Vertigo/Dizziness

Cervical Vertigo

In our clinic we have a 5 step comprehensive analysis and approach to correcting the cause of your dizziness or similar symptoms. We have the tools to measure the 4 major sensory systems of the body that may be causing your dizziness and we have the skills to correct the the problem for so many.

Its important to know that the brain/body relies on these 4 majory Sensory systems in order to correctly know where it is in space so it can properly know how to control posture, movement, balance, and stability. if any one of theses systems is off then the other sensory systems will overcompensate and cause symptoms, one of which can be dizziness.

Sensory System — Test/Exam findings — How to correct it 

1) Eyes– RightEye test or other like with VNG etc. Vision Therapy /Functional Neurology
2) Inner ear– Vestibular/ Balance Exam. Vestibular rehab
3) Somatosensory / Proprioceptive-  Upper Cervical Chiropractic Exam and Upper Cervical Series Xrays. Sensors in every gram of tissue including muscles, joints, etc. These sensors detect position sense telling the brain how much stretch or tightness there is in the entire musculoskeletal system. The region most densely populated with these receptors is the muscles at the base of the skull, connecting the top cervical bones. –

This can be corrected with our Technique Upper Cervical Chiropractic (Atlas Orthogonal machine). This involves objectively analyzing upper cervical misalignment on precise X-rays and then objectively realign it without twisting, popping, or cracking the neck. General Chiropractic adjustments in the neck, and soft tissue therapy, will help considerably but not if the bones at the very top of the neck are misaligned.

4) Visceral/Gut– Gag reflex, autoimmune blood labs from Cyrex (or Other). Labs provide us very specific information about which foods or environmental triggers are causing your symptoms. Many times you wont even know you are reacting to one of these triggers because its not a full blown allergy wherin you experience an immediate physiologic response that is very obvious such as anaphylactic shock, breaking out in hives etc.

Instead of one of these allergic reactions you may be suffering from a more sublte reaction that triggers an immune response called an “intolerance” or a “sensitivity.” Your body still reacts but the sympotms may be days later from time of exposure and therefore harder for you to identify what triggered it on your own without labs.

Whether its a full blown allergy or an intolerance or a sensitivity the body responds with over active immune reaction and tons of inflammation. Its widely known that inflammation is the root constant with diseases, illnesses, pain, etc.

A Functional Medicine approach and our “Gut Restoration Protocol” can improve the leaky gut, decrease inflammation, and then the gut stops signaling the brain to calm down.

5) Sinus pressure– Can be relieved with Cranial Facial Release.

One commonly overlooked cause of Dizziness /Vertigo stems from the neck.  Many times the patient will have neck pain but not always.  There are little sensors housed in every muscle and joint in the human body which detect position sense called proprioceptors and muscle spindles. The top of the neck is more densely populated with these receptors than any other part of the body, by more than 10x!

The brain takes in sensory information from the eyes, the inner ear, cerebellum, the GI tract, the neck, etc. When one of these has dysfunction the brain will turn on the dizziness sirens. In cases where those proprioceptors from the joints/muscles of the neck are not functioning properly, dizziness may occur.  When the top bones in the neck are carefully realigned with our Upper Cervical approach, the sensors calm down and the dizziness goes away.