June 17, 2010
This article was published on http://www.meetup.com/Chronic-Condition-Sufferers-in-Orange-County/messages/boards/thread/9289308
Over the past couple of months, I have had a huge spike in dizziness and vertigo patients. It seems that more and more people are starting to suffer from these crippling symptoms. So let's discuss this a little bit...
Starting from a neurological point of view. Your cerebellum is the foundation of your brain, it develops first in utero. It is also the processing station. You reading this information, me writing it down, us being able to smell our food burning...all of this passes through our cerebellum and gets relayed to the rest of our brain. Your cerebellum also controls your balance and coordination (and vestibular system) AND your small postural muscles that make up your spine. What does this mean? Well, quite frankily...it means your cerebellum is the most important part of your brain.
If you have a dysfunctioning cerebellum what will you see? Balance and coordination problems = falling over (especially for those over 65 years old), tripping and dropping things, stumbles all of the time, inability to catch balls thrown at you, inability to perform tasks that require fine coordinated movement (especially in children).
You may also suffer chronic spine issues: bulging discs, herniated discs, and SCOLIOSIS!!! In every case of scoliosis, you will find a bad cerebellum...guaranteed!!!
You will also suffer symptoms of dizziness and vertigo. The cerebellum plays a HUGE role when it comes to communicating with your vestibular system (inner ear organs). Your vestibular system is also innervated by the vestibular nerve that comes out of your brainstem. But guess what sends electrical impulses to your brainstem? That is right, your cerebellum, via the cortex of your brain.
I can also guarantee, that anyone who has been suffering dizziness and vertigo problems (other than BPPV), has to some degree a cerebellar dysfunction.
When your medical doctors, neurologists, and other specialists tell you that your symptoms are 'all in your head'...guess what? They are RIGHT! But, for the wrong reasons 
Another piece of the puzzle with dizziness and vertigo is your metabolic health. This means...how your organs are functioning. Blood carries nutrients to your brain. I like this analogy...if your blood is your car oil and your brain is your car motor...then, if your oil is junky, it is going to wear out your car motor. If you have parasites, bacterium, food sensitivities, allergies, immune system dysfunction, adrenal fatigue, or thyroid complications...then these problems are going to affect your car's motor = your BRAIN!!!
This is where most specialists are missing the ball. They are not taking the metabolic aspect into consideration when treating long term, chronic dizziness and vertigo patients.
This is why we are able to help those who have been suffering for 10, 20, and 30 years with dizziness and vertigo.
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April 7, 2010
This research article is entitled, Models of Traumatic Cerebellar Injury
"...The Brain-Injured Adult A few studies have specifically addressed the effects of human TBI on the cerebellum, including both direct and indirect cerebellar injury. One such study showed that only 3.3% of brain-injured adult patients had primary posterior fossa lesions, with 25% of those lesions involving the cerebellum [9], suggesting that direct cerebellar injury is a relatively uncommon phenomenon. Some of the classically described consequences of direct traumatic injury to the cerebellum are hypotonia, ataxia, dysmetria, tremor, dysdiadochokinesis, and vertigo [12]."
Full article may be viewed at this link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2734258/?tool=pmcentrez
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The information in these articles is not to be used as medical advice. The information is intended to be purely thought provoking and not intended to be used as a substitute for medical advice from a practioner.
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