Dizziness & Vertigo

Vertigo is the sensation of feeling off-balance. If you get have these dizzy spells, you might often feel like you are spinning or that the world is spinning around you. Vertigo and Balance issues can often be caused by an inner ear problem, however, other common causes include:

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)
Meniere's Disease
Vestibular Neuritis or Labyrinthitis
Head or Neck Injury
Brain problems such as a stroke or tumor
Certain medications that cause ear damage
Migraine Headaches

Precise, NUCCA assessments will help you determine the root cause of your dizziness, whether it’s one of the causes listed above or not.
Aside from being unbalanced and feeling dizzy, symptoms of Vertigo include:

spinning
tilting
swaying
being pulled to one direction
feeling nauseated
vomiting
abnormal or jerking eye movements (nystagmus)
headache
sweating
ringing in the ears (tinnitus) or loss of hearing

How does NUCCA help?

A Brain-Based Approach from a NUCCA Specialist

The basic background of the head and neck junction is essential to understand. The lower 2/3 of your neck is fairly stable. However, the upper 1/3 of your neck is much more mobile and complex. It also has major influence relating to brain communication, as it functions similar to a relay station, so it’s incredibly important.
When you have any type of injury, even if it’s a minor fall or accident form years ago, it can cause damage to the ligaments (the ‘glue’) that support your neck alignment. If this occurs, your head and neck can become slightly misaligned as shown in the picture above. This causes 3 main problems:

The muscles become imbalanced, affecting signals from the muscles back to the brain. The suboccipital muscles (right where your head meets your neck) have high amounts of proprioceptive input, which tells your brain where your head is in space. If this mechanism isn’t working right, you may become dizzy.
The same suboccipital muscles have inputs from the vestibular (balance), oculomotor (eye movement), and visual pathways. When any of these nervous system tracts have interference, dizziness and vertigo may be present.
Inflammation and irritation near the brainstem can interfere with the information signaling between your brain and body, so signals from your feet that go to your brain may not be functioning optimally. This can cause challenges with balance.

A specific exam from a NUCCA doctor can tell you whether this type of minor misalignment is contributing to your neck pain. If it is, a precise, gentle correction to the neck based on biomechanical calculations can restore head and neck alignment to:

restore proper muscle tone
resolve neck-head mismatch signals which cause dizziness
improve brain-body communication to improve balance

We know balance issues, dizziness, and vertigo can interrupt your daily life.

It doesn't have to stay that way. We're here to help you find personalized solutions.

Contact Us to schedule your assessment today.

I can't say enough good things about the doctors and staff at Vital Head & Spine Care. My experience has been nothing short of life changing.

Initially, I was skeptical about whether they could help me. My regular doctors had done nothing to resolve my severe vertigo. I decided to try Vital Head & Spine, since I had few other options and because they were confident that they could help me.

Right from the start, I was impressed with the level of engagement from everyone that interacted with me. They remembered all kinds of little things, my activities, my interests. They proved over and over that they cared about me as more than just a patient.

It only took a few treatments before I started seeing signs of improvement. I went from getting dizzy every other day to once a week, then to every other week. The doctor treating me, Dr Radwanski, was/is awesome, working tirelessly on my case.

At every step, she kept me informed as to what to expect. Today, it's been over 2 months since my last dizzy spell.

-Tom D.