Monday, November 10, 2008

My Head is Spinning! Vertigo and Dizziness...

By Christian Goodman

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.

Notwithstanding specific impairments, the human balance system allows us to do this.

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.

Everyone has experienced some form of dizziness or vertigo. Perhaps an ear infection left you wobbly on your feet. Or, you've suddenly jumped up from a sitting position very quickly and felt the need to sit right back down.

Luckily for most people it is only a temporary situation that quickly blows over and no solution needs to be sought.

Chronic dizziness or vertigo affects a huge number of people. They experience this unsteady feeling daily or at least many times throughout the year.

The balance system or rather the impaired balance system is the culprit for this chronic condition.

We all have three kinds of balance systems. In the...

eyes ears body sense

Our balance system is so advantaged that even if one part goes out, we may feel it a little but we'll still function pretty much normally. Most blind people can walk normally - so can a person who has problems with the balance system in his/her ears.

We need to exercise all three sytems though, because we are not so fortunate when more than one of our balance systems is experiencing problems.

So how do we strengthen our balance system?

Almost always dizziness or vertigo is due to the balance systems suffering from muscle tension surrounding key areas (head to pelvic region, ears or eyes.)

For example if you have tension in the eye muscles, then your eye's balance system conceives the world in just a tiny bit different way than your ear's balance system does.

These two balance systems send two different messages to the brain. This causes confusion when your brain tries to process the information. Needless to say, you feel dizzy.

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

Relying on two of the three balance systems to function at peak performance when one is not, is not a good bet. So, vertigo or dizziness still result when just one balance system is suffering.

If the muscles tied to each balance system are loose and strong though, you can function properly.

You do not even have to do this perfectly. If you only bring each of these systems to 70% function, that is enough for you to never feel dizziness or vertigo again. That is exactly what my natural vertigo and dizziness program does.

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