>>> LET'S TALK ABOUT VERTIGO,
BALANCE OR BLURRED VISION.
YOUR LIFE.
IN THE PAST THERE ONES A
TREATMENT FOR VERTIGO BUT
BALANCE AND NEUROPHYSICAL
THERAPY CENTER IS THERE TO GET
YOU BACK.
CERTIFIED VESTICULAR THERAPIST
DEBBIE MURRAY AND MELINDA STUBS
IS JOINING US.
VERTIGO.
TEST.
>> THIS IS A SIMPLE BALANCE
TEST.
>> FOR SOME IT IS NOT SIMPLE.
>> YES.
IS.
IT IS NOT FUNCTIONING SO IT IS
HARD TO DO THIS.
I WILL HAVE YOU STAND ON THAT
FOAM AND PUT YOUR FEET TOGETHER.
YOUR BALANCE WILL BE CHECKED IN
THREE PARTS.
ONE IS FEET HITTING THE FLOOR.
I HAVE TAKEN THAT AWAY FROM YOU.
STAND UP NICE AND TALL.
ARMS ACROSS THE CHEST.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> ANOTHER PART IS YOUR VISION.
SO I WILL HAVE YOU CLOSE YOUR
EYES.
WHEN THAT HAPPENS --
>> YOU ARE TAKING THE FLOOR
AWAY FROM ME, THE USE OF MY
ARMS AWAY FROM ME.
WHOAH.
>> THE ONLY THING LEFT TO HOLD
YOU ISTHE EAR-BRAIN CONNECTION.
>> IT ISNORMAL TO BE WOBBLING?
>> YOU ARE SWAYING.
WOULD --
>> UH-HUH
>> SOME WHEN THEY --
>> OR WHEN THEY CLOSE THEIR
EYES THEY LOSE IT.
>> YES.
THIS IS THE INNER EAR FOR THE
BALANCE SYSTEM.
IT IS IN HERE.
YOU HAVE THREE CANALS IN THERE.
>> YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE
OPENING OF THE EAR.
THAT MEMBRANE.
>> YES.
>> BACK BEHIND, WAY BACK IN
YOUR EAR, SO IN THE EAR WHAT
SIZE IS IT?
LIKE THE SIZE OF A QUARTER?
>> LOOK HOW BIG THE EAR S.
COMPARE TO THAT.
IT IS LITTLE.
>> SO FLUIDS HAVE TO RUN
THROUGH THIS PART TO HAVE YOUR
BALANCE.
>> YES.
KIND OF LIKE A GYROSCOPE SO
WHEN YOUR TURN YOUR HEAD IT
FLOWS BACK AND FORTH.
WITH VERTIGO, LIKE MELINDA,
THESE ARE CRYSTALS AND THEY
COME UP INTO THESE CANALS.
THEY ARE IN THERE AND OFFSETS
THAT SYSTEM AND TELLS YOUR EARS
OR BRAIN THAT YOU ARE SPINNING
SO YOUR EYES WILL GO UP AND
DOWN.
>> DEPENDING WHICH CANAL, THAT
IS HOW WE DETERMINE WHICH HAD
THE CRYSTAL IN IT.
EVER SEEN ONE OF THE GAMES, THE
MARBLES THAT YOU PLAY WITH
UNTIL IT DROPS IN THE RIGHT
HOLE?
THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING.
THERE ARE SIX CANALS.
SO DEPENDING WHICH CANAL HAS
THE CRYSTAL IN IT IS HOW WE
TREAT MELINDA.
>> YOU HAVE PRETTY MUCH AN
EXTREME CASE.
>> I GUESS SO.
YEARS.
JUST NOW GETTING HELP FOR IT.
EIGHT YEARS AGO MY EMT FOUND
DEBBIE.
THEY CAN TREAT ME.
I KNOW IT IS NOTHING SERIOUS
BUT YOU GET IT TREATED WHEN IT
HAPPENS.
>> SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO DO ON
A CONTINUAL BASIS.
>> WHEN EVER IT HAPPENS.
WHEN I FEEL DIZZY OR TURN MY
HEAD, I JUST CALL DEBBIE.
>> WHAT DO YOU GO THROUGH WHEN
YOU ARE IN AVERT GO STATE?
