guvna2004 Posted March 22, 2005 Report Share Posted March 22, 2005 Anyone get dizziness when they roll there neck? In rolling your neck i mean like the excersise you do to stretch you neck muscles, roll your head in a circle around your sholders. I do this twice and i feel dizzy, i only noticed it when i took up an excersise program, the dizziness goes after 5 or so seconds. The longer i do it for the longer i feel dizzy. Just did it 5 times and went really dizzy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackwolf Posted March 22, 2005 Report Share Posted March 22, 2005 I have learned to never completely roll my head all the way around, I do it in 180 degree pieces.Once or twice the front half, and repeat for the back half. Good greif, does that make any sense.I hope so.blackwolf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radha Posted March 23, 2005 Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 yes rolling my neck definately triggers symptoms of dizziness, harder beating in head which is painful but it feels good when i crack it! and tilting head back also makes me worse, radha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leah1321 Posted March 23, 2005 Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 I crack mine all the time too. However, I have got a terrible neck from my muscle problems related to inflammation from my Lupus/Rheumatoid Arthritis/Connective Tissue Disease (leaning heavily towards Lupus, but I am including all), so my neck causes me constant problems. I get very dizzy if I tilt my head back or roll it, I think we all do. It is too difficult for our brains to compensate for the rapid change in posture and then there are also changes in blood flow to the brain when you move the head in certain ways. I think we all have postural responses and that is why they call it Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia- change posture=illness, but that is my interpretation.Leah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merrill Posted March 23, 2005 Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 I think everyone--even people w/out dysautonomia--can get dizzy or lightheaded when they roll their heads. Nothing to worry about. .. go slow if you need to stretch that way... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldicedance Posted March 23, 2005 Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 I agree--I think everyone becomes symptomatic when they roll their necks. My advice--keep neck rolling to a minimum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoGiuliana Posted March 23, 2005 Report Share Posted March 23, 2005 This is a trigger for me too. In general I think it is one of those "exercises" that are really not recommended for anyone.Katherine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramakentesh Posted March 24, 2005 Report Share Posted March 24, 2005 yeah but i get very dizzy - so dizzy i have to hold on to something everytime i look upwards and bend my neck upwards - quite scary sometimes. And normalk people dont get that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoGiuliana Posted March 24, 2005 Report Share Posted March 24, 2005 Right--normal people wouldn't get dizzy. I think the reason neck rolls are discouraged as an exercise for anybody is the unnecessary risk of neck injury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geneva Posted March 24, 2005 Report Share Posted March 24, 2005 When I first attended a yoga class the instructor had us do a neck roll and I immediately felt a "snap" and severely pulled a muscle. A week later I read in a book that neck rolling can and does often cause more damage than benefit particulary for people recovering from an injury or chronically ill. I would stay away from the rolls -- it was painful for me for weeks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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