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If it is any help, I asked my consultant how I could get back on my bike, given my balance issues. He said the best thing to do was to go to the local park, find a clear spot, maybe on the grass, where I'd be free to wobble around as much as I want.
Things that have help my balance off the bike:
using the rowing machine at the gym. It is really important to focus on one point as you move backwards and forwards. Makes me as sick as hell but helps improve co-ordination, having to co-ordinate arms and legs at the same time and the focusing works on my balance.
Walking on a trampette with my eyes closed (can only do this under supervision). Drives me nuts and I don't do it as often as I should, even though I have a trampette, as I must have someone here with me
The cawthorne cooksey exercises. http://entcare.co.uk/cawthorne_cooksey_excercises.html
The physio and the balancing team (I call them 'clown school') have told me to keep working on my balance. The only way to get it to improve, even if there has been damage, is to retrain your brain into balancing.
Again, the downside is that they may make you sick, or make your balance feel worse before it gets better. But persistently doing them may make a difference.
The balance games on a Wii Fit, particularly the initial balance test as part of the fitness assessment (where you have to get the red dot in the blue square or something like that). The skiing in the balance games is very good, hated the tightrope.