Notes from Midwest Dizziness and Balance Institute
Jamie Carmody - Director, and Dr. Lupo (did testing w Jenny the extern)
Three bones past eardrum that connect in balance system and organs
Three balance canals in ears (six total) all six are filled with fluid that sways when head or body moves
One organ is responsible for walking, turning heads side to side
One is for vertical, stairs, escalators, looking up
They fire a signal through nerves-tell your brain how fast, what direction.
Looked at my structure and function and saw no damage. There’s no lack of organ or nerve function-they’re working.
Suspect vestibular migraine. System is taking info and jargoning it up before it gets to brain
Makes you feel rocking, or unsteady, something is off.
Ear is bathed in fluid and have blood supply. Blood supply being off can cause this to happen
Migraine means a change in blood flow-can occur anywhere in the head. Front? That’s those bad headaches. Back? Ocular migraine with visual disturbances. Getting them in the vestibular system you get the dizziness.
We look at migraine basically - multiple factors impact severity
So many factors that play into the change in that firing rate
Perfect range in hormones at this age to have this problem.
Stress, hydration, foods you eat, barometric pressure.
Food triggers, drink triggers, get tight on sleep patterns, don’t take naps, decrease caffeine, increase water. Not much you can do to control barometric pressure and stress hormones
Two groups: those that need a medication, and those that can have lifestyle changes and supplements to manage the migraines
Magnesium Glycinate and Threonate - brain stuff, cross blood brain barrier
Chelates are for gut health
Pure Encapsulation - their preferred brand of Magnesium Glycinate and Threonate.
2x/week for 30 minutes.
75% of the time, 3 weeks till improvement
Need an MRI or Cat Scan to determine brainstem stroke. Will send to Dr Ihnat
Vestibular rehab- for when there’s organ, nerve damage; migraine therapy is visual stimulation with movement, and that’s what they do.
Will check back the week of the 25th for rehab