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Great mindful exercise when dealing with vestibular issues.

Ask The Expert - Mindfulness Meditation to Support Vestibular Wellness Mindfulness meditation is a practice that involves focusing one's attention on the present moment, cultivating awareness of thoughts, feelings, and bodily se...

Dizziness is a very common complaint, however, it can mean many different things to you. Knowing the causes in your own case may be the first step to understand what is going on.

Dizziness is a very common complaint, however, it can mean many different things to patients! 🌀

Read about the vestibular causes of dizziness and other potential impacts of the symptom in our recently updated article at vestibular.org/causes. 📚

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Do you suffer from supermarket syndrome?!

If you've ever attempted a trip to the grocery store while in the throws of a vestibular attack, you know that it is a dizzying experience! The aisles, lighting, echoing sounds, moving crowds, and horizontal shelving all come together to create a sensory nightmare, and our vestibular systems can be triggered by all the stimulation.

VeDA has an article and video about visually induced dizziness that has information and tips to help you survive the supermarket. Learn more at vestibular.org/supermarket-syndrome

How do you tackle your grocery shopping without spinning out of control? Share your experiences and strategies below to help others who have the same challenges!

When people hear that you are dizzy, they often (wrongly) think that it's no big deal. But in reality, just getting out of bed can be difficult when you have a vestibular disorder.

Symptoms like vertigo, dizziness, nausea, brain fog, fatigue, stress, and anxiety all combine to make simple movements like getting out of bed difficult. If this is you, you are not alone. For information about living with a vestibular disorder visit vestibular.org/coping

The acute phase and chronic phrase of vestibular neuritis and labyrinthitis.

Vestibular neuritis and labyrinthitis are disorders resulting from an infection that inflames the inner ear or the nerves connecting the inner ear to the brain. The progression of these disorders are split into two phases: 1) The acute phase, during which severe dizziness may develop abruptly, and 2) the chronic phase, during which some people are completely free of symptoms while others have chronic dizziness if the vestibular nerve has sustained damage.
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New read from NIH newsletter - Dealing With Dizziness Getting Help for a Balance Disorder

Dealing With Dizziness Balance problems can make you feel like you’re moving, spinning, or floating. Find out what may be causing you to feel off-balance.

A good read about the types of dizziness:

"Inner Ear Dizziness
Half of the inner ear is used for hearing (the cochlea) and the other half is used for balance (the labyrinth). If the labyrinth or the nerve that connects it to the brain is malfunctioning, dizziness can result. Many types of maladies occur in the inner ear to cause dizziness, including Meniere’s syndrome, labyrinthitis, positional vertigo, and vestibular neuritis, migraine and tumors of the inner ear nerves. These usually cause imbalance, vertigo (spinning), and nausea. It can also be accompanied by tinnitus and hearing loss, if the nearby cochlea is also affected. These diseases will be further explained.

Central Dizziness
Central dizziness is caused by problems in the balance portion of the brain. Anytime this portion of the brain is not working properly, dizziness can occur. Symptoms usually include lightheadedness, disorientation, imbalance, and sometimes even blacking out. Causes of central dizziness include low blood sugar, low blood pressure to the brain, strokes, multiple sclerosis, migraine headaches, head injury, tumors, and the aging process, among others. Treating these types of dizziness usual involves treating the problem which is causing the brain to not work properly.

Muscle-Joint Dizziness
This type of dizziness is uncommon. If the muscles, joints or touch sensors of the limbs are not working well, it becomes difficult for the body to react to motion, and makes it difficult to remain upright. Causes of muscle-joint dizziness include muscular dystrophy; sever diabetes, arthritis, joint replacements, and injuries. Symptoms are usually imbalance and unsteadiness.

Visual Dizziness
Eye muscle imbalance and poor vision can make one’s balance worse. The brain relies on information from the eyes to help with balance. Car sickness or sea sickness are types of visual dizziness because the eyes are constantly adjusting to a moving visual field and confuses the balance part of the brain. This can lead to dizziness, nausea and vomiting."

Reference:

Balance, Dizziness and Vertigo * Michigan Ear Institute Farmington Hills, Dearborn, Royal Oak, Novi MI The Dizziness, Balance, and Falls Center at the Michigan Ear Institute has been recognized internationally as an outstanding clinical program for the diagnosis and treatment of balance disorders. After diagnosing the balance problem various treatment modalities including medical, surgical, and vesti...

The acupuncture point that may offer temporary relief from nausea and headaches.

Nei Guan (P6) is located three finger breadths below the wrist on the inner forearm in between the two tendons. To find and use this acupressure point, (1) locate the point by turning your hands over so the palm is facing up then (2) apply downward pressure between the two tendons, massaging and stimulating the area for 4-5 seconds. Release the pressure and repeat several times when needed.

Acupressure Point P6: Pericardium 6 or Nei Guan - Explore Integrative Medicine Nei Guan (P6 or PC6) is commonly used to help relieve nausea, upset stomach, motion sickness, carpal tunnel syndrome, and headaches. Nei Guan (P6) is located three finger breadths below the wrist on the inner forearm in between the two tendons. To fi …

Use warm and properly fitting footwear during winter storm season helps proprioception (which is the feedback from position sensors in our muscles and joints). Inner ears, vision and proprioception are three main sources of information that our brain looks for to find balance.

Wear sunglasses to reduce glare so we can get the best visual cues which also helps inner ear balance.

This is why.

"The vestibular system includes the parts of the inner ears that sense head position and movement, and the parts of the brain that process this information. The brain weighs what the inner ears are sensing against information from vision and from proprioception (which is the feedback from position sensors in our muscles and joints). The brain uses these three sources of information to figure out where you are in space, and generally we need accurate information from 2 out of 3 in order to feel oriented.

When there are conflicts between the 3, the brain will typically use the information from the inner ears as the ‘master’. For example, if you are in a plane that is changing speeds or banking, your body will feel the acceleration/deceleration or tilt, but because whatever you’re looking at inside the plane is moving in the same manner you are, according to your eyes you are stationary. In this situation, the brain would turn to the inner ears to decide which is correct: the eyes? or the body position sensors? The inner ears would also be sensing the motion so the brain goes “A-ha! Two to one, motion over stationary. We must be moving.

People with vestibular/inner ear problems are far more dependent on receiving accurate information from vision and proprioception because they aren’t as able to turn to the vestibular information when there is a conflict or when one of the first two gets challenged. "

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Winter challenges and tips for those with vestibular (inner ear) disorders | Lifemark For those with vestibular disorders, winter can present some unexpected challenges.

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To better understand why hearing loss happens, it’s important to first know how hearing works.

Hearing is a complex system of delicate and synchronous parts. This short animation video explains how sound waves,inner ear and cochlea within this delicate system work.

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How Hearing Works Hearing is one of the most underappreciated senses as it relates to our ability to fully enjoy all of life’s precious moments. Yet, far too often do people o...

When our eyes are not functioning correctly and/or are not working together, vestibular symptoms can arise, which can lead to imbalance and falls.

Our vision tells us where we are in space and plays an important role in helping us maintain our balance. When our eyes are not functioning correctly and/or are not working together, vestibular symptoms can arise, which can lead to imbalance and falls.
https://vestibular.org/article/diagnosis-treatment/vision-hearing/the-connection-between-vision-balance