Now there’s a new do-it-yourself way to treat the most common form of vertigo. The doctor who discovered the maneuver is Dr. Carol Foster at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Foster’s recently published research is a breakthrough in the treatment of vertigo and could be life-changing for people who are disabled at times by extreme dizzy spells. Foster has experienced the most common form called positional vertigo. It happens when particles in the ear that sense gravity get dislodged and end up in spinning sensors. One morning, in treating herself, she came up with her own spin on how to fix vertigo at home. It’s called the “Half Somersault Maneuver.” Patients put their head upside down like they are going to do a somersault. They wait for dizziness to end then raise their head to back level. They then wait again for dizziness to end and then sit back quickly. “And that causes the particles to leave the semicircular canal,” Foster said. A six-month study showed patents preferred the exercise over the one commonly used by doctors. “I was surprised at how well it worked,” Foster said.
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 07:37:03 +0000
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