You may have heard that specific techniques or exercises can relieve vertigo (they do).
But which ones work best?
A new study in the International Journal of Childhood and Development Disorders put two popular vertigo exercises to the test — one came out as the clear winner.
Try the winner for yourself and watch your vertigo vanish.
To understand how these exercises work, it helps to know a bit about Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV).
It’s the most common type of vertigo.
In a healthy ear, tiny calcium crystals stay in place to help with balance. However, in people with BPPV, these crystals come loose. They drift into the inner ear’s semicircular canals, where fluid and tiny hairs help sense motion.
As these crystals move, they disrupt fluid movement, irritating the tiny hairs and create signals that make you feel like you’re spinning.
The goal of the exercises is simple: to guide the crystals back to their original spot, stopping the vertigo.
In the study conducted at Ashwin Multispecialty Hospital and PPG College of Physiotherapy, 30 people with BPPV-related vertigo participated.
They were split into two groups: 15 performed the Home Epley Maneuver, and 15 practiced the Half Somersault Maneuver. Both groups also did Brandt-Daroff exercises, another movement sequence for treating BPPV.
Participants did these exercises daily, five days a week, for four weeks.
Researchers measured dizziness levels before and after using the Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI), which tracks how dizziness affects daily life.
After four weeks, both groups showed improvement in their DHI scores. However, the group that practiced the Epley maneuver alongside Brandt-Daroff exercises saw a more significant reduction in dizziness symptoms than those using the Half Somersault Maneuver.
This suggests that Dr. John Epley’s head movements remain the most effective for reducing dizziness, even if some people find the Half Somersault Maneuver easier.
The movements involve turning your head in a half circle while sitting and lying down. You can find videos explaining these online.
But frankly, both the Epley maneuver and the Half Somersault Maneuver are too complicated. If you’re going to try them, I recommend you only do it under the supervision of a licensed physical therapist.
Another problem with these exercises is that they only help people with this specific type of vertigo (BPPV).
That’s why I developed a new set of vertigo exercises.
Vertigo exercises that help no matter what type of vertigo you suffer.
Vertigo exercises that almost anyone can do at home… young and old, men and women, athletes and overweight, and everyone else.
Vertigo exercises have helped hundreds of people to heal their vertigo forever — usually, the very first week.
If you want to follow their example, you can find our simple vertigo exercises here…