Exercise is nearly always
touted as one of the most effective ways to increase endurance and improve overall health.
But
the type of exercises performed can make an
even bigger difference for the elderly and their risk of falling. In other
words, it can help to reducevertigo falls
This
is especially true for those suffering vertigo and dizziness.
Australian
researchers recently launched a yearlong study which involved individuals at or
over the age of 69 with a history of falling down in the previous year.
The
researchers taught the elderly exercises they call
“Lifestyle-integrated
Functional Exercise”, which helped people work on their balance while doing
daily tasks such as standing up, stepping over objects and walking.
Then,
two comparison groups were included. One was given a structured exercise
program including ankle weights and instructed to complete the exercises three
times per week. The other group was given gentle “sham” exercises.
The
result? Falls were reduced by more than 30% for the “Lifestyle-integrated
Functional Exercise” compared to the two other groups.
Not
only that, but they also reported improved quality of life with improved
participation in activities of daily living.
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This post is from the
Vertigo and Dizziness Program, which was created by Christian Goodman. This is
an all-natural system that utilizes the power of exercises to permanently cure
your vertigo and dizziness. This will help to eliminate tension and improve your
blood flow and balance.
From this Vertigo
Relief Program, you will learn to strengthen your tongue, achieve whole-body
balance, relieve tension and enhance your overall well-being.
Recently,
a client of mine from many years ago emailed me because a friend of hers had
started complaining about dizzy
spells and a feeling of vertigo
that had cropped up.
The
friend was consulting with her family doctor about it but was frustrated
by the results (or lack thereof). She had been tested for seemingly everything
under the sun- a CT scan, an MRI, countless blood tests, a million
questions…but no real answers.
What
could be causing
the dizziness?
Is it literally all in her head, as the doctors had started implying?
My
client’s friend had been complaining about random dizzy
spells for about 3 months. They started out only cropping up about once every
couple weeks, and only for a couple of seconds.
She
dismissed it as dehydration (it started in warm weather and she is outside a
lot), but as the weather cooled and she spent more time indoors, the problem
worsened.
Once
she noticed she was having spells
about once every other day, alarm bells went off and over to the doctor’s
office she went. However, nailing down the problem proved to be irritating at
best. A better description would be “expensive and frustrating.”
After working with her for a short while, we were able to get her spellseliminated,
but it involved looking at 5 critical areas that doctors frequently either
dismiss, or completely miss altogether.
Once
the doctor rules out the scary stuff, like tumors, or obvious items, like
thyroid function or anemia, a harder look at what you are doing and not doing
is needed:
1) Look at your diet- are you consuming a lot
of soda,
genetically modified foods, processed foods or high fructose corn syrup? Foods
we tolerated without obvious consequences as kids tend to betray us a lot more
as we age.
At
51, my new client needed to consider that the same old food habits needed some
work. Nutrient deficiencies are proven to cause various conditions and
symptoms, and dizziness
is usually listed at the top.
2) Look at your medications and supplements– have you changed
anything recently, including dosage? Have you been on a medication
for a long period of time, such as that for high blood pressure?
Over
time, chemicals in these medicines that the body can’t process or expel build
up and cause a lot of damage. Dizziness
is chief among them.
Even
if you’ve taken the same maintenance medication for years doesn’t mean that you
won’t find yourself reacting to it at some point. Go over your meds with your
doctor and see what you can reduce or eliminate altogether.
3) Look at your health in relationship to your
age–
As we get older, different stimuli affect us in different ways than it did when
we were 25. Thirty years ago we might have been able to recover from too many
glasses of wine by the next afternoon, but in middle age it takes a lot longer
for the toxic effects of a sugar binge, too much alcohol, or lack of sleep to dissipate.
If
you have a collection of “nuisance” problems like pre-hypertension, mild
insomnia, and a few extra pounds in the midsection, you are going to have
problems with dizziness.
By themselves, these trends that doctors aren’t worried about treating (because
they don’t meet their criteria for actually being problems) can go completely
unnoticed.
Together,
they are a mound of small potatoes that actually fill a big truck. Keep
preventable, chronic conditions under control and new symptoms like dizziness
might stay away.
4) Look at your environment- When was the
last time you had your appliances inspected? Do you have mold growing in your
basement? Has your fireplace been thoroughly cleaned recently? Do you have a
carbon monoxide detector?
Environmental
conditions that change slowly over time are hard to get a handle on because
they creep up subtly and slowly. Even something as simple as a new
environmental allergy can have frustrating effects. Pay attention to when the dizzy
spells happen and what’s going on in your space at the time.
5) Look at how you might be limiting oxygen
from getting to your brain– All of the above items can actually point
in one specific direction, and that’s lack of optimum oxygen reaching the
brain. Having high blood pressure or a low heart rate are health issues that
keep O2 from getting to the critical areas of the brain.
Carbon
monoxide kills by stopping the flow of O2 to the brain. Lack of nutrients that
keep blood vessels and other tissues healthy will inhibit oxygen saturation in
the brain, and being dehydrated (which is an epidemic in the super-sized soda
generation as sodas dehydrate more than hydrate) will easily tank any chances
of getting oxygen into the areas of the brain that need it desperately.
Once
you correct these 5 issues, and barring any clinical diagnoses like crystals in
the inner ear or a mass growing (which your doctor can rule out), you will be
on your way to being completely free of the trappings of dizziness
and vertigo
attacks.
There
is, however, one thing that I’ve found to benefit pretty much anyone who
suffers from vertigo and dizziness attacks. It’s a group of easy exercises that
loosen up the muscles around the balance system in the ears and eyes as well as
pumping more oxygen up to the brain.
These
exercises are extremely easy to do – doesn’t matter in what kind of shape you
may be. And they only take a few minutes per day.
