All You Need To Know About Benign Positional Vertigo Exercises

If done correctly benign positional vertigo exercises are a useful remedy for vertigo. Vertigo is one of the most common medical conditions to affect individuals. It is among the top three reasons why people seek medical advice. Vertigo is often mistaken for a fear of heights; it is not a fear of heights. It is also commonly confused with feeling lightheaded, like you are going to pass out. Although the sensations can be somewhat similar, they are distinctly different. It can more easily be described as dizziness. Vertigo is defined as you feeling that you or your environment is moving when they are in fact not moving. It is the illusion of movement.
There can be many causes of vertigo. The most common cause is called benign positional vertigo. Other causes include vestibular neuritis, Meniere's disease and vestibular migraine. Vestibular neuritis is inflammation of a nerve that plays a role in communicating balance to the brain. Meniere's disease is a problem with fluid in the inner ear, it has many other symptoms and is very characteristic in the presentation of vertigo. Vestibular migraine is vertigo that is related to a migraine. There are many different treatments for these different types of vertigo but for benign positional vertigo it is best treated by benign positional vertigo exercises.
Benign positional vertigo is the result of tiny particles in the fluid of the inner ear balance organs. The particles are loosely floating and disrupt the delicate balance receptors which then send incorrect signals to the brain. This results in abnormal feelings of movement that are not related to the actual movement happening. Incorrectly treated with medication, this type of vertigo can easily be fixed with benign positional vertigo exercises if done correctly.
Benign positional vertigo is very characteristic with its presentation. The vertigo attacks are very brief, usually less than 10 seconds. They feel like the room is moving around you. They can be with or without nausea. The attacks are brought on by fast movements of the head and very predictable triggers such as lying down or sitting up in bed, turning around in bed, and also bending over to tie the shoelaces, or extending the head in order to look up or do something above the head. Medication is often prescribed to mask the symptoms despite the fact that a non-medication option of cure exists in the form of benign positional vertigo exercises.
Sure drugs may provide some relief of the symptoms of benign positional vertigo but it is a false sense of security. The way the drugs work is by desensitizing your nervous system so it feels less dizziness and less nausea. But the real cause of the problem, the loose particles is still there. Benign positional vertigo exercises are the only way to really address the root cause of this type of vertigo and correct it. They are a very affordable solution with no unpleasant side effects like drugs and they can be done at home.
There is a specific way to go about performing benign positional vertigo exercises. If done incorrectly, as seen many times on the internet, they can do more harm than good and actually end up causing you more problems. So take the time to research and make sure you get your advice from a trustworthy source and learn the correct way to perform benign positional vertigo exercises and this will ensure the best chance of fixing your vertigo.
About the Author
For more hints and tips on benign positional vertigo exercises, visit author John Petersone's website which is all about the quickest way to treat dizziness when lying down.
John F. Petersone
Health Practitioner, Dizziness and Vertigo Specialist and Author of 'The Cure Vertigo' ebook.