Rock Steady

Healing Vertigo or Tinnitus with Neuroplasticity

By: Joey Remenyi

Narrated by: Suehyla El-Attar

Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins

Publisher's summary

Listen within. You are the expert in you.

Chronic vertigo, dizziness, and tinnitus are invisible disruptions to a person’s life that can be unresponsive to traditional treatments, leaving sufferers feeling hopeless. Yet healing is possible using neuroplasticity, the brain and body’s capacity to change itself. So, why is nobody teaching us how to do it?

Vestibular audiologist and neuroplasticity therapist Joey Remenyi explains why holistic neuroplasticity is often overlooked; why nobody else can prescribe it for you; and why ignoring, denying, distracting, and avoiding symptoms may not work. Joey gives hope to the hopeless with her pioneering self-study approach to healing chronic symptoms that outlines how we can rebuild a new normal with methodical steps.

Using client case studies and her own personal experience, Joey guides the listener to gently feel their way through healing - physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Including home exercise ideas and a heart-centered approach to the science, Rock Steady is the essential guide for anyone with chronic unwanted sensations or sounds in their body.

©2020 Joey Remenyi (P)2021 Joey Remenyi

Critic reviews

“Joey simplifies the complexities of neuroscience and audio-vestibular physiology into digestible, effective prose for the patient seeking self-understanding, validation, and actionable plans to address symptoms. Her emphasis on neuroplasticity and self-compassion is refreshing and inspires patients to initiate their pathway to healing. Joey’s program teaches important concepts of self-discovery, hope, and how to be a leader in your own healing while also effectively meshing with treatment plans within my medical scope, including medication management. She fills a void common in Western medicine that neglects the emotional, spiritual, and mental aspects of health, which are critical to recovering from dizziness.” (Kristen K. Steenerson, MD, clinical assistant professor of otoneurology, Departments of Otolaryngology and Neurology, co-director, Stanford Balance Center [USA])

“Rock Steady is extremely well written - so much research, experience, and passion reflected in its pages. I would recommend it to patients frustrated with their chronic symptoms and searching for how to self-manage their conditions... This book supplements greatly our treatment, reinforces our counsel, and provides a sound written resource that patients can repeatedly return to for guidance and information.” (Ern Chang, general practitioner, MBBS, MMed [family medicine], FRACGP [AUS])

“This book is for everyone suffering from tinnitus and vertigo. It will change the way you think about healing and life. As a fighter pilot, I always have a plan with my mission. With Rock Steady I learned that I could make a plan for my recovery... The plan for me to heal was called neuroplasticity!” (Anders Danielsson, military pilot [SWE])

Get ready to heal

This book is for anyone who is ready to heal. And not just their vertigo and tinnitus. The lessons and practices can be used for any symptoms or discomforts you may be experiencing, both physically and emotionally. I’ve already gone through the rock steady program as well as done other neuroplasticity courses, and found them all to be incredibly helpful, but because my journey of healing is a very long one, I’m needing to revisit the teachings in this book, and the audio version in particular is just what I needed to get me back on track and back to healing and rewiring my brain. This book not only guides you towards healing with specific practices and insights, it explains very specifically why your body is producing these symptoms. This is one book I know I’ll 100% listen to again. Thank you Joey for this gift.

So helpful

There was nothing I did not like and learn something.. It's a life safer for me,hope,action and valuable information

Disappointing

I was disappointed with this book in many ways. It is more of an overcoming anxiety & mindfulness book. There are plenty of books in those subjects. I am sorry but anyone in the throws of vertigo, inner ear pathology, falls, poor balance, hearing loss tinnitus& financial issues due to not being able to continue to work or have decreased abilities at work. They cannot just tell themselves this is ok or to “stay in the moment”in the middle of spinning & vomiting, I am very disappointed with the advice on what is my body telling me???!! What can I learn from this?? That is a big loop of feel good wording that goes nowhere. It dismissive of real problems & does not relay any helpful advice. It may actually be depressing for people who can’t achieve being in this fairy land after reading this book while they are so sick and struggling. That is a sad thing. I worry that some people may feel it is all due to their outlook or emotional state especially since the writer seems to have many professional accolades/ experience. Most would do anything to feel better & this book is a disservice. I absolutely agree that anxiety makes things worse/escalate but the strategies in this book are not helpful & it is rather vain to advise these problems can be “thought away”. I have been dealing with Ménière’s disease BPPV, bilaterally tinnitus & hearing loss for over 15 years. I have become accustomed to functioning with it all & having bad days. It was horrendously overwhelming & scary early on. Had I read this book & tried this advice in those early days, I would have been more devastated that I was being told these “sensations”could be fixed or alleviated by my thoughts. I was a so new to it all in those days. In the end neuro plasticity has made other connections to help me function. It took years of tears, anger, hope & vestibular physical therapy to live with the physical deficits I have.
I don’t write this review for myself but for others new to this game as i know how it feels. They are searching & sadly this book did not have substance. It downplays the situations many have & can’t will themselves out of. It often not just a bad day. Very disappointed.

Repetitive

Well, I listened to the 8 hour audiobook. I currently suffer from debilitating chronic rocking swaying dizziness called mdds.

This book basically keeps repeating about accepting the nightmare condition that you have and try to stay positive as "new normal"... After ruling out all medical tests. It was more repetitive rambling than encouraging.

The case studies are so generic and uninspiring. One chapter just goes over different vertigo symptoms and tests available. Another problem is she tries to combine tinnitus and vertigo. I feel this book is even more useless for people who suffer from tinnitus.