Had anyone tried Chiropractic for Dizziness? Not a big fan but willing to try.

Hi Andrea, 

I have had the dizziness since Jan 2014 and been through a vigorious routine in Physical Therapy to try and stop it.  All I have managed to do so far is lesson the effective feeling.  I have done all sorts of exercises including visual exercises, since I had double vision right after the initial onset of Vertigo.  Most of the exercises that I have done are movements that bring on a more intense feeling of dizziness, and then I wait for it to pass then do it again.  I think of it as aggrivating the problem with the expectation that I will desensitize to it the more I do them.

In my case I had a very hard time reading.  In fact at first I could not read.  Then typing on the computer keyboard was a very big challange, at my age I have been typing for over 40 years and suddenly find myself unable to remember which hand to use for the correct letter.  I seem to know which finger, but get the two sides mixed up and  sometimes it feels like I just don't know how to tell and I have to just try to see if I have it.  Getting on better lately, but you have to remember that  I have been working on this for almost the whole year and just now becoming able to do things on the computer and little jobs that I always took for granted.

I went for a 2nd opinion and the doctors said I had something different than the first group said.  I have Vestibular Neuritis, which to me is swelling of the nerve that carries balance information to my brain.  This is a lot different than what the first group said.  The first group said it was  Ménière's disease, and they told me not to eat sugar, salt and caffeine, which makes for a very dull time.  Now I eat everything and just remember that it will take a long time to overcome the feeling of dizzyness.  I am going to go to a different Physical Therapy unit that specializes in dizzyness and I will relate the exercises we do there when I start.

Meanwhile, to answer one of your questions, I have had no personal experience with Chiropractic but there is a paragraph or two someone has written about it on this forum.  See if you can go back and find it.  You may also look at my entries to see my input too.

Good luck and I will write again.

Ben

Hi,I have uncompensated labythrinitis,a couple of years ago I was having crainio sarcral therapy,I don t if it's similar to what you are looking for,but I loved it !! It helped me relax,and helped the tension in the back of my neck and shoulders

Hi Andrea,  I had labyrinthitis recently, which as you probably know results in dreadful nausea and vertigo.  I visited a chiropractor who I see regularly for my back.  I explained my symptons to her and she did a very delicate manouevre to my ears and the back of my skull.  She advised that if this was going to work I would feel the benefits within 24 hours.  Luckily this was the case for me as I woke up the following morning without vertigo or sickness, just felt tired and generally yuck, as I had been unwell with it for a while and needed to build my strength back up.  Hope this helps. 

I tried chiro did not haelp at all.

I have a friend who had dizziness and could not drive. Upon my recommendation, he had chiropratic adjustments I think to the C2 level and has not had dizziness since. Almost 3 years now.

The doctor, a graduate from Australia, is in Singapore, but I doubt I can reveal his name and clinic.

For maintenance he hangs the bar and pulls in the chin.

I have a feeling that too much or too little curvature of the neck is not good.

Don't despair.