Have you bought a 3D TV only to experience vertigo or dizziness on watching it? You aren’t alone. Dizzness and vertigo after watching 3D Television is a recognised problem amongst TV manufacturers and health professionals who treat vertigo like myself. How do you know if you are likely to experience problems with 3D TV and what can you do about it?
It all arises from a problem called visual mismatch. As I have mentioned in previous posts, your balance relies on input from your eyes (vision), ears and your body (proprioception). …

When it’s summer time many of us want to go swimming, but for those with vertigo and dizziness it’s not always that easy. Swimming can present several challenges to the vertigo sufferer.

When the cerebellums fail to control the vestibular nuclei (VN) properly the VNs can get out of control causing drops in blood pressure when there shouldn’t be. This can cause dizziness. So why do the cerebellums start to fail?

Today we are continuing our series about the balance system and how it is should work normally.  In the last post I discussed the vestibular nuclei and how they are controlled by the cerebellum in the base of the brain.  You’ll remember (if not go back and have a quick read), that the cerebellum should control the vestibular nuclei and stop them getting overactive.  Remember that, it’s important.
Now your vestibular nuclei are connected to lots of areas in the brain.  In that base of the brain, the brain stem, they …

In my last post I talked about why a brain rehabilitation programme is necessary for anyone who sufferers vertigo or dizziness.  However before we go into that idea much further, a brief series of discussions on the anatomy of the balance system might be a good idea.  If fact it is really vital that vertigo and dizziness sufferers understand what is happening in their bodies, because a thorough understanding of the problem can help remove much of the fear and anxiety that these problems can produce.
Today we are going to …