms including dizziness, vertigo and imbalance actually are estimated to affect 40% of patients 40 year... Read >

Living with Diabetes, Spice Things Up

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic syndrome affecting about 6% of the populus worldwide with its complications, and is quickly reaching epidemic scale. Diabetes mellitus has long been known to be a basis for dizziness, associated with sudden changes... Read >

Living with Diabetes, Spice It Up

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disorder afflicting about six% of the population worldwide with its complications, and is rapidly reaching epidemic scale. Diabetes mellitus has long been known to be a basis for dizziness, associated with sudden c... Read >

A Day Late And A Dollar Short

The only thing worse than someone who suffers with fall risk and not doing anything about it, is someone who does do something about it but waits too long and ends up suffering the consequences of a fall. This is so disheartening to observe as we help so... Read >

Age 12 Additional Years Just Through through Bad Habits

Recent research on healthy aging proves that poor habits such as smoking, drinking too much alcohol, inactivity and poor diet, can age you by 12 additional years. The findings are from a recent study that tracked nearly 5,000 British adults for 20 years,... Read >

Accidental Falls and Older Adults

Pretty much everyone knows at least one person who has fallen. The fall may have been purely accidental, such as a slip and fall, or the fall may have been related to dizziness More than one in three individuals age 65 years or older fall each year. The... Read >

Get Back Your Stability Now, I'll Show You How

Over the past few weeks, we have been discussing imbalance, dizziness, vertigo, disequilibrium, etc., how to find out if you are at risk, etc. We know that as part of the natural aging process people will become more prone to imbalance associated with ch... Read >

What Constitues A Successful Balance Center

Obviously, the answer is one that is successful at managing patients with imbalance and vertigo type disorders. Our office has been sub-specialized in seeing individuals with balance problems and fall risk, in particular vertigo and dizziness for some ti... Read >

High Blood Pressure

High blood pressure affects about 1 in 4 American adults and is one of the most widespread worldwide problems afflicting humans. It raises the risk of heart disease and stroke for those affected, so it’s important to know how to lower hypertension. High ... Read >

Dizziness and Vertigo

Dizziness and vertigo are among the most common complaints causing patients to visit a physician (as common as back pain and headaches). The overall occurance of dizziness, vertigo, and imbalance|dysequilibrium} is 5-10%, and it quickly reaches 40% in pat... Read >

Sugar, The Reason For Being Dizy?

Diabetes is becoming more prevalent and more of a medical issue than ever before. I am mostly referring to type 2 diabetes, which is invariably brought on entirely by ones eating practice. This is why it has coined the designation “adult onset diabetes"... Read >

Presyncope As A Basis Of Faintness

As a rule, the key types of disturbances that we feel as humans that present to the clinician as one form of dizzy feeling or another, are vertigo: a sense of rotation; disequilibrium: a sense of imbalance; or dizziness: a feeling of being off, or disorie... Read >

When Do Falls Occur?

Accidents actually occur for many reasons. Accidents occur simply out of shear accident. You slide on something slippery, you are knocked over by something, etc. When you fall because you lost your balance, this is more concerning as it alludes to the fac... Read >

Falls, Imbalance and Accidents

A simple thing like tripping on a carpet or slipping on a wet floor can change your life in a heartbeat. Like the thousands of individuals who fall each year, you may suffer a fractured bone. Fractured bones are no picnic, and for older people, a {broken... Read >