Water in ears cause dizzy spinning??

[lulubug]

Hi everyone! It’s been a while since I’ve posted. I have recently started taking up skating again and am now taking lessons. During my free ice time, I love to practice my spins, but lately I’ve been getting really dizzy after about 5 revolutions. Does anyone have any suggestions to combat the dizziness? I’ve heard you should focus on one object, but that doesn’t seem to be working. I also on my high school swim team and have water in my ears almost all the time. Do you think this could be making my dizziness worse?:?:

[phoenix]

I don't really know, but it seems it might make sense.

the other possibility is, if you haven't been skating for a long time, your body isn't used to spinning. When people are first learning to spin it tends to make them dizzy to the point of nautiousness, but the body adjusts & after awhile you don't get so dizzy. Maybe you're just going through that adjustment phase again.

[flippet]

I’ve heard you should focus on one object,

Dizziness will eventually go away with practice. You should NOT focus on one object ('spotting')---that's for dance, not skating. You'll only give yourself a headache trying. When I was learning spins, I would try to keep my vision 'on a level'...i.e., pick out a row of seats in the arena, and be sure that I wasn't looking above or below them on each revolution, but otherwise, let my focus go blurry.

[skat8rgal]

Boy you sure like water sports - frozen or liquid... If I were you, I'd suggest getting some earplugs for when you swim. Inner ear problems can definately throw you off balance.

[Thin-Ice]

Hi everyone! It’s been a while since I’ve posted. I have recently started taking up skating again and am now taking lessons. During my free ice time, I love to practice my spins, but lately I’ve been getting really dizzy after about 5 revolutions. Does anyone have any suggestions to combat the dizziness? I’ve heard you should focus on one object, but that doesn’t seem to be working. I also on my high school swim team and have water in my ears almost all the time. Do you think this could be making my dizziness worse?:?:

Yep, water in your ears can apply a bit of pressure to your ear drum, changing your equilibrium and making you feel off-balance even if you're just fine. Something you might try after swimming is putting a couple of drops of rubbing alcohol in your ear canal.. it helps evaporate the water. I know it sounds counter-intuitive... but it works.

I've had ear problems since I was a kid (I even burst an ear drum -- so no deep-sea diving for me!),. This advice from an Ear, Nose & Throat specialist has made my life easier, because I have narrow ear canals that seem to hold on to water, when all I do is wash my hair! So now I routinely put a couple of drop of alcohol in each ear after water gets anywhere near my ears... and voila! no more ear problems! (Except at AN this year, when I developed an ear infection.. but that was from a cold that moved into my ears and throat! I think a different kind of alcohol might have fixed that :lol: -- or at least fixed it so I wouldn't have cared!8O )

If you have problems getting the alcohol in your ears, you can use a cotton swab or a wad of cotton.

[Mrs Redboots]

It may just be a matter of getting used to it - everybody says you do, and I'm beginning to think that's true. I don't get dizzy when the Husband and I do our "normal" spin, but I still get dreadfully dizzy on a backspin!