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Colorado Doctor Finds Way To Treat Common Vertigo
CBS Denver channel 4 ^ | April 23, 2012 | Dr Carol Foster

Posted on 02/24/2017 3:14:40 PM PST by taxcontrol

More than seven million people in the U.S. suffer from vertigo with 50,000 in the Denver area alone. The symptoms include feeling surroundings spinning when nothing is moving.

Now there’s a new do-it-yourself way to treat the most common form of vertigo. CBS4 Health Specialist Kathy Walsh met the doctor who discovered the maneuver. Dr. Carol Foster is at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Foster’s recently published research is a breakthrough in the treatment of vertigo and could be life-changing for people who are disabled at times by extreme dizzy spells.

“You’re rolling over in bed and suddenly you’re hit with this incredible spinning and you see the room going around like you’re in the inside of a washing machine,” Foster said.

Foster has experienced the most common form called positional vertigo. It happens when particles in the ear that sense gravity get dislodged and end up in spinning sensors.

“It can make people have falls, they can be unable to go to work because they’re so dizzy, they can be vomiting,” Foster said. “So it’s very, very unpleasant.”

Foster is director of the Balance Laboratory at the CU School of Medicine. One morning, in treating herself, she came up with her own spin on how to fix vertigo at home. It’s called the “Half Somersault Maneuver.” Patients put their head upside down like they are going to do a somersault. They wait for dizziness to end then raise their head to back level. They then wait again for dizziness to end and then sit back quickly

Dr. Carol Foster instructs how to properly do the Half Somersault Maneuver (credit: CBS) Dr. Carol Foster instructs how to properly do the Half Somersault Maneuver (credit: CBS) “And that causes the particles to leave the semicircular canal,” Foster said.

A six-month study showed patents preferred the exercise over the one commonly used by doctors.

“I was surprised at how well it worked,” Foster said.

Foster has posted the breakthrough on the Internet.

“My goal in life is to basically get rid of all dizziness on the planet Earth,” she said.

She’s on her way — one half somersault at a time.

People liked the half somersault because they weren’t as dizzy and had fewer side effects. None of those patients returned to the doctor for dizziness treatments.


TOPICS: Education; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: dizziness; vertigo
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Just found this, I guess it has been out there for a while. My wife suffers from Meniere's disease so I am praying that this will help.
1 posted on 02/24/2017 3:14:40 PM PST by taxcontrol
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Super thanks tax ! I need this.

Going from prone to vertical is afu.

2 posted on 02/24/2017 3:22:09 PM PST by onona (Keeping the faith will be our new directive for the republic !)
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I’ve had two bouts of this. I did my own positional therapy, which worked, but not instantaneously.


3 posted on 02/24/2017 3:22:18 PM PST by DaxtonBrown
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bump


4 posted on 02/24/2017 3:27:30 PM PST by dangerdoc ((this space for rent))
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NOW they cure it!

5 posted on 02/24/2017 3:29:06 PM PST by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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Old news...I solved my vertigo while on vacation 3 years ago with something similar. My Naturapath told me to find it on the internet. I did.


6 posted on 02/24/2017 3:30:59 PM PST by goodnesswins (Say hello to President Trump)
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To: taxcontrol

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.


7 posted on 02/24/2017 3:33:00 PM PST by mom.mom (...our flag was still there.)
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I have a friend who has been suffering from vertigo recently. I plan to share this with her. Thank you!


8 posted on 02/24/2017 3:34:12 PM PST by FamiliarFace
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The claim that this is a “new” discovery is Fake News (IMO).
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This is essentially the Epley Maneuver. My wife has performed it (EM) on herself, and also helped a friend through it.
It is a known treatment for Meniere’s. But it doesn’t work 100% of the time for everyone.


9 posted on 02/24/2017 3:36:43 PM PST by Honest Nigerian
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Meclazine works good, also.


10 posted on 02/24/2017 3:38:24 PM PST by Safetgiver (Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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The headline said Colorado doctor and I just knew this was a marijuana breakthrough. Boy was I wrong.


11 posted on 02/24/2017 3:39:29 PM PST by BipolarBob (I thought money was burning a hole in my pocket but it was just my Samsung Note 7.)
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12 posted on 02/24/2017 3:43:11 PM PST by MUDDOG
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I've been using her method for the last year. It does work. It may take a few sessions depending on how bad you've got it. If I goof off and don't immediately perform the maneuver when I sense my vision sliding around a little bit, nausea sets in and it can take 4 or 5 sessions over the course of 3-5 hours. It is super simple and easy.

The biggest problem I have (besides being a slacker) is determining which ear is causing the problem. Sometimes it's just not clear. I sit on the side of the bed and lie down on my right side and then back over to my left side so that each ear in turn is facing down.

Usually, I can tell which ear because when the ear causing the problem is facing down, my vision will slide a little bit before locking into place. Hard to describe but you will know it when you see it.

Hyperventilate a little bit before you go for the half summersault position. My belly gets in the way of breathing. It's only 30 seconds but it seems longer.

That's it. Just do it til you feel better. She recommends that you wait about 15 minutes between sets to give the otoliths (calcium carbonate particles) time to settle down.

If I remember to do the exercises at least weekly, the problem (for me) never gets to the point of the world visually spinning. I really hate that spinning!
13 posted on 02/24/2017 3:52:02 PM PST by Ron/GA
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ping


14 posted on 02/24/2017 3:54:01 PM PST by ml/nj
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Haven’t had this problem since college after drinking far to much. Hasn’t happened since.


15 posted on 02/24/2017 3:57:27 PM PST by Buffalo Head (Illegitimi non carborundum)
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Thanx for posting this


16 posted on 02/24/2017 3:57:41 PM PST by thinden
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I have a relative who suffers from this, can no longer drive.


17 posted on 02/24/2017 3:58:26 PM PST by apocalypto
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“My goal in life is to basically get rid of all dizziness on the planet Earth,”

Drive all the progressives into the sea!


18 posted on 02/24/2017 4:03:09 PM PST by beelzepug (Anybody I attack may rest assured it's personal!)
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I’m passing this on to my wife cause she’s a dizzy broa...

...er, nevermind.


19 posted on 02/24/2017 4:09:36 PM PST by moovova
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ill have to try it... I get vertigo a lot. especially after swimming for some reason...


20 posted on 02/24/2017 4:10:30 PM PST by sit-rep
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