>> IT IS USUALLY WHEN I TURN
MY HEAD A CERTAIN WAY, IN BED,
LOOK UP OR DOWN, I WILL GET DO
YOU S I.
WHEN I SEE DEBBIE, PART OF THE
THERAPY IS SHE MAKES ME DIZZY
TO WATCH MY EYES.
DEPENDING WHERE THEY ARE GOING
SHE CAN TELL WHAT CANAL THE
CRYSTAL IS IN AND DETERMINES
WHAT TREATMENT TO GIVE ME.
>> YOU GET A TREATMENT, WORK
THROUGH WHAT YOU WOULD DO?
>> I WILL DO.
THERE ARE SIX TREATMENTS.
THIS IS ONE PARTICULAR TEST
CANAL.
SO WHAT WE DO IS TURN HER HEAD
45 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT FP
>> DONE THIS A TIME OR TWO.
>> THEN WE WILL COME ALL THE
WAY BACK.
WHAT IS HAPPENING IS SHE HAS
VERTIGO, WHICH SHE DOESN'T.
AND DOWN.
THEY ARE NOT.
SO SHE DOES NOT HAVE THIS IN
THIS CANAL.
>> WOULD YOU HAVE NAUSEA TOO?
DON'T.
SHE DOES SOMETIME.
FOR HERE WE ARE GOING BACK TO
THE MAZE WHERE THE MARBLE RUNS
THROUGH UNTIL THE HOL
>> FOR TELEVISION, CAN YOU TURN
YOURSELF THE OTHER WAY?
>> THAT IS WHERE WE ARE GOING.
THIS IS THE FIRST POSITION,
THEN THE SECOND TREATMENT HERE.
>> ARE HER EYES DOING ANYTHIN
>> NO JUMPING.
>> NOW WE HAVE IT ALL.
SHE CAME IN LAST WEEK WE GOT IT
ALL.
>> YOU ARE SEEING RESULTS
IMMEDIATELY.
>> YES.
WE CAN TYPICALLY GET VERTIGO IN
ONE TO FOUR TREATMENTS.
>> THAT IS PRETTY FAST, I THINK.
>> IT REALLY IS.
THE LAST TREATMENT WOULD BE
MELINDA WILL ROLL ONTO HER LEFT
SIDE.
HER FOREHEAD DOWN ON THE TABLE.
SHE SITS IN THIS POSITION.
THAT IS THE FINAL ROLL.
THE CRYSTAL GOES OFF WHERE IT
WOEN MAKE YOU EASY.
PUT HER FEET ON THE TABLE,
LOOKS LEFT AND SIT UP.
>> JUST IN DAILY LIFE YOU
DIZZY.
>> YES.
>> YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH A LOT.
>> YES.
IT DOES.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY MY DAD
WAS DIZZY HIS WHOLE LIFE.
MY GRANDMOTHER WAS TOO.
WE NEVER KNEW WHAT IT WAS UNTIL
WE FOUND DEBBIE.
>> WOW.
>> IT IS HEREDITARY.
I HAVE HAD SEVERAL PATIENTS
THATLY TREAT THE DAUGHTER,
MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER AND
WHOLE FAMILY.
HER GRANDMOTHER NEVER KNEW
ABOUT THE VERTIGO.
SHE JUST SUFFERED WITH IT
FOREVER.
>> REAL QUICK, WHAT ARE SOME OF
THE OTHER THINGS YOU TREAT?
>> BALANCE DISORDERS.
ANY TIME SOMEBODY JUST --THERE
ARE SO MANY THINGS.
THIS IS ONLY ONE THING THAT CAN
HAPPEN WITH BALANCE THERE ARE
MANY THINGS.
WEAKNESS IN IT, OR A VIRUS AND
THE BALANCE IS OFF.
THEY ARE DIZZY AND STABLE,
FALLING ALL THE TIME.
WE WILL DO BALANCE EXERCISING.
FOR OLD FOLKS.
>> NO.
ANYBODY CAN HAVE A PROBLEM WITH
THEIR BALANCE.
WE HAVE LINDA.
20s, 30s, 40s ALL THE TIME.
>> THANKS FOR COMING IN.
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