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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Comments
This treatment treats cervical vertigo. Not all vertigo is cervical vertigo. but, if you have undergone all the neurological tests, MRI’s, CT’s and so forth…and you haven’t gotten an answer to the cause of your vertigo. You should get checked for cervical vertigo. Epley’s maneuvers are a good management tool for some types of vertigo. But, they can aggravate cervical vertigo.
If you are a candidate for this treatment, and you get treated, it pretty much clears it up for good. I have two testimonials on my web-site of people who were totally debilitated with vertigo. After Tx: One has had three or four very minor episodes in the last two years, that have been controlled by getting another treatment. The other person needs periodic care due to a very complex spinal problem. The most common scenario is the person’s vertigo clears up within the first two to three weeks of treatment. We do a few weeks more of care to get them stabilized, and then they are done and it doesn’t come back. PKDC
July 9th, 2011 at 5:46 am
I have indeed not heard about this! Thank you very much for the new insights and information, I’ve been stucked with Eply maneuver as a vertigo remedy but even though it’s proving to be effective, another remedy wouldn’t hurt.
Do you have any suggestions? Preferable a more potent and even permanent one?
Regards,
Anthony