How do you handle getting dizzy?

[NinjaMom]

Hi Everyone,

I hope you don't think this is a weird post but I was wondering if anyone else out there gets dizzy from motion and how you handle it. I don't have any problems with Cathe workouts but I started karate 7 mos. ago and we are just getting into spinning kicks. Last night we worked on spinning wheel kicks for ten minutes and I thought I was going to throw-up on the mat! I try to spot something but it feels like everything inside my head is sloshing around like jelly. This is something that seemed to get worse as I got older (now 42). I was a figure skater when I was younger and had no problem with spins. Now I can't even swing on a swingset without feeling queasy. Anybody else suffer from this? Is there anything that works for you or any ideas on how to overcome the dizziness?

Thanks!!

JJ

 

[KeliJean]

JJ,
See your doctor or an ENT. You may have a ear problem that is causing your dizziness.

My friend had the same symptoms as you have, and had a blockage in her ear (wax buildup) that affected the fluid and it was aggrevated due to motion or exercise.

For me, I have a condition where the dizziness will never go away so I avoid cardio and focus on weight training.

Good luck! Kelly

 

[Soosan]

I have this problem, too, but I would refer to it as motion sickness rather than dizziness. It began with my first pregnancy 12 years ago, when I couldn't believe I was feeling queasy on a bench swing! I still get queasy on a swing and I know I'd be puking if I did spinning wheel kicks for ten minutes! I've always just attributed it to how pregnancy (hormones?) can cause permanent changes. (Other permanent changes that happened to me: thicker, wavier hair; smaller, saggier breasts; memory loss.) Gee, I can hardly wait to see what menopause will bring!

 

[treebaby]

Kelly, I hope you don't mind me asking, but what condition do you have? My mom has a condition in which she struggles with veritgo to some degree all the time. I forgot what it's called. She maintains a low sodium diet to lessen the dizziness and buzzing in her ear, but it is still present. I am inquiring so that I can encourage her in whatever way I can.

Thanks for any info,
Teresa

 

[jillianh]

Hi there,

I do tae kwon do and spinning kicks make me very dizzy too. I also can't do summersaults. I just have to stop and take a breather when we're doing the kicks.

Not much help I know but you're not alone!

Jill

 

[Melinda65]

I have also become more dizzy after being pregnant. I can't turn quickly from side to side and I was trying out a tap dancing class and they just did one little turn around and I feel quite dizzy. I just felt that it was pregnancy that changed things, like now I have allergies and never use to before that.

I just try not to spin too much, which I know isn't a solution for you. Sorry

 

[KeliJean]

Teresa,
I have a rare brain condition, that causes CSF pressure problems in the brain. Any motion, like walking or riding in a car, will increase pressure on the brainstem and affect my vision, balance, etc.

It's a frustrating condition to have, but your mother is lucky to have you to support her. If you can find out the name of her condition, let me know and I'll see what I can find that may help her.

Kelly

 

[NinjaMom]

Thanks for your replys! I think there might be some correlation between pregnancy and getting dizzy from motion. I also noticed it became worse after my pregnancies. In my Tae Kwon Do class, the women that have had children also complain of dizziness when doing spinning type kicks while many of those that haven't seem to be OK. I know that fluid or wax in the ear can cause dizziness but I only experience it when I spin or swing. I don't get sick in the car (except when my mother-in-law is driving LOL).

Kelly: sorry to hear about the condition you suffer from. It must be difficult to be extra sensitive to any type of motion.

Teresa: My dad had veritgo once and it was so debilitating. I hope something can be done to help your mom.

JJ

 

[treebaby]

Thank you Kelly for being so kind. By the way, I am sorry that you have to cope with your condition. My mother has Menieres disease. Her ENT specialist says it is caused by excess fluid in her inner ear. She hears a constant humming sound, and she has sudden onsets of dizziness. Until she was advised to follow a low sodium diet she was having bouts of vertigo. Her doctor told her that there is an experimental treatment she could try, and that the majority of people that have this disease "get over it" in 4 or 5 years, but otherwise she would just have to live with it. She is handling it very well, but sometimes she gets down about it. Again, thanks for asking, and good luck to you!!

Teresa