Feel Like Passing Out When Stretching? (Solution found)

Stretch Syncope: Stretch Syncope occurs through stretching and bending the neck as far back as possible. The patient will first experience lightheadedness and visual disturbances and then passes out. These attacks can be prevented by remembering not to extend the neck backwards when having a good stretch!

Why do I pass out when I stretch?

Coughing, urinating, and stretching can also get in the way of the flow of oxygen to the brain and may cause you to faint. If you faint once during one of these activities, it’s probably not something to worry about.

Why do I get a head rush when I stretch?

This is because your body becomes less efficient at regulating blood pressure as it ages. Head rushes are often caused by dehydration. Replenishing fluids especially when exercising may help you prevent head rushes.

Why do I get light headed when I stretch my neck?

Poor neck posture, neck disorders, or trauma to the cervical spine cause this condition. Cervical vertigo often results from a head injury that disrupts head and neck alignment, or whiplash. This dizziness most often occurs after moving your neck, and can also affect your sense of balance and concentration.

What is stretch syncope?

Stretch Syncope occurs through stretching and bending the neck as far back as possible. The patient will first experience lightheadedness and visual disturbances and then passes out. These attacks can be prevented by remembering not to extend the neck backwards when having a good stretch!

What was syncope?

Syncope (SINK-a-pee) is another word for fainting or passing out. Someone is considered to have syncope if they become unconscious and go limp, then soon recover. For most people, syncope occurs once in a great while, if ever, and is not a sign of serious illness.

What are symptoms of low blood pressure?

Symptoms of low blood pressure

• Dizziness or lightheadedness.
• Nausea.
• Fainting (syncope)
• Dehydration and unusual thirst.
• Dehydration can sometimes cause blood pressure to drop. However, dehydration does not always cause low blood pressure.
• Lack of concentration.
• Blurred vision.
• Cold, clammy, pale skin.

What does vertigo feel like?

Vertigo feels like you or everything around you is spinning – enough to affect your balance. It’s more than just feeling dizzy. A vertigo attack can last from a few seconds to hours. If you have severe vertigo, it can last for many days or months.

Can you pass out from lack of oxygen?

Fainting usually results from a lack of oxygen to the brain, such as from problems with the lungs or blood circulation or carbon monoxide poisoning. Fainting is a survival mechanism.

What is cervical vertigo?

Cervical vertigo, also called cervicogenic dizziness, is a feeling of disorientation or unsteadiness caused by a neck injury or health condition that affects the neck. It’s almost always accompanied by neck pain. Your range of motion can be affected, too, and sometimes it comes along with a headache.

What is central vertigo?

Central vertigo is vertigo due to a disease originating from the central nervous system (CNS). In clinical practice, it often includes lesions of cranial nerve VIII as well. Individuals with vertigo experience hallucinations of motion of their surroundings.

What is psychogenic vertigo?

Psychogenic dizziness or vertigo consists of a sensation of motion (spinning, rocking, tilting, levitating etc.) that can be reasonably attributed to a psychiatric disorder (e.g. anxiety, depression, somatization disorder).

Can stretching cause vasovagal syncope?

Stretch syncope “Stretch” syncope may occur during stretching with the neck hyperextended while standing. It is reported to occur in teenage boys with a familial tendency to faint.

Can anxiety cause vasovagal?

For example, the sight of blood, or extreme excitement, anxiety or fear, may cause some people to faint. This condition is called vasovagal syncope. Vasovagal syncope happens when the part of your nervous system that controls your heart rate and blood pressure overreacts to an emotional trigger.

Can you grow out of vasovagal syncope?

Most patients with neurally mediated syncope will outgrow their symptoms. This may take several years though. Patients who are fainting despite these measures can be seen in our Syncope Clinic.