Millions of people struggle with dizziness, many of whom have a severe form that makes them feel that the world is spinning uncontrollably. What they have is a called vertigo, a sudden feeling of being swayed or tilted. It is like being in an endless merry-go-round.
People who suffer from vertigo once thought that what they had was a hopeless case. They withdraw from going outdoors. They are afraid of getting into an accident due to loss of balance. In their world, everything is in a perpetual circular motion. It is like riding a twirling roller coaster that never stops.
Just imagine dining at a restaurant with a loved one, and all of a sudden, the entire hall twirls around uncontrollably. Or picture a person with vertigo walking in a park only to have the trees and everything around spin wildly. While generally not life-threatening, it is a debilitating condition.
The good thing is that they have found relief for dizziness with an upper cervical chiropractor's help for vertigo. At last, they understood that they could veer away from vertigo if they understand its causes, triggers, and the natural relief for dizziness available to them and to everyone who needs help.
When they visit an upper cervical chiropractor’s office for vertigo, one of the best things they learn is about this condition's causes. These are the four known reasons why people experience spinning dizziness:
In BPPV, a person’s inner ear cavity experiences the movement of calcium carbonate crystals inside a tiny organ called the otolith.
When these crystals brittle away inside the otolith, they also slowly fall into the ear canal to contact susceptible hair cells. The hair cells are part of a signaling system inside our inner ear that maintains our equilibrium or sense of balance. These cells enable us to orient our head and body in relation to our environment.
When crystals touch these hair cells, it distorts the signals sent to and from the brain. The distorted signals to the brain are the main reason why a person experiences spinning dizziness.
Inside our inner ear is the vestibulocochlear nerve, which functions as a signal station that informs the brain about a person’s position or movements. The nerve also serves as an interpreter of audio signals or sounds.
When infection hits the ear canal, this nerve gets infected. The infection causes an inflammation that makes a person experience ear pain, dizziness, and headaches. Worse, the inflammation can also lead to temporary loss of hearing.
In rare cases, a non-carcinogenic growth appears inside the eardrum. Repeated ear infections lead to this skin growth that damages the middle ear’s tiny, fragile bones. Damage to the middle ear leads to dizziness and even loss of hearing.
This disease makes a person suffer from an accumulation of fluid inside the inner ear. The disease also causes tinnitus or ringing of the ears. The worst-case scenario is that a person could permanently lose the sense of hearing if proper health care is not done.
Vertigo is not an endless cycle of dizziness. People with vertigo have the option to use an all-natural way to manage their symptoms. Upper cervical chiropractic adjustments have helped thousands to reduce their vertigo symptoms.
The upper cervical chiropractor for vertigo will usually start by taking measurements of the head and neck. The measurements are done to see if there is any misalignment in the spine. The angles or curvature will indicate the degree to which the head and the neck are tilted to one side of the body. Perhaps the head is bent forward unnaturally. Aside from visually inspecting a person, these measurements accurately provide information about the misalignment that will be corrected through the chiropractic procedure.
With the gentle and precise movement of the hands, adjustments to the upper cervical bones are done. Specifically, the adjustments focus on the atlas bone (or C1 vertebrae) and the axis bone (or C2 vertebrae).
The C1 and C2 bones of the upper cervical spine protect our brainstem. The brainstem is vital to daily human functions; it serves as an intersection for all the brain signals that cross our nervous system, like how electric current passes through wires. These brain signals are like power currents that enable us to think, move, and feel.
If an injury or misalignment exists in the upper cervical spine, the distortion of these brain signals occurs. Vertigo is seen as a result of such a distortion. Aside from vertigo, other health concerns arise due to body imbalance and misalignments in the upper cervical spine. Watch this video if you want to learn more about the impact of body imbalance on your health.
At an upper cervical chiropractic office, knowing a person’s health history or background is also determined to see if there are other possible reasons or causes for vertigo. In short, no detail is left unnoticed just to make sure that the procedure is safe and corresponds to the need of a person with a health concern.
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