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BPPV treatment: Turning 45 degrees?

A positional vertigo patient struggles to understand how to do the maneuver for the right ear: TURN HEAD TOWARDS ELBOW? Which part of head, the chin or the back of the head? Picture shows back of head towards rt elbow. I don’t see any 45 degree angle; the head looks almost in same plane asContinue reading “BPPV treatment: Turning 45 degrees?”

Ask the Doctor: Brief vertigo

For about 3-4 years now, I will occasionally get VERY strong episodes of vertigo where it feels like I am being very strongly pulled in a weird direction. Sometimes it feels like my head is shaking back and forth. These episodes usually last anywhere from 20 seconds to sometimes 5-7 minutes. They NEVER happen whenContinue reading “Ask the Doctor: Brief vertigo”

We’ve added a Learn page

Happy Holidays, readers! 2025 will see a new feature to make it easier to look up the topics you are interested in. At the top of our page will be a new page, LEARN, that will take you to our posts organized according to subject. You can look up based on the name of theContinue reading “We’ve added a Learn page”