Amazing Quick Method to Treat Your Vertigo!
Vertigo is a type of dizziness where someone feels a sensation that either the person themselves or the environment is spinning, moving, falling or tilting, although there is no actual physical movement. A person suffering from vertigo may also experience nausea, loss of balance, vomiting, and so on.
One of the most common types of vertigo is Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV), usually caused by otoliths, calcium particles moving in the semi-circular canals of the inner ear. Elderly people commonly suffer this more than others.
The Epley Maneuver is a series of head movements to dislodge or reposition the crystals in the semi-circular canals of one’s inner ear. This has been said to be effective for many individuals suffering from BPPV. However, do consult your doctor before trying any remedy as individual cases may vary.
Epley Maneuver
to Treat BPPV Vertigo
Transcript
Normally, only with the head movement does fluid within the inner ear also move, informing the brain that a head turn occurred. However, should a crystal called an otolith that gets displaced into the posterior canal of the inner ear, BPPV dizziness occurs. Fluid movement occurs due to the crystal rather than head turns, causing the brain to think movement has occurred even though none has happened.
The Epley Maneuvre is performed to treat this posterior canal BPPV by trying to get the loose crystal out of the canal. This maneuver is started by turning the head forty-five degrees and the body laid back, such that the head is extended about 20 to 30 degrees. If BPPV is present, eye twitching call nystagmus will occur. After 30 to 60 seconds, the head is turned 90 degrees to the opposite side and held for another 30 to 60 seconds. The head is then further rotated another 90 degrees accomplished by having the patient turn onto their side which is then held for another 30 to 60 seconds. At this point the head should be turned 45 degrees from the horizontal. When performing this maneuvre another individual can help with these position changes. The maneuver is then completed by having the patient sit up.
This image shows how the Epley Maneuver helps to redistribute the particles in the ear canal. (Click to enlarge)
So what’s going on with these position changes? Essentially the head is moved in such a way to manipulate the crystal to fall towards the canal opening. With each position change, it takes about 30 to 60 seconds for the crystal to settle into the most dependent position in the canal. If turns are made before the crystal has a chance to settle, the crystal may fall back the wrong way and the maneuver will fail.
It is also important that the head positions are angled correctly, or else, the crystal will not settle to the correct position in the canal and the maneuver will fail. Also, if the position changes are done too slowly, the crystal may not settle quickly enough from lack of momentum and the maneuver will also fail. Once the crystal falls out of the canal, the dizziness should resolve if due to posterior canal BPPV.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SLm76jQg3g
A Step-By-Step Instructions to Perform an Epley Maneuver
Below are two videos demonstrating how to perform the Epley Maneuver for the right side and also the left side.
Vertigo: Right Side
How To Perform The Epley Maneuver
Vertigo: Left Side
How To Perform The Epley Maneuver
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Thank you, Rinpoche for sharing this article on how to treat vertigo which will be helpful for those who do suffer from this. I know of a few who had been suffering and yet could not do much but wait until the symptoms corrected themselves. The conditions can be very debilitating and the sufferers experience dizziness, nausea, etc., some even are confined to bed as they can’t move around due to aggravation to their conditions. So this article with the various solutions may help them to alleviate their symptoms when they arise.
A simple yet effective way to treat vertigo without medication. Many people suffer from vertigo from time to time and most don’t know what to do except resting and consulting doctors. Vertigo affect work performance and productivity and it can be quite annoying. This article shares the maneuver in details with words, pictures and video, make it very easy for everyone to share it with whoever is suffering from this problem. Thank you Rinpoche and blog team for this very practical and useful sharing.
Thank you Rinpoche and blog team for sharing this method to treat Vertigo. I just got feedback from my parent’s friend that it was also recommended by her doctor and it is really effective. Thank you very much Rinpoche for sharing quick tips information for health. Hope to have more of these beneficial information from Rinpoche. ???✌️?
Vertigo is a sensation of spinning dizziness. It is often associated on going spells of dizziness caused by problems in the inner ear or brain. Those people who suffered from vertigo may also experience nausea, loss of balance and server vomiting at times. Its really good that there is ways to solve it as medical treatment is very expensive unless the condition worsen in some cases. Performing the Epley Maneuver to treat BPPV vertigo can saves a lot of medical expenses. If it helps why not try this first.
Thank you Rinpoche for this wonderful sharing.
Interesting and easy way. My relatives told me that once he had vertigo when traveling and he felt so dizzy and nausea. Thankfully after a while he got better. He told me that there is no medication for vertigo. Hopefully the method mentioned above will help many who suffers vertigo and may all gets better.
This really works. My ENT prescribed this together with some supplements, when I had my bout of vertigo at the end of last year. For my case, I could see the difference after one session. It didn’t immediately take away vertigo 100% but I noted the significant difference. This has to be done on a daily basis for full benefits.
Thank you for sharing this.