Vertigo Treatment - Epley Maneuver

Developed by the American Academy of Neurology, the guideline "Therapies for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (an evidence-based review)" was published May 27, 2008, in the journal Neurology. For more information about the Academy's guideline on treating Vertigo, please visit: To learn more about the Academy's guideline on treating Vertigo, please visit: http://www.aan.com/guidelines.

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[outfooled]

I experienced this type of debilitating vertigo back in the late 80's. The above treatment was not available to me until around 2006-07 time frame, but it was like a Godsend!! I can now function normally during the day and only have to 'retrain' the balance mechanism in my inner ear every once and while. God Bless the physicians who came up with these procedures....the treatment really worked for me!!

[texNoz]

Same here.. Cured IMMEDIATELY after having horrible vertigo for weeks and weeks. Just suck it up and give it a go.. well worth it.

[mrkingstonesful]

Do we have to do all of them? Or just one of those positions?

[carly yates]

Can someone plz answer this.when i get bad vertigo i get a strange movement of my brain it moves for ex i look to left and it takes ages to register i think it goes thud clicking noise it like jumps when i move is it normal any one else suffer this? My heads so shaky

[Michele CityFabulous]

No you won't. I thought so too, but I did not get sick and it cured it immediately

[007bogossemre007]

I have vertigo since 3 years now due to an accident I had during gymnastics and a doctor did these to me once last year but I still have vertigo :/

[Damian Bogdan]

It does work, the doctor did the same maneuver to me and it helped

[gr575]

I know what you mean - I would be (have) thrown up. Lisa try dramamine. I take a single pill of "original formula" and it takes a few hours to kick in. The last bit of nausea won't go away until a full night's sleep so I usually take a second dramamine an hour before I get up. Then I get a full day of no nausea no matter how much the room is spinning. On this second day I can perform the maneuver with no nausea.

[Tracanne Nelson]

It works! I get vertigo very bad and it is not a comfortable experience to get the treatment, but after you start feeling better right away.

[lisa97897]

There is NO way with the way I am feeling right now with the dizziness and nausea feeling that I have that I would let you tilt my head and make me move in those positions I would throw up right on top of you with the way the Vertigo has me feeling.