Exercising the brain through physical rehabilitation may be the key to treating vertigo patients whose affliction can't be cured with medication, an expert says.
Vertigo is dizziness arising from a balance disorder that can be caused by various factors, including ear problems and mental stress. An estimated 4 million people in Japan experience vertigo each year.
"It feels as if I'm floating in the air just as I do while on a moving elevator, or as if I'm taking a nose dive in a roller coaster," said a 57-year-old woman in Kanagawa Prefecture who has vertigo.