Deep skin massage related to Vertigo

Question

Can a deep skin massage which included the neck cause vertigo? This discussion is related to Neck injury cause dizziness, nausea, inability to concentrate,.

roxbits · Answer

Check out BVVP.  It is the the dislodging of a calcium balance crystal that is now free floating in your inner ear.  There is a fairly easy fix to get the crystal to settle back into place if that is indeed what the issue it.

JohnnyNicoli · Answer

I had gotten vertigo about 7 months ago and fell to the floor spinning.  It went away until last night when it hit me again while sitting upright.  The funny thing is that the day before that I had really deep tissue massage on my neck that felt like it could've been too much.  Fortunately the room isn't spinning much more but it is hard to look at a screen now without getting dizzy.

14Friznik · Answer

I had a very intensive deep tissue massage that was isolating between my shoulder blades and neck area last Friday. Saturday morning I woke up spinning with my eyes going back and forth, making me sick to my stomach and dry heaved. I ended up in the ER for 5 hours! after a Catscan, and hanging on to the bed in a panic they gave me Valuim to help the spinning. It did help some. Its now 6 days later. I am about 80% better but still spin when turning my head certain ways or move to fast. I can't help to put the 2 together. Fortunately my neck feels better from the massage but I seriously don't think it was worth the vertigo, that scared the crap out of me!

fussyfussy · Answer

I second bulticky!

I have had low level, chronic dizziness coupled with migraines going on every single day for 8 months now. I was having low grade migraines for a few months when I started physical therapy for tight shoulder and neck muscles. Within a week, I felt like I was walking into walls, etc.  I thought maybe the P.T. is "helping", opening up stuff in my neck. One day, after doing "chin tucks", I experienced the room shifting sideways, just about 15 minutes after the chin tucks. I had no idea why it happened, so I did the chin tucks again the same day, and boom! 15 minutes later I had the room shift again. I still didn't connect it to the chin tucks (I know, duh!), though I was slightly suspicious. A few months later, I was doing some neck stretches at home based on a yoga book and I felt like I over stretched my neck and stopped. Since the next morning my vertigo that has been with me ever since (that was in September, 2014). It's been 8 months now and have been the hardest time of my life, basically. So be very VERY careful with P.T. on your neck or even neck stretches.

bulticky · Answer

i beg to differ with you. YES,  it can happen and it has happened....to me. in less than 5 hour after a massage i had vertigo so bad, it was like being spun around on a chair.

i am no doc, but when you deep massage the area of the neck, you are in a pipeline of nerves, tendons, blood vessels and....pressure on the area near the ear. 

in 24 hours of my massage this passed thank god, but this should be a lesson for all those who give and get deep messages of the neck area.

bulticky · Answer

i beg to differ with you. YES,  it can happen and it has happened....to me. in less than 5 hour after a massage i had vertigo so bad, it was like being spun around on a chair.

i am no doc, but when you deep massage the area of the neck, you are in a pipeline of nerves, tendons, blood vessels and....pressure on the area near the ear. 

in 24 hours of my massage this passed thank god, but this should be a lesson for all those who give and get deep messages of the neck area.

adampopov · Answer

i have this problem also,

i have a VERY SORE trapezius and neck.

When i get it massaged, my dizziness gets worse.

When no one touches it, it goes alright.

The thing which cures this, is bowen therapy- look it up.

=)

bugbarb · Answer

I had physical therapy a coupleof years ago.  After I laid on my stomach having had my face in the hole in the table, I would be dizz if I moved my head.  This would last about a half hour.    I just wonder if it is related to the neuropathy t I have.???????????????????????????/

massager · Answer

I am a massage therapist and beg to differ. Massage can actually help vertigo because it decreases hypertonicity (tension) in the neck allowing freedom for the arteries to do their job better because they are allowed to dilate to their normal size rather than be constricted by hypertonic muscles.

ggreg · Answer

I'm bumping this up for the soldier who just posted about his vertigo.

PaulMD · Answer

Hi there!

It's an irony that something that should make you feel good eventually makes you experience something negative.  Yes deep skin massage in the neck area may cause vertigo when the blood supply called "vertebral arteries" are severely compressed by the massage.  These arteries arise from the base of your shoulders and run vertically at each side behind the neck area.  

So I suggest that next time, go easy on the neck.  Have a relaxing and worry free massage.  Good day and regards.