I have had a little bit of time recently to look through some research articles that were backlogged in my reading list. I found a couple real gems in the process.

The prevalence of dizziness in patients presenting for chiropractic care with neck and shoulder pain is remarkably high. It's not usually the primary complaint,but is mentioned when we are asking about additional associated symptoms such as headaches visual changes dizziness tingling and hearing changes. Dizziness is surprisingly common with neck pain. There is a good physiological reason for that: the balance centers in the brain receive information from a variety of structures including the inner ear, the feet and ankle, and the cervical facet joints, which are highly affected by the irritation of mechanical disturbances to the cervical spine.

When the balance centers try to integrate information from the various peripheral sensors, if one part of the system sends faulty sensory information that conflicts with what the inner ear, the visual system and the feet are reporting, It's going to be manifest as confusion in the balance centers and can be expressed as a sensation of dizziness. This is the primary mechanism by which cervical mechanical problems can manifest as a sensation of dizziness. Conversely, the resolution of that faulty sensory information from the cervical facets by manual adjustments can reset the sensory input and make it fully integrate with the rest of the peripheral sensors , thus resolving the symptoms of dizziness.

This research article reflects that reality, with a surprisingly high number of patients reporting resolution of the dizziness from chiropractic intervention while traditional medical evaluation and pharmacological approach does not. It's good news for the chiropractic patient. Not so much for those of us who have been working in the chiropractic field for a few decades, but it was somewhat of a surprise to the researchers who ran the study.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26362851/