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Prevent vertigo with a simple Half-Somersault maneuver

Jan, 20261 min read
LearnOtolaryngologyPositional vertigoPrevent vertigo with a simple Half-Somersault maneuver

Suffer from chronic vertigo? Carol Foster, MD, of the University of Colorado, Denver's School of Medicine, devised this simple, effective half-somersault motion to help prevent recurring bouts of dizziness.

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Medically reviewed in March 2020.

Written byMichael Gollust.
Medically reviewed byMark Arredondo, MD.December, 2023
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