vertigo & ear crystals

[darkoshi]

My mom has experienced occasional vertigo for a long time, but it must have gotten worse lately. A doctor recommended physical therapy. I'd have never thought physical therapy could help with vertigo.

But from what the doctor told my mom, which matches up with what I've read now, there are crystals in the ears which can get out of their normal place, and this causes the vertigo. Special movements can be done to get them to go back into their normal place, thereby relieving the vertigo.

https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-q-and-a-bppv-dizziness-caused-by-inner-ear-crystals/

https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/canalith-repositioning-procedure/about/pac-20393315

https://healthfully.com/cure-inner-ear-crystals-5652655.html

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Comments

Vertigo

[(Anonymous)]

The procedure is so simple that it’s surprising it works very well. It can be done at home, instructions on Internet, very easy, no need for an expensive physical therapist.

Re: Vertigo

[darkoshi]

I thought about that when I was reading those pages. It may not be easy to determine the exact head positions needed from some of the online diagrams, but there are Youtube videos that show it better.

Shows the Epley procedure, along with an animation of how it repositions the crystals in the ear:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SLm76jQg3g

Another procedure called the half-somersault:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQR6b7CAiqk