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StudentPermalink Reply by Tink in Tokyo on May 15, 2012 at 9:56pm

Dizziness can be caused by a lot of things. There are lots of rare and scary possibilities, but let's focus on the more likely ones:

* inner ear infection or blockage. Have you been swimming? Ill?

* clogged sinuses. Do you have a cold, allergies or a stuffy nose?

* exhaustion. Are you getting enough sleep? Eating well?

It won't hurt you to go talk to your doctor about this if is keeps up, just in case it is one of those rare and scary causes.

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Permalink Reply by Jessica Racine on May 16, 2012 at 7:16am

medical STUDENT advice: no need to worry, but go to the dr. Episodic vertigo suggests something is going on. Some people experience vertigo in response to certain head positions (benign positional vertigo), could that be your situation? 

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Permalink Reply by Brittany on May 16, 2012 at 10:36am

blah. i hate going to the dr. buuuut ill make an appointment today. I wasnt really worried about it until i posted it on here and on Unity of the hoopers on FB and everyone kinda geeked a little. soooo yea. thank u for ur help!

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Permalink Reply by Jackie Maxwell on May 16, 2012 at 9:22pm

I don't think that's from hooping. It sounds like you have an astigmatism (irregular curvature of the lens). Does it happen right after hooping? or is it like all day. Because I have an astigmatism and if I read too long or look at a computer/phone screen 2 long my vision goes blurry and I get dizzy, and I litterally cant see anything but sihlottes for like 5 mins. I dont get it after hoooping....just lights trail at night (without drugs) and my vision gets dizzy and blurry after prolonged strain on my eyes, and it is a kind of  a vertigo feeling. hope this helped

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Permalink Reply by Brittany on May 16, 2012 at 9:44pm

i do have a very slight astigmatism, but this is different. its like the entire room is shaking and i cant focus my eyes. Sometimes ill just sit there and try to figure out how to define it or if anything will happen but it doesnt seem to get worse or anything. just a really odd feeling and inability to focus on anything that simply goes away when i shake my head. 

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Permalink Reply by Noora Aurora on May 17, 2012 at 8:45am

I experienced the same few years back, even before I started hooping.

When I moved my head to left I'd get really dizzy sometimes. Try ask if someone could massage your neck, back and shoulders. Then do regular stretches to your neck and shoulder area to improve the circulation, that really helped for me :)

Here's video that shows a few streches: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFV6_4nd25s

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Permalink Reply by Salardora Pantz on May 17, 2012 at 10:28am

Do you spin a lot while hooping? I find that spinning sets my body off balance a little bit, could be messing with your inner ear like was suggested.   I get this light headed dizziness sometimes, like when you stand up too quickly after sitting down. But mostly I just wait for it to be over like you said. Hope everything works out :)

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StudentPermalink Reply by Anne-Marie on May 17, 2012 at 4:52pm

I'm not a medical expert, but that sounds to me like it's caused by something other than hooping, and you should get it checked out.

It's interesting, hooping and vertigo. Before I began hooping I suffered from occasional bouts of vertigo and I was worried about this when I began hooping. But I pushed through it any way because I REALLY wanted to hoop. I still get horribly dizzy when I hoop but .... I'm no longer afraid of the dizziness! I used to dread it, now it's just some thing that happens. No big deal.

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