Imagine if the simple task of standing up without losing balance was as challenging a task as climbing a mountain. Or try to picture yourself experiencing the dramatic sensation of being on a spinning ride at the fairground every time you walk across the room.
Symptoms like this are debilitating and limit the ability of sufferers to accomplish even the most basic everyday tasks.
These are the symptoms of vertigo, a strange and frightening condition that can strike at any time.
So what causes vertigo, and more importantly, how can it be treated?
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV), as it's technically known, is a problem of the inner ear, caused by the normal crystals in our ear becoming dislodged from their regular chamber and moving into the inner ear where they they shouldn't be. When they move, one inner ear sends one signal to the brain about our position and movement while the other inner ear sends a conflicting signal.
What results is the brain becomes confused as it tries to resolve the two conflicting messages.
The good news is, for people who suffer from vertigo, there is help, through something we call vestibular therapy.
Check out the attached article about Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo and how vestibular therapy can help. And if you or someone you know suffers from vertigo, contact our Whistler clinics, we can help.
You can also visit the following site which contains more information about vertigo:
http://www.entcanada.org/public2/patient21.asp
