Gary came in to our office for a spinal adjustment about a week before leaving for an extended vacation. While in the office, he mentioned that several months earlier, he had been diagnosed by his medical doctor as having benign positional vertigo and had been taking alot of medication for it but had not had any improvment since it began. He was examined in our office and the cause of the problem was found to be a subluxation in the upper part of his cervical spine (neck). We adjusted him to reduce the subluxation and he improved rapidly. Gary then left on his vacation and when we saw him six months later, he advised us that his vertigo had completely disappeared and not returned.
	Violent vertigo, lasting < 30 seconds and induced by certain head positions. The vertigo occurs when the affected person lies on one ear or the other or when they tip their head backward to look up. This usually subsides in several weeks or months but may recur after months or years.