Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is a type of vertigo caused by calcium crystals in the inner ear. These crystals are usually located in two parts of the ear called the utricle and saccule.

Vertigo refers to a false sense of motion that can occur regardless of whether a person is moving. Physical treatment and some home exercises can help manage vertigo symptoms. Physical therapy may ...

Specific exercises, such as the Brandt-Daroff, Semont, Epley, and Foster maneuvers, can help relieve vertigo symptoms by redistributing calcium carbonate crystals in the inner ear. It’s important to ...

Vertigo is the sudden sensation of losing balance, associated particularly with the feeling of looking down from a great height. It can also feel like you are spinning or the room around you is ...

The clinical interplay between benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and vitamin D deficiency has gained substantial attention in recent years. BPPV, characterised by brief, recurrent episodes ...

Vertigo might seem simple, but it is far more complicated than many think. Michelle DuPree Zumbro, physical therapist and one of the practice owners at Bodies in Balance Physical Therapy in Wilmington ...

Vertigo, or feeling that the room is spinning, can occur due to migraine, head or ear injuries, or the movement of calcium crystals into your ear canals, among other causes. One of the most frequent ...

A novel video-goggle recording device that patients wore at home helped identify the etiology of acute vertigo episodes, a proof-of-concept study showed. With video oculography goggles, patients were ...

Feeling faint, light-headed, or as if the room you’re in is spinning? As many as 30 percent of people older than 60 experience dizziness at some point, about 50 percent after age 85. This unpleasant ...

What caused acute vertigo in two healthy women? That's the diagnostic challenge described by David Elisha, BS, of Tel Aviv University School of Medicine in Israel, and Ronen Nazarian, MD, of ...