Turn your head 90 degrees toward the ear that has the least vertigo. In this picture, the woman is turning to the right because she has vertigo on her left side.

Movement is medicine for your balance system. These exercises will help you feel less dizzy and improve your balance by retraining your brain to understand movements. These exercises will …

Try to stay as upright as possible. Exercises for low-back pain should be stopped for a week. No "sit-ups" should be done for at least one week and no "crawl" swimming. (Breast stroke is OK.) …

MOVE THE CARD AND THE HEAD IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION (INITIALLY HORIZONTALLY FOR 1 MINUTE THEN VERTICALLY) KEEPING THE WORDS IN FOCUS. PATIENT …

Speed of head movement should be increased as long as the target stays in focus. If you use glasses, wear them while performing exercises. These exercises may provoke symptoms of …

Vertigo (say ver-tee-go) is commonly called “dizziness”. You might feel like your head is spinning or whirling, or you might feel like the room is spinning.

These exercises are a method of treating Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV). They succeed in 95% of cases but more arduous than the Epley manoeuvre. Sitting comfortably …

Perform 3 times daily (if possible). Take about 10 minutes each time. Usually do 5 or more times to each side. Th ey are benefi cial only if dizziness is reproduced. Take antisickness tablets if …

You will be given guidance on how many repetitions of each exercise to do and when to progress to the next set of exercises. As a general rule, you should build up gradually from one set of …

We have written this factsheet to give you more information about benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). It explains what BPPV is, what the Brandt-Daroff exercise treatment method is …