Vertigo Treatment You Can Do At Home

Cawthorne Exercises: for Benign Positional Vertigo

For the best results to limit the severity of positional vertigo, perform these exercises twice a day for 15 minutes each session. Gradually increase to 30 minutes per session.

Eye Exercises: Do each one 20 times
Looking up then down – slowly at first then quickly
Looking from one side to the other – slowly at first then quickly
Focus on finger at arms length move your finger one foot closer then away again.

Head Exercises: Do each one 20 times
Bend head forward and back again with eyes open slowly then quickly
Turn head from side to side, slowly then quickly
*As dizziness decreases these exercises should be done with eyes closed.

Sitting Exercises: Do each one 20 times
While sitting, shrug your shoulders
Turn shoulders to the right and then left
Bend forward and pick up objects from the ground and then sit up

Standing Exercises:
Change from standing to sitting and back again 20 times with eyes open
Repeat this with eyes shut
Throw a small rubber ball from hand to hand above eye level
Throw a small ball from hand to hand under one knee

Moving Around: Do each one 10 times.
Walk across the room with eyes open then with eyes shut
Walk up and down a slope with eyes open then with eyes shut
Walk up and down steps with eyes open then eyes shut