Feeling Like the Room is Spinning? Chiropractic Care May Relieve Your Vertigo | Shanghai Chiropractic

Feeling Like the Room is Spinning? Chiropractic Care May Relieve Your Vertigo

Dizziness is a common experience, often caused by factors like staring into an optical illusion or standing up too quickly. However, these minor instances of dizziness pale in comparison to the debilitating effects of vertigo.

What is Vertigo?

According to the Cleveland Clinic, vertigo is defined as "a sensation that the environment around you is spinning." This condition can make you feel dizzy and off-balance. Unlike a disease, vertigo is a symptom of various underlying conditions. It can severely impact your daily life by affecting your ability to walk, hear, and even see clearly.

Causes of Vertigo

Vertigo often results from communication issues between the inner ear and the brain. Given this neurological connection, Gonstead chiropractic care can be an effective treatment for vertigo. Dr.Cho’s Gonstead Chiropractic has extensively studied the Gonstead System of Analysis to help patients overcome vertigo by focusing on spinal health.

Signs and Symptoms of Vertigo

The hallmark symptom of vertigo is a false sense of spinning or movement. Other symptoms include:

- Loss of balance or unsteadiness

- Nausea

- Vomiting

- Dizziness

- Ringing in the ears (tinnitus)

- Swaying from side to side or front to back

Trauma to the head or neck can disrupt the communication pathways of the nervous system, contributing to vertigo. The vestibular system, which helps maintain balance, can also be affected by changes in atmospheric pressure, inner-ear particle movement, or ear infections.

Reducing Vertigo with Chiropractic Care

Many patients report significant relief from vertigo symptoms after completing an initial structural care plan focused on spinal adjustments. These adjustments help stabilize the spine's foundation, calming the vestibular system and alleviating symptoms.

Cervical Vertigo

Chiropractic adjustments are particularly effective for cervical vertigo, also known as cervicogenic dizziness. This condition originates from dysfunction in the cervical spine joints, often due to repetitive movements or neck injuries. Proper spinal adjustments can restore nerve flow and correct miscommunications that cause dizziness and balance issues.

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)

BPPV occurs when small calcium carbonate crystals, known as otoconia, displace within the inner ear canals. This displacement can shift your center of gravity, causing dizziness. The Epley maneuver, a series of head movements, can help reposition these crystals and relieve BPPV symptoms.

Get Relief from Vertigo by Gonstead Chiropractor Dr.Cho

You don't have to live with constant dizziness or balance issues. By Gonstead Chiropractic, Dr.Cho utilizes the Gonstead System of Analysis (GSA) to find long-term solutions to your health concerns.

For expert chiropractic care schedule your appointment with Dr.Cho today!. Find relief from your vertigo with our specialized treatments today.