Cervical Vertigo After Hair Shampoo Treatment at a Hairdressing Salon

Abstract

The authors suggest that the hyperextended neck position during hair shampoo treatment in a beauty parlor may be a risk factor for back lifting or cerebellum vascular insufficiency. Public education should lead to avoidance of this position during hair shampoo treatment at hair dressing salons.

Effects of head extension on undisturbed upright stance control in humans

“…Clinical reports even indicate that injurious falls are associated with head extension in daily activity [9]. Another example was provided by Endo et al [10] who concluded that the hyperextended head position during hair shampoo treatment in beauty parlor triggers episodes of vertigo and dizziness and may be a factor for back lifting.…”

Cervical vertigo and dizziness after whiplash injury

“…VBI could lead to brainstem and cerebellar ischemia and infarction, which are rare but often have devastating complications of cervical manipulation and neck trauma [5,9]. A characteristic feature of VBI is that it can occur in otherwise healthy young adults, often with a close temporal relation to common neck movement, cervical spine manipulation, or trauma.…”

“Cervical Vertigo-Pathophysiology and Management: An Update”

“…They postulated that this hypothesis could explain why some patients suffering from cervical pain have vertigo while others do not and thought migraine could be a link between cervical pain and cervicogenic vertigo (22). On the one hand, the association between migraine and vertigo has been well documented in the literature and the term "migraine-associated vertigo" has been widely recognized by the international com-munity (71)(72)(73)(74). A study carried out by Selby and Lance (75) found one-third of people with migraine experience vertigo.…”