Dizziness in the neck?

Do you feel dizziness and pressure in your neck when massaging the cervical spine? Many immediately suspect a problem with the cervical spine. However, the actual cause is usually located somewhere else entirely.

Here's what lies behind the complaints:

• Dizziness in the supermarket as a criterion: PPPD (persistent postural-perceptual dizziness) is the only internationally recognized condition in which dizziness caused by visual stimuli in the supermarket constitutes an official diagnostic criterion. This dizziness also occurs in the car or in the cinema, even when the head is relaxed.
• The brain in an alarm state: In chronic dizziness, the nervous system is in a permanent state of alert. In this state, the brain operates in a constant scanning mode.
• Visual and physical hypervigilance: The environment is constantly being monitored, which is why visual stimuli quickly become overwhelming. At the same time, any deviation in the body is recorded, whether it is tension in the neck, back, or slight swaying.
• Ten times stronger perception: The alarm state massively increases the processing of signals. Pressing on tense muscles immediately triggers the sensitive nervous system.
• It’s not the cervical spine that’s to blame: The pressure causes the dizziness because the brain over-evaluates stimuli, and dizziness is the usual alarm signal. The actual cause is functional overexcitability.

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