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Vertigo: Four Treatments
Vertigo or dizziness affects millions of people around the world each year.
In a majority of the cases, vertigo is nothing more than a temporary inconvenience.
In some cases, vertigo is a debilitating condition. Day to day activities are
kept to a minimum due to the severe dizziness.
In many cases, the area of dysfunction in the nervous system
is the cerebellum. The cerebellum is in the posterior aspect
(back part) of the brain and controls our coordinated movements.
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There are specific tests that the chiropractic neurologist utilizes
to determine cerebellar function. Standing with your feet together
and eyes closed, the test is positive if the patient sways back
and forth. Other tests include: Touching the index finger to
the nose with the eyes closed, walking heel to toe, moving the
fingers rapidly as if playing the piano or touching all of your
fingers to your thumb as fast as possible. These tests and others
are used to determine the function of the cerebellum.
Treatment of the cerebellar dysfunction may include:
1. Unilateral (one sided) Adjustments: Extremities (arms and
legs), lumbar (low back) and cervical (neck) spine will be manipulated
on one side only to fire muscle spindle cells (muscle receptors)
and joint mechanoreceptors (joint receptors) into the same cerebellum
and opposite cerebral cortex (brain). The thoracic (mid-back)
spine will be globally manipulated to fire the dorsal columns
(back part of the spinal cord) and reduce rib fixations.
2. Caloric: A warm water caloric of 180 milliliters may be administered
in the ear to stimulate the ipsilateral (or same side) cerebellum.
3. Eye Exercises: Eye exercises may be used to increase the
frequency of firing to the cerebellum and frontal lobe of the
brain.
4. Heat Therapy: Heat therapy is used to promote an increased
metabolic and healing rate to the involved tissue. Increased
heat helps increase activation to the brain. Heat has immediate
soothing and palliative effects as decreased joint stiffness,
decreased muscle spasms and releases histamine and bradykinin
thereby causing vasodilation of the tissues.
One or all of the procedures may be employed to restore the
cerebellum to its normal function.
Dr.
Michael L. Johnson, D.C., D.A.C.N.B., is a Board Certified
Chiropractic Neurologist, one
of only 700 in the country, with over twenty years of experience
in private practice. He has completed over 850 hours of neurological
studies and 3800 hours of postgraduate education. His book "What
Do You Do When the Medications Don't Work? - A Non-Drug Treatment
of Dizziness, Migraine Headaches, Fibromyalgia, and Other Chronic
Conditions" outlines his groundbreaking work in the treatment
of chronic pain and is a national best-seller. It is available
wherever books are sold.
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