After successful maneuvers, one of our readers wondered about the fate of the removed crystals. Do they go back to their original position in the gravity sensor, get washed away from the inner ear, or dissolve? If so, can they regenerate? The otoconia are the crystals of calcium carbonate in the inner ear that areContinue reading “What happens to BPPV crystals after maneuvers remove them? “
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Should you do vestibular exercises after BPPV?
A reader whose BPPV resolved with maneuvers wonders whether there is any benefit or downside to doing other vestibular exercises after BPPV is over, like turning the head left and right while walking or moving the head rapidly up- and downward or diagonally. There are many different vestibular exercises that are used for an assortmentContinue reading “Should you do vestibular exercises after BPPV?”
Our latest BPPV paper
My latest paper with co-author Olivia Kalmanson just came out and can be read here. It’s about an ongoing confusion regarding how BPPV (positional vertigo) causes its symptoms. This confusion has been going on for over 50 years now. This kind of problem is very common in science. It begins when a prominent researcher publishesContinue reading “Our latest BPPV paper”
