by Dr. Laura Wazen | Mar 29, 2018 | Vertigo
Vertigo is a spinning sensation. The patient usually describes it as the “world spinning”. Sometimes the patient will say the world is still, but they feel like they are spinning. Vertigo is a sensation that for the most part is due to a vestibular problem (inner ear...
by Dr. Laura Wazen | Oct 28, 2015 | BPPV, Vertigo
Money Matters (Selected Part of Letters from Aunt Evelyn), conceptual art by Barton Lidice Benes, 1982. This is an article that I thought I would never write. When I first started working as a physical therapist, I worked for a big hospital in Manhattan. I never had...
by Dr. Laura Wazen | Jul 23, 2015 | BPPV, Vertigo
Several years ago I was working at a hospital in Manhattan, and I was trying to get a patient out of bed. They didn’t want to get up, or do their exercises, even though that was what they needed to do to get better. I remember the patient, because I was working on the...
by Dr. Laura Wazen | Jul 13, 2015 | Vertigo
From a medical terminology standpoint, vertigo is the sensation that the world is spinning around you, or that the world is still and you are spinning. But what’s it really like? From a personal standpoint, everyone experiences vertigo differently. I have had many...
by Dr. Laura Wazen | Jun 3, 2015 | Dizziness, Vertigo
Carpenter, Oil Painting by Kazimir Malevich, 1927 If you search the Internet, you will see many articles and videos about how to treat yourself at home. Some are good, some aren’t. There is really only one type of vertigo that you can fix at home, and...
by Dr. Laura Wazen | May 2, 2014 | Dizziness, Vertigo
Vertigo, Dizziness, and Dysequilibrium. These words mean different things to different people. However, if you are using these words in the medical sense of things, understanding the definition will help you communicate more precisely when talking with your doctor or...
