Vertigo Treatment in Washington, DC
If you have ever experienced vertigo, you know how it can suddenly shock your whole world. The most basic functions, like walking and standing, become nearly impossible, and the onset of vertigo is usually immediate. For anyone in the Washington, D.C., area, help is available at the Washington Injury and Sports Performance Clinic.
What Is Vertigo?
Vertigo is a condition where your balance is distorted. It can include dizzy spells, disorientation, or leaning to one side. It often feels like you are spinning or about to fall.
Alongside the primary symptoms, you may also suffer from nausea, ringing in your ears, headache, vomiting, or headaches.
What Causes Vertigo?
Vertigo has many causes, but most of them come back to the head, neck, and inner ear. Injuries to any of these areas can disrupt your equilibrium and bring on vertigo. In some cases, changes in pressure in your ear and/or nose can initiate vertigo.
There are also infections and brain issues that cause vertigo. Ear infections, stroke, and any other conditions that impact your brain can also cause vertigo.
Common Chiropractic Treatments
In the vast majority of cases, vertigo spells do not last long and don’t come back. Thus, they often require no treatment at all. If vertigo is frequent or perpetual, then intervention is warranted.
Treatments revolve around the cause. If an ear infection is causing your vertigo, then treating the ear infection usually resolves the problem.
With that in mind, most chiropractic treatments work on vertigo caused by spine, neck, and head issues. Injuries (even low-grade stress injuries) in those regions can lead to vertigo, and relieving the source of injury typically resolves the vertigo.
The most common chiropractic treatments for vertigo include spinal manipulation, alignment therapy, and physical therapy.
Get Help from Our Washington, D.C., Chiropractor
If you need help with vertigo or anything else, contact us today. We’re right here in D.C., and we want to help. The Washington Injury and Sports Performance Clinic aims to get you back on your feet and feeling normal as soon as we possibly can.
