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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: Airthumbs on 06/01/2011 03:22:54
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I was an avid climber, rock climbing & tree's. I have scoliosis and as a result of this, an oversized back muscle on the left side of my back. This over developed muscle runs up my neck too. I have hypertension but have been told this is not what causes the vertigo.
I totally spin out when I look up and also sometimes when I roll over in the night. When I get up in the morning and sit up from bed I have to wait for the spinning feeling to stop. If I am high up and look down this also happens and subsequently over the past two years have developed a discomfort for heights. It is not a nice feeling clinging onto the trunk of a tree 20 meters of the ground hoping my head will stop spinning and dangerous, I am roped up with a harness but mistakes can be made! If I rub the muscle on the left side of my neck I also feel a little dizzy.
Last year a Dr told me this was a viral infection causing this but I don't believe him and he didn't run any tests.
Does anyone have an explanation for this and preferably a solution.
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I'm not sure I'd encourage rock climbing while dizzy.
Read about "Benign Positional Vertigo", and the Canalith Repositioning Procedure (CRP) or Epley Maneuver. Your doctor, or perhaps a good DO doctor should be able to help you with it.
Extreme cases can be treated with surgery as a last resort.
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benign_paroxysmal_positional_vertigo
http://www.ehow.com/way_5371181_treatment-benign-paroxysmal-positional-vertigo.html
Not all General Practitioners will be equally active to treat your case. DO's are often trained for "manipulations".
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Thanks CliffordK, I will try those exercises and post the results on here later on.............. this is really great I think it has worked!! I can't tell you how thankful I am that the Epley has actually done something and it's so simple!! [;D]
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Just thought I would say I am still cured from my vertigo [;D] [;D] [;D]