Overview
... If you''ve ever peered down from a scenic mountain overlook or from the balcony of a tall building, you may have experienced vertigo — the sudden, unsteady sensation that you or your surrounding...

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
... Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) is a disorder in which changing your head position with respect to gravity leads to sudden vertigo - a feeling that the room is spinning around. The vertigo...

What You Should Know About BPPV 
... What is BPPV? Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) is a disorder in which changing your head position with respect to gravity leads to sudden vertigo--a feeling that the room is spinning around...

Life, Spinning Out of Balance
... People can be funny about the ailments they will—or will not—endure. Low back pain, joint pain, heartburn, headaches, toothaches, stomach cramps, vigorous coughing or sneezing—for many individuals, th...

Balance Disorders
... A balance disorder is a disturbance that causes an individual to feel unsteady, giddy, woozy, or have a sensation of movement, spinning, or floating. An organ in our inner ear, the labyrinth, is an im...

Balance, Dizziness, and You
... For some people, dizziness is a feeling of unsteadiness or a spinning sensation. Others may experience extreme balance disorders that affect many aspects of their lives. Dizziness may be a fleeting se...