This post is from the
Vertigo and Dizziness Program, which was created by Christian Goodman. This is
an all-natural system that utilizes the power of exercises to permanently cure
your vertigo and dizziness attacks. This will help to eliminate tension and
improve your blood flow and balance.
From this Vertigo
Relief Program, you will learn to strengthen your tongue, achieve whole-body
balance, relieve tension and enhance your overall well-being.
Do
you sometimes feel dizzy
all of a sudden and not sure what’s causing it? You are not alone and there is
a name for this condition
– vertigo.
Vertigo can occur for
different reasons and sometimes you’ll never be able to guess what causes it.
And your physician might not warn you about it either.
The
most common type of vertigo
is benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
(BPPV) which is characterized by brief episodes of dizziness.
There are many conditions that can result in vertigo
including inner ear problems, anxiety disorders, brain disorders and low blood pressure being the common reasons.
However,
people with high blood pressure who take medications
can also get vertigo!
The culprit is the medication
used for lowering the blood pressure. Sometimes,
the sudden fall in blood pressure in people with hypertension, results in vertigo.
Physicians
do not always inform their patients about all the side effects
of the prescribed medications.
Dizziness is one side effect that is commonly ignored even though it can be a
major source of inconvenience for people, especially when they are traveling
outside.
Imagine
how dangerous it could be if you got a dizzy
spell while driving in the highway or crossing the road! Vertigo
is a condition you need to definitely identify and treat in a timely manner.
Sometimes
vertigo
can be eliminated by taking different prescription drugs
for controlling blood pressure, but that result in other kinds of side effects,
more serious and problematic.
Vertigo is also treated with
medications
as well as cognitive therapy sessions, all of which can again take a toll on
the health or result in more money and time spent at the clinic.
But
there are simpler and easier ways to go about with treating these conditions.
Actually, treating high blood pressure and vertigo
doesn’t have to use any drugs, therapies or devices.
This post is from the
Vertigo and Dizziness Program, which was created by Christian Goodman. This is
an all-natural system that utilizes the power of exercises to permanently cure
your vertigo and dizziness. This will help to eliminate tension and improve your
blood flow and balance.
From this Vertigo
Relief Program, you will learn to strengthen your tongue, achieve whole-body
balance, relieve tension and enhance your overall well-being.
We
often assume that vertigo
is caused by tiredness
or fatigue
and dismiss it as a mild, painless inconvenience.
But
getting dizzy
spells is no joke, especially whether you are alone or in public.
But
there’s more to vertigo
than meets the eye, and by knowing the underlying causes of vertigo
and dizziness,
it’s actually quite easy to permanently cure vertigo
attacks.
The
most common feature of vertigo
is the feeling that the world is spinning all around you. This dizzy spell can
last for a few seconds to several minutes.
Here
are some of the things traditionally considered to be causes of vertigo:
1.
Inner ear problems – Not everyone knows that the inner ear is related to
maintaining equilibrium. In other words, the inner ear sends signals to the
brain about head and body movements as well as balance relative to gravity.
When fluid builds up in the ear, it can change the pressure inside and result
in dizziness,
ringing in the ears and even hearing loss.
3.
Water pills (Diuretics) to reduce pressure caused by fluid build-up
4.
Surgery
These
are, as I said, traditional diagnoses and treatments of vertigo
and dizziness.
Sometimes they work, sometimes they don’t.
What
I’ve found, however, is that the underlying cause of vertigo
is most often tension in the muscles around the organs of the balance system.
That is, the eyes and the inner ear.
Using
simple exercises that strengthen and loosen up these muscles, almost everyone
who works these exercises manages to eliminate their vertigo
and dizziness.
This post is from the
Vertigo and Dizziness Program, which was created by Christian Goodman. This is
an all-natural system that utilizes the power of exercises to permanently cure
your vertigo and dizziness. This will help to eliminate tension and improve
your blood flow and balance.
From this Vertigo
Relief Program, you will learn to strengthen your tongue, achieve whole-body
balance, relieve tension and enhance your overall well-being.
1) Drink ice cold water – Don’t be
fooled by the simplicity of this method. It works for many people. So try it
out and if it doesn’t work for you, no harm done. Next time you feel dizzy/vertigo,
just fill up a glass of cold water (even add some ice cubes) and drink up.
2) Ginger tea is another
thing that helps many people when vertigo
and dizziness
show up. Add a few very thin slices of ginger into a cup. Boil water and fill
up the cup. Let sit for a few minutes and then drink while still hot.
3) Almond and pumpkin seed mix – this one is a
little more complicated and requires preparation but is very effective. Soak 9
almonds, 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds and 3 tablespoons of wheat in water overnight.
Let the water just cover the mix. The next day grind everything into a paste.
Add two cloves and mix well. Finally, add a cup of milk and boil for 5 minutes.
Drink up.
At
least one of those drinks should help improve your vertigo/dizziness.
But unfortunately they won’t cure you. For that, you must tackle the underlying
cause for the disease.
I’ve
helped thousands of people throughout the years overcome vertigo.
What I’ve found is that everyone had the same underlying cause. That is a
tension in the muscles around the balance system in the ears and eyes.
To
tackle the issue, I developed a simple set of exercises that strengthen and
loosen up these delicate muscles. The vertigo
exercises are very easy to learn and take no physical effort. So anyone can do
them.
This post is from the
Vertigo and Dizziness Program, which was created by Christian Goodman. This is
an all-natural system that utilizes the power of exercises to permanently cure
your vertigo and dizziness. This will help to eliminate tension and improve
your blood flow and balance.
From this Vertigo
Relief Program, you will learn to strengthen your tongue, achieve whole-body
balance, relieve tension and enhance your overall well-being.
