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My Head is Spinning! Vertigo and Dizziness…

It is actually amazing that we can in fact stand on two feet without falling. And not only that, many of us can run, jump, spin around in circles or even ride a bike down a steep stony mountain hill without falling.

Thanks to our balance system, healthy people can do these things.

Vertigo or dizziness results from a balance system that is not functioning properly. I will refer to these conditions as the same as the problems for both originate from the same source.

Vertigo or dizziness has affected everyone at some point. You can relate if you’ve ever had a head cold or other head ailment that left you a little unbalanced. Having a or rather several cocktails can certainly make a person unsteady too.

Typically, there is no need to find a cure for such short term occurrences.

There are people who don’t have the luxury of knowing the feeling is temporary. They will be afflicted with chronic vertigo or dizziness every few months or even every day.

This kind of chronic vertigo/dizziness is caused by problems with the balance system.

Our three balance systems are located in the body: sense eyes ears.

Luckily, we can still go about most of our activities even if one of the balance systems is not functioning properly.

We need to leverage the strength of all three systems though. If more than one is weakened, it can create a major problem for us.

Getting the balance systems strong involves some choreography if you will.

You see, 90% of the time, dizziness and vertigo are caused by tension in the muscles around our balance system – the eyes, the ears or the body line from the top of our skull to the pelvic bone.

Eye muscles suffering from tension will create a somewhat different balance perception than the ear’s balance system is perceiving.

The unsteady feeling is the result of the brain trying to process these different perceptions.

If your reading glasses are not the right strength, you’ve probably experienced this.

A perfectly functioning balance system in the ears and body would help you continue functioning when the eyes are not up to par. However, normally, dizziness still occurs because it just is not likely that both of the other systems will be in perfect balance.

But, if you loosen and strengthen the muscles surrounding all three systems, relief can be found.

Vertigo and dizziness can be diminished though without achieving perfection in all three balance systems. All three functioning at 70% is enough to sustain an overall good quality of life with regard to balance. My vertigo and dizziness program accomplishes this.

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