You've had the tests. The MRI came back clean. Your ear exam was normal. And yet the dizziness keeps coming back-the swaying, the floating sensation, the moment the room seems to tilt when you turn your head. If this sounds familiar, you're not imagining it, and you're not alone. Balance isn't controlled by the inner ear alone. It's built from three streams of information working together: what your eyes see, what your vestibular organ senses, and what your neck muscles report about the position of your head.
When neck muscles like the sternocleidomastoid, suboccipitals, and trapezius become chronically tense, they send your brain distorted signals-and the result can feel exactly like a vestibular problem, even when your ear is perfectly fine. Written by a clinician with over 20 years of hands-on experience treating musculoskeletal pain, this book walks you through:Why dizziness happens - the real mechanics connecting neck tension, breathing, posture, and spatial senseHow to find your specific cause - symptom-by-symptom chapters covering dizziness on turning your head, morning dizziness, swaying while standing still, motion sickness, dizziness after eating, and moreWhich muscles are involved - clear anatomy explanations for the eight muscles most often behind dizziness, illustrated throughoutWhat to actually do about it - step-by-step self-care techniques for each muscle, with guidance on exactly where to press, how long, and in what orderThis book does not replace a doctor.
Dangerous causes of dizziness-vestibular disorders, cerebrovascular disease, heart conditions-always need to be ruled out first, and this book says so clearly. But once those have been excluded and your tests keep coming back "normal" while the dizziness keeps returning, this book gives you a second place to look. If you're tired of being told nothing is wrong when something clearly is, this book will help you understand what your body has been trying to tell you all along.
You've had the tests. The MRI came back clean. Your ear exam was normal. And yet the dizziness keeps coming back-the swaying, the floating sensation, the moment the room seems to tilt when you turn your head. If this sounds familiar, you're not imagining it, and you're not alone. Balance isn't controlled by the inner ear alone. It's built from three streams of information working together: what your eyes see, what your vestibular organ senses, and what your neck muscles report about the position of your head.
When neck muscles like the sternocleidomastoid, suboccipitals, and trapezius become chronically tense, they send your brain distorted signals-and the result can feel exactly like a vestibular problem, even when your ear is perfectly fine. Written by a clinician with over 20 years of hands-on experience treating musculoskeletal pain, this book walks you through:Why dizziness happens - the real mechanics connecting neck tension, breathing, posture, and spatial senseHow to find your specific cause - symptom-by-symptom chapters covering dizziness on turning your head, morning dizziness, swaying while standing still, motion sickness, dizziness after eating, and moreWhich muscles are involved - clear anatomy explanations for the eight muscles most often behind dizziness, illustrated throughoutWhat to actually do about it - step-by-step self-care techniques for each muscle, with guidance on exactly where to press, how long, and in what orderThis book does not replace a doctor.
Dangerous causes of dizziness-vestibular disorders, cerebrovascular disease, heart conditions-always need to be ruled out first, and this book says so clearly. But once those have been excluded and your tests keep coming back "normal" while the dizziness keeps returning, this book gives you a second place to look. If you're tired of being told nothing is wrong when something clearly is, this book will help you understand what your body has been trying to tell you all along.