Senior Perspectives

Have you ever turned your head a certain way and felt instantly dizzy or woozy…and then it goes away? Intermittent dizziness is one of the top reasons that people make a doctor’s appointment, often fearing the worst, such as a neurological cause or even a brain tumor. More often than not, positional head turns and dizziness are caused by conditions such as cervicogenic dizziness or Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV). Our feature today will focus on cervicogenic dizzi

As the weather grows colder, we often start to slow down a bit, almost in a state of “human hibernation.” Holidays keep the social calendar full, or we may even be melancholy around the holidays from missing people that we love. Roads and walkways may be a little slick and prevent us from doing things that we like to do to stay active. We know that attention to our own well-being tends to waver in the early winter months. This is the exact time that we need to put a plan in p