- Do you sometimes experience a sudden sensation that either
you are spinning or the room is spinning around you?
And this has happened particularly when you're laying
on your back and you're turning your head
to either left or the right?
So, if your answer to these questions is yes,
then you are most likely suffering
from a condition called BPPV,
which is Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo.
So, in this video, I'm going to demonstrate
a super effective and really easy exercise for you,
you can do at the comfort of your own home
which has over an 80% success rate
and which you will completely get rid of the dizziness.
Okay, let's get started.
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- So, please allow me to explain very quickly to you
what BPPV actually is and what it's caused by.
Because the better, you understand the process behind it,
the more effective that the exercises are going to be.
So, in your inner ear you have a balance organ
and the balance organ consists of three tubes.
And each tube is filled with quite a viscous fluid,
like a hand gel.
So, quite a thick fluid.
And what I've drawn the bottom here are hairs
and these hairs are connected to the brain via a nerve.
Now, when you move your head out to the left or the right,
the fluid inside the tube is moving to the left
or to the right.
And once it's moving, it's actually stimulating the hair.
So, that hairs are going either left or right.
And this stimulation of the hairs activates the nerve,
the nerve gives the impulse to the brain
and the brain realises what your head position is
and which muscles it needs to contract and to relax
to make sure you head doesn't fall off.
So, what happens would be BPPV,
and that can be a process of a bit of wear and tear
is you're getting granules in the fluid.
So, I've demonstrated that using blue sand.
So, the blue sand here are the granules
that are now sitting inside the fluid.
And the problem is now is when you move your head
again to the left or to the right,
these little granules are now also stimulating these hairs.
So, you get much more stimulation of these hairs
so, the signal to the brain becomes much stronger.
The problem is it only becomes much stronger from one side.
So, your left side say,
still gives the normal signals to the brain,
but the right side gives an enhanced signal to the brain.
So, the brain becomes confused
and that's why you're getting dizzy.
That's why, for example it's especially when
you're turning either to the left or to the right.
So, the problem is these granules overstimulate the nerve
and the exercise I'm going to show you,
which has an 80% success rate
will help to reposition these granules
and get rid of your dizziness completely.
Okay, let's get started.
So, the exercise I'm going to demonstrate to you for BPPV
is called the Epley manoeuvre, super effective exercise.
But there are a few common mistakes
that people make during this exercise.
So, I want to highlight this for you as well
so you have the highest chance of success.
Now, what you see behind me,
I've placed a pillow here behind me.
This pillow is located between my shoulder blades
and it helps me to put my head into extension.
So, I need about a 30 degrees extension in my head
when I do this move.
So, first thing you need to do is sit upright.
After you sit upright, and all the symptoms have subside,
you need to turn your head 45 degrees to the affected side.
So, in my case we're going to demonstrate it to my left.
So, imagine every time I lay in bed
and I turn head to left, I get dizzy.
So, that's what I'm going to do for you now.
So, sit upright, turn my head 45 degrees...
And the first mistake people make
is they turn their heads too far.
They go to 90 degrees but you don't, 45 degrees.
So, tilt at 45 degrees.
And then what you need to do is lay down quickly
on your back.
So, you lay down on your back 45 degrees angle rotation,
and 30 degree angle tilting your head backwards.
Now, you hold this position for about 30 seconds
or until the dizziness subsides.
Don't do too short, don't do too long,
hold this for 30 seconds.
So, after dizziness now subsides,
what you do is you slowly rotate your head
from 45 degree angle rotation to the left
to a 45 degree angle rotation to the right.
But again, it needs to take about 30 seconds.
Remember, we're trying to reposition those granules
so, be a little bit slow.
So, I'm now turning slowly, slowly, slowly, slowly.
Takes about 30 seconds to go to the other side,
turning towards the right.
See my chin is still up,
I have a 30 degree extension in my neck.
So, I'm now 45 degrees rotated it to the right.
Don't do 90, 45 degrees.
So, I'm laying here with a 45 degree angle to the right
and a 30 degree extension in my neck.
Again, I'm holding this position for about 30 seconds
or until the dizziness subsides.
Now, when it subsides what we're going to do now
is we're going to turn on our right side.
Don't raise your head up, turn on your right side.
And then once you're on the right side,
we're going to now turn our head 45 degrees
to the horizon to the floor.
So, don't go 90, 45 degrees.
So, we're gonna hold this now here,
for again, about 30 seconds or until the dizziness subsides.
So, not 90 degrees, not all the way down,
45 degrees, hold it here.
And after dizziness subsides now or 30 seconds,
chuck your chin in, you're stabilising your neck
and then come and sit up,
and you're sitting up.
And this is the Epley manoeuvre.
So, this is the Epley manoeuvre.
Now, if your dizziness doesn't subside straight away
after doing the Epley manoeuvre once,
you're allowed to do it up to three times a day.
As I said, it's very effective
and works in more than 80% of the cases.
So, a little bit of aftercare
after you've done the manoeuvre
is for the first night, please sleep in a recliner.
So, you have like a 45 degree angle when you are sleeping
or you can use possibly a few pillows
to keep you more upright.
For the week following the manoeuvre,
what you should be doing is sleep with two pillows
under your head so the head stays nice
and a little bit more upright.
Avoid turning to your bad side for the first week.
Don't tilt your head too far up and down.
Try to keep it a bit neutral.
Which also means that you have to try to avoid appointments
with dentists or hairdressers.
Especially when they wash your head.
Head rest when you tilt your head backwards.
And when you are shaving, for men especially,
don't tilt your head back when you're shaving,
but put your body forward
so, you can shave this way under your chin.
And if you have to apply eyedrops, for example,
again, avoid tilting your backwards
and applying the eyedrops, perhaps it's better
to lay on your back and put your eyedrops in that way.
I wish you the best of luck with this manoeuvre.
I really, really hope it helps you with your dizziness.
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So, for now I'd like to say, take care of yourself,
take care of someone else as well please if you can
and bye for now.
Bye-bye.
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