It is a false sense of rotation that affects the patient in the form of short and sudden attacks of vertigo that may be severe or moderate in intensity, provoked by changing the position of the head such as tilting the head or looking up or down or when lying down and getting up from sleep or flipping on both sides during sleep… It is caused by the wrong perception of the brain The presence of false signals about the movement of the head.

Postural vertigo is rare in children and common in adults, especially in the elderly or in people who have had a head injury or inner ear surgery.