Vertigo (dizziness): causes and the osteopathic approach

Do you feel as if the world is spinning around you?

Author: Dr. Elfana Suleymanova Medically reviewed

Vertigo is not a disease but a symptom. It is not right to wait and say “it will pass” without finding the cause.

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Possible causes

  • Displacement of inner ear crystals (BPPV)
  • Ear infections
  • Neck tension and dysfunction of the cervical vertebrae
  • Stress and overload of the nervous system
  • Circulatory disorders
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The osteopathic approach

Osteopathy does not look at vertigo as just a symptom. Tension in the head and neck area is released to balance the nervous system and blood circulation, and the body is assessed as a whole system.


We look not at where the pain is, but at where it comes from.
— Dr. Elfana Suleymanova, Center Director · Internist and osteopathic physician

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