Medicine:Semont maneuver

Short description: aims to cure benign paroxysmal positional vertigo

The Semont maneuver, like the Epley maneuver, aims to cure benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). Repeated treatments may be required and doctors often teach their patients the techniques if they get recurrent episodes. These maneuvers are designed to reposition otoliths in the posterior semicircular canals. There are different maneuvers for those in the lateral (horizontal) canals.

Instructions

a) Sitting upright on a bed or couch, turn your head 45 degrees horizontally toward the unaffected ear.

b) Then, maintaining your head position, lie sideways so that you are lying on the side of the affected ear with your nose pointed 45 degrees upward. After dizziness stops, hold this position for 30 seconds.

c) Then move quickly via the seated position, holding your head in place, until you are lying on the side of the unaffected ear with your nose pointed 45 degrees towards the ground. After dizziness stops, hold this position for 30 seconds.

d) Then slowly move back to the seated position, look straight forward, and wait a few minutes.

e) Repeat three times a day until 24 hours pass without vertigo.