Treatment for Vertigo

Treatments of Dizziness and Vertigo

Vertigo is the sudden sensation that you are unsteady or that your surroundings are moving. You may feel like you're spinning around on a merry-go-round or that your head is spinning inside. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is the most common form of vertigo.

The condition is characterized by brief episodes of intense dizziness associated with a change in the position of your head. It may occur when you move your head in a certain direction, lie down from an upright position, turn over in bed or sit up in the morning. Moving your head to look up also can bring about an episode of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.

Vertigo usually results from a problem with the nerves and the structures of the balance mechanism in your inner ear that sense movement and changes in the position of your head. This is the area that the NUCCA practitioner balances and corrects.

Traditional Approach

Antibiotics, Antivert, Canilith Procedure….Live with it!

Medical treatment always involves the use of antibiotics and subsequently the prescription drug Antivert. This course of treatment is bothersome because there is not usually a connection between trauma and a bacterial infection. Sometimes, there is no medical diagnostic to the cause of vertigo. After drug therapy has been ineffective to help relieve BPPV, your doctor may treat you with a series of movements known as the canalith repositioning procedure. You must avoid lying flat for 24 to 48 hours and elevate your head on a few pillows when you sleep. If the canalith repositioning procedure isn't effective, your doctor may recommend a surgical procedure in which a bone plug is used to block the portion of your inner ear that is causing dizziness.

Upper Cervical Doctors Offer a Different Approach

Fix the cause not medicate the symptom

AlternaHealth, a NUCCA practitioner, has a significantly different approach to treatments of dizziness and vertigo. Most vertigo patients presents with a counter rotational twist between the first and second cervical vertebrae. The corrective procedure is a very light and gentle controlled contact below the ear based on a three directional correction vector determined from a series of upper cervical x-rays. Symptoms usually diminish within 7-30 days.