My wife the ENT doctor told me that a cold water ear rinsing (caloric) causes dizziness because it stimulates the balance mechanism in the ear. Every normal person will respond this way. She also threw in the tasty tidbit that it is a way physicians test for brain activity in comatose patients. She is a weird chick, but I love her. She is also the financial backing for this hobby. She is also staring hard at me now. Jim et al *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I experience this cold water dizziness. As far as I know, when the temperature in ONE ear drops, the "calibration" of your balance mechanism is off. The same happens to me when a cold wind blows in one ear, although not nearly as severe as when I roll in cold water. It happens only in cold water: In a swimming pool I once entered a rolling contest, did 50 rolls in 5 minutes and wasn't dizzy at all. The serious solution is wearing earplugs or a scullcap. Medicin won't work. Something that also might work: When you perform a roll, typically just one ear gets filled with water. Immediately perform a roll on the other side, so the temperature in both ears is the same. I never tried this, but theoretically it should work. If anyone wants to try, I'd like to know the result. Niels. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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