Vertigo Treatment Alternative- 90.2% Success Rate

Vertigo has many different causes.  Some can be quite serious.  Most doctors look for problems in the ears, eyes or brain.  Tumors or infections in these areas can cause you to become dizzy, light-headed or have the feeling that the room is shifting.  If you have a serious condition involving one of these areas, you definitely need medical care.

However, there are many people who get dizziness or vertigo and all the tests for pathology come up negative.  In these cases, the diagnosis is usually Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo. (BPPV)  This means you have a balance disorder, but there doesn’t seem to be a known or serious cause.

But, there may be a cause of vertigo that your doctor has overlooked.  The type of vertigo is called cervical vertigo.  It happens when nerves in your neck get stretched or compressed causing abnormal signals to go to the brain.  These signals garble the communication that is necessary for your brain to determine where you are in space.  The result is, you feel like you are falling when you aren’t.

Cervical vertigo can commonly be brought on by trauma to the neck.  But it can occur from micro-trauma like sitting at a computer too long or sleeping with the chin tucked down to the chest.

There is a solution for it.  In fact the treatment was published in a peer-reviewed journal (JMPT Mar-Apr. 1991).  The article states:

This method can quickly assess the origins of vertigo. Preliminary data on 235 patients found that 112, (47.6%), were positive to the tests. After 18 treatments, 101 of the patients (90.2%) were symptom free. The patients responding best, suffered acute upper cervical joint problems, along with muscle trauma in that region.

90.2% of the patients were symptom free after treatment… that’s amazing… yet not many doctors know about it.

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Dizziness and Balance Disorders-Is There a Link to Neck Injury?

Dizziness and loss of balance are a common reason people go to see their medical doctor.  It can be caused by a number of different conditions.  Inner ear infections, tumors, allergies and reactions to medications are all common causes.  But are there other causes ?  Maybe something your doctors might not know about ?

An article appearing in a Germen medical journal, confirms that injuries to the neck can sometimes cause dizziness and balance disorders.  It states:

“After cervical sprain, not only pain and neuropsychological disturbances may occur, but also the following sequelae: cervical dystonia, and torticollis, dizziness, hearing loss for low frequencies, dysphonia and globus.”[Globus is a sensation of something stuck or of a lump or tightness in the throat.]

They recommend spinal manipulation as treatment for these problems.  The article goes on to say: “Except for dystonia the symptoms often respond to manipulation of a blocked articulation between occiput and atlas or axis and the third cervical vertebra.”

If you are suffering from dizziness or a balance disorder, and your doctor hasn’t found the cause, you may want to be checked for a neck problem.  A chiropractor is your best source for this type of treatment.  Make sure your doctor has experience in treating these problems and can screen you for these specific neck issues prior to initiating treatment.

For more information on how we treat dizziness and balance disorders log on to: www.stopvertigonow.com

Information for this article was taken from:
Whiplash, Hearing Loss, and Upper Cervical Manipulation [“Little known sequelae of sprains of the cervicalspine”]
Schweiz Rundsch Med Prax.
[This is a German journal, and the article is in German. The abstract is also in English]
December 2, 1999
88(49):2021-4.
Kaeser HE, Ettlin T.

The Vertigo Treatment Your Doctor May Not Know About

Have you ever felt the room is spinning around you, making it difficult for you to stand ?  If so, you are experiencing vertigo.  Although most cases are short lived, sometimes vertigo persists.  It can be caused by a number of issues, including inner ear disturbances, eye problems, brain pathology, infection or physical trauma.

Research into trauma-induced vertigo reveals that people who have had injuries to the head and neck, such as whiplash, are more likely to benefit from spinal adjustments.

One chiropractor reviewed 60 cases of chronic, trauma-induced vertigo that she treated over an 8-year period.  Of these patients, 56 recalled having experienced trauma to the head and neck prior to developing symptoms.  All these patients responded favorably to chiropractic adjustments to the upper cervical area.  And 48 patients (80%) were completely symptom free after one to six months of chiropractic care.(1)

In another study, a research group followed 50 vertigo patients through orthopedic assessment, then treatment for their symptoms.  Of the 50 patients, 31 were identified as having cervical spine dysfunction.  The other 19 did not show signs of this problem.  When the patients with cervical dysfunction were treated with manipulation and mobilization of the cervical spine, 24 patients (77%) improved, and 5 patients were symptom-free.

In another group-which did not receive manipulation because cervical spine dysfunction could not be identified- only five patients saw improvement (26%) and no one became symptom free. (2)

If you are having vertigo symptoms, your medical doctor may not be able to identify cervical spine dysfunction as the cause.  They simply aren’t trained to look for it.  Fortunately, you can get evaluated for it, to see if a certain type of chiropractic care can help.

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Can Dizziness And Vertigo Be Caused By Dehydration?

Yes, dizziness and vertigo can be caused by dehydration.  Your brain is made mostly of water.  Your body is made mostly of water for that matter.  When you don’t get enough water, it can alter brain and nerve function and sign of this happening is dizziness.

How do you know if you are dehydrated?  Well, if you drink less than 64 oz. (2 liters) of water a day, you are dehydrated.  64 oz. of water is one half a gallon.  That’s water.  Not, juice, soda, coffee, milk, beer, tea or soup. Water.  If you don’t drink enough water, your body can extract water from these drinks in order to save your life.  But, in the long run, you will never get enough water to get you out of a dehydrated state.  And, you will start to get symptoms.

If you exercise or work and sweat a lot, you will need even more water.  In that case, take your body weight, divide it by two and that is the number of ounces of water you will need every day.  For example, I am 180 pounds, so I need 90 ounces of water a day, because I do work out and sweat.

Many people say to me “Well, I don’t feel thirsty, how can I be dehydrated ?”  And, it can be kind of confusing.  You see, when you have been dehydrated for a long time, your thirst mechanism shuts down.  You don’t feel thirsty until your mouth is actually dry.  It’s a strange phenomenon, but if you start drinking water regularly, your thirst mechanism comes back.

Drinking enough water is part of the treatment regimen I prescribe for dizziness and vertigo. If you suffer from one of these ailments, you should definitely try drinking more water.  If that doesn’t take it away completely, the answer may be elsewhere and you may need a combination of therapies to get relief.

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What Causes Dizziness?

Dizziness or vertigo can be caused by many different problems.  This is a very difficult condition to treat, because so many things cause it, and not many of these things show up clearly on tests.

Inner ear infections can cause many problems with balance.  However, I find that this is often a misdiagnosis.  How do you know if you’ve been misdiagnosed?  Well, if you have taken a round of antibiotics, you show no other signs of infection and you are still dizzy, you probably don’t have an inner ear infection.  In my opinion, you need to look elsewhere for the cause.

Dehydration is a very common cause of dizziness.  Many people are dehydrated and don’t know it.  This is caused by the massive consumption of soft drinks, orange juice, coffee and alcohol that make your body lose water.  Dizziness can be a sign that your body has lost too much water and you need to address the issue.

Nerve interference in the cervical spine is by far the most overlooked cause of dizziness and vertigo.  It is very common to have balance disorders after injury to the cervical spine.  When the spine is injured, vertebra can misalign and nerves in the upper cervical area can be stretched or pinched. The nerves in this area carry signals to the brain that help it determine where you are in space. If the nerves are irritated, it can cause signals to be sent to the brain telling it you are somewhere you aren’t.  You then get balance disorders.

Chiropractic adjusting can correct many cases of dizziness and vertigo by removing nerve interference in the upper cervical spine.  When proper nerve function is restored, the positional sense is restored.  And the crazy, out of control feelings stop.

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