Today we're going to talk about how to figure out if you have this very specific type of vertigo

and what to do about it.

And it's called benign paroxysmal, positional vertigo.

This is the type of vertical that will make you feel like you're spinning, okay, when you're not spinning.

So the word benign means not dangerous.

The word paroxysmal means a sudden increase

of a symptom. And the word positional means something related to motion of your head. And vertical

means feeling like you're spinning when you're not really spinning. So in this video,

we're just going to name it B-P-V. And this is the number one cause of dizziness and what's

normally causing this condition is a calcium crystal that has broken off and it's in the

canals of the inner ear the ones that are controlling equilibrium and keeping things balanced.

So this little piece of calcium crystal is kind of floating in there and it's interfering with the little hairs.

It's giving you this sensation that is not correct.

It's like you're moving when you're not moving or you're spinning when there's no spinning going on.

So later in this video, I want to talk about why this calcium is there in the first place

and how to get rid of it.

But first, let's talk about how to figure out if you have this condition and what side it's

coming from.

Is the problem on the left side or the problem on the right side?

So in this first test to determine if you have it and what side it is, this is called the Dix

Hall Pike Test. But you're going to basically do this on maybe on your bed or a table with a pillow,

okay? And you're going to quickly lower your body in a supine position. So you're laying face up.

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