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CINCINNATI (WKRC) – For those who may have been feeling a bit dizzy when standing up quickly or even when changing positions while sleeping – a simple maneuver to reset a few things may help.

The Epley maneuver, also known as the canalith repositioning procedure (CRP), is a treatment for vertigo. Often, it can immediately fix the feeling that things are moving or spinning.

“So, typically the presentation is as we get older, otoliths in your inner ear can fall off a sticky plate and end up inside a canal, where they are not supposed to be, and the symptoms would be you roll over in bed and have a spinning sensation. Or you get up from bed and you are spinning violently, and you have no idea why it’s happened,” said Robert Neltner, manager of physical therapy at OrthoCincy.

He said once a person gets a proper diagnosis, the Epley maneuver is a quick fix.

“So, the Epley is basically taking your head over the edge of the table, extend it and rotate it. Your symptoms will happen, that’s the tough problem. People want to get out of the position, because it’s uncomfortable there, but if you can hold ’em there, and ride out the storm, you turn ’em to the opposite side, you turn ’em on their side, and you sit ’em up. It takes less than three or four minutes to fix. They are fixed instantly,” Neltner said.

He said providers evaluate what’s happening with a patient’s eyes as the procedure is performed. Neltner said shakiness goes away, but he said it tends to come back for many people. Then the Epley maneuver must be performed again.

“Each time you have vertigo, if you fix it, it’s fixed, but say six years from now if you have it again, it’s usually going to pick on the same ear. It’s usually going to be the same problem, so you can teach them how to fix it when it happens again,” Neltner said.

He said there are also follow-up exercises that can be done at home.