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Vertigo two months post-concussion?
Brain & Nervous System | Last Active: Apr 30, 2022 | Replies (12)Comment receiving replies
Yes, my primary provider and a PT explained the BPPV and suggested this is the likely cause of the vertigo. I'm going to start vestibular therapy and hope this helps.
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It will help! I hope they show you the exercises to do at home. I do the simplest one which involves sitting on the edge of my bed, looking straight, then turning my head to the right and quickly lying down sideways on my left side, staring at the ceiling, until I am dizzy. I count to 30, then sit straight up and look ahead, and again count to 30. Then the other side. Sometimes BPPV is both sides, sometimes just one.
Then there is the "x" on the wall: stare at it and move your head side to side, increasing speed. Or hold two cards in front of you and look from one to the other, side to side horizontally and then up and down vertically.
It is very empowering to have exercises you can do yourself. I do them a few times/day when I am having that kind of vertigo (and after my concussions). You feel worse for a bit but these work!!!!