Vertigo/Dizziness are conditions that have long baffled the traditional medical system.
There are surgeries and there are medications but these invasive methods just don’t seem to provide any permanent results other than side effects.
Recently, however, more naturally focused researchers have discovered the underlying cause for at least 20% of vertigo cases – especially for elderly patients.
The best part is, the cure to this underlying cause requires no drugs or surgery.
Our balance system is an extremely complicated and delicate function. It’s based on interactions between the inner ear, the eyes, the position of the body and more. Then the brain takes all this information and coordinates all our senses and movements from this.
If one small thing goes wrong you’ll feel dizzy and experience vertigo in a second.
One of the things that can go wrong is one of 1000 small rocks (made of calcium) in the inner ear moving from the utricle houses (small are in the inner ear) into a much bigger inner ear canal.
You see, these rocks are supposed to move in just a small, isolated area and fire neural signals as we move. When they move to the much bigger area, the signals also become much bigger and we feel like our heads are being spun in circles – VERTIGO!
The trick is to move those calcium stones from the inner ear canal to areas where they don’t create neural signals and the immune system can clear them out. The best way to do this is using a simple head moving technique.
In the following video, physical therapists Bob Schrupp and Brad Heineck demonstrate how to do this technique. For best results, get a physical therapist to do it for you but as you can see, it’s so simple that anyone can help you after watching this video a couple of times.
The downside of this technique is that it requires you to sit up for 48 hours. It also only works for about 20% of vertigo cases (see test in the beginning of the video).
You should feel a little bit better immediately after doing the technique (before holding your head for 48 hours) so if that’s not the case, the moving stones are probably not your problem.
The good news is there are different kinds of exercises that help almost everyone cure their vertigo. They open up the inner ear, increase blood flow to the head and help with balance between what the eyes and ears sense. And you can do these exercises without anyone helping.
Learn more about these simple vertigo exercises here…
I have vertigo: it started with shingles of the inner ear in 1982, along with a bunch of other unpleasant symptoms such as diplopia, loss of hearing, taste and smell, seeing things upside down etc. etc. All eventually disappeared over the intervening 30 years, with the exception of vertigo, which I have learned to live with. If you at Heron – or indeed anyone else reading this – can offer any helpful advice I would be eternally grateful. No medical professional, EVER, has been able to help me. Small wonder that I have lost faith completely in them.
for VERTIGO ths method works. watch the video a couple times use the pillow position and help too, if you can. there also is an exercise to open up and exercise neck , ears , head that hel[s VERTIGO AND SNORING.
I had vertigo and saw my chiropractor who manipulated my head and neck. Three sessions and it was gone! Perhaps I am lucky.
I DONT LIKE THE 48 HR IDEA. MY THERAPIST DID ABOUT 5 TREATMENTS [NOT THE 48HR PART] I WAS DOING BETTER.AFTER A TREATMENT I WAS NOT TO STOOP OR LOOK UP OR DOWN.[STOOPING AND LOOKING DOWN MADE M BLACK OUT AND FALL] I DONT LIKE THE SITTING UP IN STEAD OF LAYING DOWN TO SLEEP.?
I was diagnosed with vertigo in my early 30’s now im 40. I have noticed in the last year that i become unbalanced/dizzy more often, I find walls and and doorways helpful to keep me from falling over. When my vertigo flars really badly im down for a week or so,but i feel as if it affects me daily now. Many times i and others see me walk and start to tilet to one side or the other. And many times i catch myself before i fall and other time not so lucky. I will keep this video so that i can try to maintain a more balanced life. Thanks so much for posting this video. I dont know of others with this condition and feel like a freak because of it, and many times have to explain it to others. So thanks again.
I wonder if this could help with ringing of the ears? Does anyone have experience with this? My dear friends mother suffered a fall and now has it terribly.
i will talk to my primary physician about this .. giving him the link to the video as well… and see other drs/ chiapractor maybe etc…. i was disgnosed with vertigo 10 yrs ago .. still have it … its a problematic thing indeed… i am on meds, 4 pill daily … antivert is the name … without the meds my head swims crazily daily almost .. to where it makes me sick to my stomach …. i so wish there was a permanent fix … truely i do .. but thus far .. NO ONE has been able to help me… sad isnt it ???
I have had it off and on for 10 years. Lately, I have felt dizzy on a daily basis. I sometimes lose my balance and it worries me that one day I will lose my balance when I am holding my new grandson. I feel like Adrienne. Every one around me seems to be feeling great. I feel weak. I will be 65 soon and I keep wondering if this is part of getting older. My father had it really bad when he was in his late 70s.
My doctor diagnosed Meniere’s Syndrome five years ago. I had got out of bed and fallen on the floor without having sufficient strength to get back into bed.
A few days later I got to the doctor who made his diagnosis and prescribed Betahystine Hydrochloride. As it only made me sleepy I gave it up after a week.
I do not get dizzy spells, but become unstable if i jump off an unusually high kerb or anything else, rise from a sitting position too quickly or walk in the dark. Without a horizon I become unsteady.
Very occasionally when sleeping, perhaps in a bad position, I develop a “sharp” headache which disappers after a while.
Do I have Meniere, vertigo or something different? Perhaps it’s imagination but I sometimes think I lack the proper amount of energy.
Marcia Hansen, a friend of mine got relief from ringing ears by taking a specific vitamin whose name I do not recall. The medical term for your problem is Tinnitus. There are many sites with info on Tinnitus which are accessed by using google. Good luck
Fortunately, I have not had to deal with vertigo, I have friends who have experienced vertigo and it doesn't seem like any kind of fun to me. With other problems I have turned to natural supplementation which has helped a great deal. The system in the video seems to make sense.
My type of vertigo seems to have been caused not by a problem in the ear but a problem emanating from cervical spondilitis. What treatment can you recommend for such vertigo?
I suffer horribly from tinnitus Bob find out more if you can!
Dan, I don't know how this got here. I answered a question on some aol stuff and it ended here. I must have enabled that but not on purpose. There's plenty of info on line Dan….and you know that.
You never mentioned the affliction to me and I'm inclined to think you be yankin' my chain-thing. Would you do that Dan'l?