I mostly travel a lot by air for both my personal and professional duties. While traveling I have met very interesting and experienced people. On the base of my profession and my natural ability to communicate with others have led to many interesting topics.
Somehow Vertigo comes a common topic for discussion. Most people say that while travel by both air and car causes them vertigo or it makes the vertigo condition worse.
Do you want to know about vertigo? When a person has vertigo he suffers from the symptoms like spinning that occurs due to the disturbance of balance. One should understand vertigo is not a disease but a symptom. There is no concrete reason for the cause of vertigo, it has a variety of reasons.
Vertigo's symptoms can include dizziness but not everyone with dizziness (lightheadedness) has vertigo. Vertigo is most often caused by a disorder in the peripheral vestibular system (inner ear structures). It can also be a result of a disorder in the central vestibular system (brainstem, cerebellum, vestibular nerve).
Due to Alfred Hitchcock's classic, most people confuse things between vertigo and fear of heights but both are different. This may be due to the reason that symptoms between both these conditions are a bit common. An interesting fact many people who have a fear of heights do not fear flying.
Vertigo problem happens suddenly and will last for less than a minute. Movements in the head made suddenly are the major cause. BPPV is the most common type of vertigo but their different types of vertigo.
After some weeks or months, the attack can either stop or improve. Nystagmus (shaking of the eye), nausea, vomiting, and sweating are the symptoms. Moreover, sometimes the attack can last a bit longer. Your physician can diagnose properly and he can also suggest some head and neck exercises to prevent vertigo.
Most people who have this type of vertigo have no issue with the movement of travel but rather, the positioning of their head on the seat. This is what could bring on symptoms for these types of sufferers.
Vertigo can be temporarily created by vertigo. Therefore, while driving or flying alcohol should be avoided.
If a person is having this kind of vertigo then traveling can make this symptom worse. Anxiety or panic disorder can cause psychological disorders and in turn, cause psychogenic vertigo. However, psychogenic vertigo is not common.
The parts of the inner that control balance can be affected by the motion of travel. Motion sickness is also suffered by most travelers. Traveling by boat mostly causes this but it can also be caused by traveling by auto and plane.
The outburst of symptoms is quick as vertigo. The symptoms include nausea, dizziness, headache, cold sweats, hyperventilation (which could lead to faintness), and usually vomiting.
By doing the following you can prevent motion sickness. They are keeping your gaze steady and head as still as possible, not smoking, not drinking, not reading, and getting fresh air.
There are several drugs available to treat motion sickness, even over the counter; however, they all cause drowsiness and in children and infants can cause agitation.
Now Listen Very Carefully Here:
The Natural Vertigo and Dizziness Relief Exercise Program – By Christian Goodman
I’m not going to waste your time with lots of reading. You’re probably anxious to get rid of your pain, so let me get straight to the point.
This program is split into 4 parts:
- Neck release exercises
- Head exercises
- Neck and shoulders exercises
- Tension removal exercises
You don’t have to push yourself to do all the exercises in the program. The most important parts are parts 1 (neck release exercises) and part 2 (head exercises).
These exercises focus on releasing tension from the muscles around the neck and ears. This increases the blood flow up to the head, releases any squeezed nerves, and frees the balance system in the ears.
These exercises will put absolutely no strain on the neck, so there’s no discomfort and there is no danger of harming anything, even if your vertigo is caused by a neck accident.
The neck and shoulders exercises (part 3) are very refreshing and pump fresh oxygen into the neck and shoulders and up to the head. If you’ve had a neck accident, however, you should not practice this part.
The exercises in part 4 are very good in getting rid of both emotional and physical tension, which are very common causes of vertigo and dizziness. Practicing these exercises makes you feel better and makes the other exercises work better too.
The program helped everyone who gave it a good try. Only those who gave up too early failed to treat their vertigo and dizziness. So I’m convinced it will work for you, too.