hey everybody it's Doctor Jo and unicorn bear, and today I'm going to show you the
half somersault maneuver for vertigo. so let's get started.
So the half somersault maneuver is just like the
Epley or the Brandt-Daroff, it's for BPPV, which is a positional vertigo. so if you
don't know what kind of vertigo you have, if you've just been diagnosed with
vertigo, this might not help. it might actually make you feel worse, so make
sure you have BPPV. also this is for different canals than the Epley. so
sometimes that's why maybe one doesn't work versus the other, but please don't
ask me which one you have because I don't know. I can't evaluate you that's
why it's so important to go get properly diagnosed to be able to do the correct
treatment. so with the half somersault, again just like the other ones, it might
make you feel a little worse before it makes you feel better. sometimes people
actually do get physically sick and throw up, so just be prepared for that.
don't have anywhere to have to go a fright afterwards because you might feel
pretty yucky for a little while. but if it's the right treatment for you, each
time you do it, you'll get feel better and better and better. so usually the
holds with these are for 30 seconds. I probably won't hold it the whole 30
seconds just so I can get through it to show you, but just make sure you're
either holding it for 30 seconds or at each movement until the spinning goes
away. so the first one is just to get on your knees, you don't have to do this on
the floor, you can do it on your bed, you can do it on the couch, if you can't get
down on the floor. but this is the position you start in. and the first
thing you do is you just tilt your head back and look all the way up. so this
position you're gonna hold for 30 seconds. so if you have any neck problems
or anything, just be careful because this position if you have you know some kind
of impingement back there might actually make you feel a little bit worse. so
again make sure you're getting cleared by your doctor before you're doing any
of these. I always suggest doing these at least once with your therapist or
healthcare provider to make sure you're doing it correctly. after the 30 seconds
with this, you're gonna come down and tuck your chin in as you're coming into
kind of all four quadrupeds, and tuck your
chin in and touch your head to the floor. I know you can't really see that my chin
is tucked in, but I'm trying to tuck it in towards my chest,
bending down as much as I can. so again I'm holding this position for 30 seconds
or until that spinning stops. so if you have the spinning, that's normal. try and
keep and hold that position until it stops. don't just stop because it
increases your spinning, that's kind of what we're doing here. and then after the
30 seconds you're gonna turn your head to the side of the spinning. so if it was
on my right side, I'm gonna turn my head about 45 degrees or until I'm looking at
my elbow. so it doesn't have to be exact, I know some people will say this is hard
to see the 45 degrees, just turn your head so you're looking at your elbow or
in between turning it all the way to the side and all the way to the front and
that's about 45 degrees. so again holding that position. my chin is still tucked in,
I'm turned to that 45 degree angle, and I'm holding it for 30 seconds. after that
30 seconds I'm going to come up really quickly just back into that all-fours
quadruped, and my head is still at the 45 degree angle. my chin is still tucked in,
and I'm still holding it for that 30 seconds. so again each movement you're
spinning might increase again. it might get you know all the way down to no
spinning once at 30 seconds you know time is up, and then as soon as you move
you might get that spinning again. if you can try and hold that position. and then
the last one you're going to come all the way up, but you're still keeping that
chin tucked and your head turned to that 45 degree angle. so again holding that
for 30 seconds or until the spinning stops. and then nice and slow come up, fix
your hair if it's been rolling around on the floor. so for this one sometimes
you'll need to do it anywhere between three and five times in a row, but it's
recommended that you wait at least 15 minutes in between each one. so you want
to kind of see how you feel afterwards. like I said
sometimes you do feel a little bit worse before you feel better. if your vertigo
is really bad, on rare occasions people do throw up. so just make sure you're
prepared for all that. it might wear you out as well, so make sure you don't have
any where you have to go that night. you know make sure you can just relax and
not do anything strenuous afterwards because you're moving those crystals out
of the canal that they got stuck in and back into the canal they're supposed to
be in. so you don't want to go and then be running around afterwards, you want to
get the crystals back where they're supposed to, those little follicles that
are hair like follicles that hold the crystals in place, you want to get them
set back in there in a nice position, and let them be where they're supposed
to be for a little while before you go and just do your normal everyday
activities again. so make sure you're following those steps, but I really
recommend you at least do it once, if just once, with a health care provider,
your physical therapist, your doctor, any of those just make sure that you're
doing it right. so that was the half somersault maneuver for vertigo. if you'd
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