If you are someone who is always feeling dizzy, then it might not be a lack of diet or health but just one muscle that's the culprit. In a video going viral on the internet, Dr Joe Damiani, a Head & Neck Specialist with 1.1M followers on Instagram, shared how one muscle could be the reason your balance system is disrupted and you're feeling dizzy all the time.
The viral video
The doc began the video by explaining how the balance system is composed of three things. "Your vision tells the balance system if what you are seeing suddenly changes, your inner ear has crystals in it which tell the balance centre when your head position has changed, and the receptors in your body detect stretch and tell your balance centre when you may be losing balance," said the doctor.
He named a muscle called the SCM (sternocleidomastoid) muscle which can make one feel dizzy as it is responsible for bringing your head down, up, to the side and turning it around. "Your balance system relies heavily on it to figure out where your head is in space and you are about to fall," he shared.
If there's an imbalance between the two muscles or a muscle spasm, the balance system gets confused and a person gets dizzy.
How to relieve the muscle?
The specialist even shared a 2-part strategy to release the muscle. To do it, put a hand on the side of your head and turn to the side, which will pop the muscle out. Then you can grab it down the collarbone and walk your way up to this bone behind the ear, gradually pressing it slowly.
Another method is to put two fingers right below the ear at the bone and drag them down as you turn back and go all the way down to the collarbone. This relaxes the muscle.
To activate it, begin with a chin tuck. Then place one hand on the side of your head and turn all the way into that hand. Switch to the opposite hand and rotate all the way back to it. Repeat this five times.
Now rather than rotating the neck, put a hand on the side of your head and tilt your head down to it, back up and repeat five times.
By releasing and strengthening both SCMs, we can normalise signals to your balance system, helping reduce dizziness and tension.
The viral video
The doc began the video by explaining how the balance system is composed of three things. "Your vision tells the balance system if what you are seeing suddenly changes, your inner ear has crystals in it which tell the balance centre when your head position has changed, and the receptors in your body detect stretch and tell your balance centre when you may be losing balance," said the doctor.
He named a muscle called the SCM (sternocleidomastoid) muscle which can make one feel dizzy as it is responsible for bringing your head down, up, to the side and turning it around. "Your balance system relies heavily on it to figure out where your head is in space and you are about to fall," he shared.
If there's an imbalance between the two muscles or a muscle spasm, the balance system gets confused and a person gets dizzy.
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How to relieve the muscle?
The specialist even shared a 2-part strategy to release the muscle. To do it, put a hand on the side of your head and turn to the side, which will pop the muscle out. Then you can grab it down the collarbone and walk your way up to this bone behind the ear, gradually pressing it slowly.
Another method is to put two fingers right below the ear at the bone and drag them down as you turn back and go all the way down to the collarbone. This relaxes the muscle.
To activate it, begin with a chin tuck. Then place one hand on the side of your head and turn all the way into that hand. Switch to the opposite hand and rotate all the way back to it. Repeat this five times.
Now rather than rotating the neck, put a hand on the side of your head and tilt your head down to it, back up and repeat five times.
By releasing and strengthening both SCMs, we can normalise signals to your balance system, helping reduce dizziness and tension.
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