BPPV Treatment - Avoid These 2 Mistakes! (Vertigo Treatment)

If you're trying to treat your BPPV (benign paroxysmal positional vertigo) at home, you're going to want to avoid these two common mistakes!

The first mistake seems kind of obvious, but I think it happens quite a bit...

Mistake #1: do NOT skip to treating with the Epley Maneuver without first performing the Dix-Halpike Test!

Once you test, then you can proceed to accurate treatment with the Epley Maneuver.

And this leads to the second mistake I see a lot of people making...

Mistake #2: make sure to RE-TEST after treating with the Epley.

If you're lucky, your treatment will have helped. You may still need to repeat the Epley 2-4 times, but things should be improving.

However, this isn't always the case! For some people, the vertigo can switch from posterior canal to horizontal canal.

If this happens, you need to switch gears entirely so you can diagnose and treat yourself for horizontal canal instead.

So that's the moral of today's video: make sure you test BEFORE you treat, and make sure you test again AFTER you treat, just to make sure you're on the right track!

I hope this video helps you get rid of your BPPV once and for good!

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- Luke Gordon, DPT
Doctor of Physical Therapy/Owner of Gordon Physical Therapy

[shawnaford]

Saved for my next vertigo episode. Great information.

[jamesbass]

Hello, I performed the Dix HallPike maneuver for my left side and I thought the whole world was spinning around I could not believe it, it was like I was on a Merry-Go-Round. And so I performed the epley maneuver and it appeared to work but I did it three days in a row just to make sure and then when I repeated the Dix Hallpike test I had no vertigo. But I'm still having balance problems and I'm following the exercises that you showed on another video and I'm just wondering how long on average does it take before I regain my balance? I used to have really good balance. When I was a young man I could ride my motorcycle on the back tire all the way down the street and now I can hardly walk straight.

[danapertile]

Hello, I would like to know if there is a way to avoid vertigo altogether. I mean some vitamins, minerals or preventive exercise...

[russianvictory]

Hey i also found drinking Ginger infused tea really helps with symptoms, just get some fresh ginger from grocers, chop an inch sized piece and grate it into boiling water. Let it simmer for 5-10 mins and drink that after and chew on some of the ginger pieces. It was really soothing and helps with nausea and seems to help with vertigo un-comfortability. You do not need to any tea bags or anything, its just water and ginger. I do sometimes add a couple slices of lemon when simmering the ginger and let it all infuse.

Once you do the Epley manoeuvre the ginger infused really helps after the residual effects and initially if feeling nauseas

[mistermylo]

I saw my PT today and she determined I have vertigo - bilateral or both ears . She sent me home with instructions to do Epley for left ear first. Well after doing the exercise tried to sit up and my body just slammed me backwards . I have no one helping me. Supposed to do this 2x a day for 5days. How?

[skillin]

Does fluid buildup in the ears cause BPPV?

[cdurocher]

I have done epley and bbq several times a day for 5 days now. I recorded my eyes and it looked like i needed to epley. Now when i lay down im not dizzy when i do the maneuvers but im still dizzy when im walking or turn my head to the left. So im not sure its a crystals problem. Ive been to hospital and they did catscan and said it was vertigo. This is horrible and its the first time this has happened to me. What do you think could be going on? Its definitely in my left ear and my right ear feels normal