Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: windolene on March 22, 2009, 02:43:36 pm
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Hi,
My son who came out with me today said that when he looks up as he is extending the ladder he suffers from the above. He said it has happened in past when he has helped me out.
I said it was most probably lack of blood getting to brain as his neck is stretched. Does it happen to you WFP guys or did it when you first started with it.
Regards
Kevin WINDOLENE.
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Never had that problem, might just be because he is totally no used to it.
Might be just a sore neck muscle?
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How old is your boy ? it could be teenage work phobia but I would tell him to see a doctor to be on the safe side
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probley doesnt fancy going up the ladder ;D
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Drink less the night before and go to bed early. Should cure both symptoms. ;)
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Look at his method.
It is dangerous to extend a ladder whilst facing it as there is a risk of tumbling backwards.
Tell him to stand side on with his foot 'footing' one of the feet. Then extend the ladder one, two or three rungs (this comes with practice, knowing how high you need to extend by memory)
Then a combination of pushing the ladder against the wall and countering the weight with his foot.
It's not much but will save him craning his neck and/or tumbling backwards if he gets dizzy.
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dont fool for that gag,
hes making sure you use the ladder, hes after his inheritance and your round, i would keep an eye on him, make sure you do all the cooking and make all drinks just in case he slips something in, also sleep with one eye open as well.
good luck kevin.
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It sounds like vertigo.
The inner ear sends, for the lack of a better term, motion messages to the brain, as if you were moving, when you look up into a large space. The brain gets the illusion of movement when no movement is present, and you get dizzy.
Found something that may explain it better than I can. ;)
Vertigo, or dizziness, is a symptom, not a disease. The term vertigo refers to the sensation of spinning or whirling that occurs as a result of a disturbance in balance (equilibrium). It also may be used to describe feelings of dizziness, lightheadedness, faintness, and unsteadiness. The sensation of movement is called subjective vertigo and the perception of movement in surrounding objects is called objective vertigo.
Vertigo usually occurs as a result of a disorder in the vestibular system (i.e., structures of the inner ear, the vestibular nerve, brainstem, and cerebellum). The vestibular system is responsible for integrating sensory stimuli and movement and for keeping objects in visual focus as the body moves.
When the head moves, signals are transmitted to the labyrinth, which is an apparatus in the inner ear that is made up of three semicircular canals surrounded by fluid. The labyrinth then transmits movement information to the vestibular nerve and the vestibular nerve carries the information to the brainstem and cerebellum (areas of the brain that control balance, posture, and motor coordination). There are a number of different causes for dizzy spells.
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this is something that should not be laughed at. send him to see a doc.
it could be a number of things including something pressing on nerve endings in the brain.
I would get this looked at mate.