Dizziness and localized pain are often concurrent in patients with balance or psychological disorders

While acute dizziness often is associated with vestibular deficits or of central nervous system (CNS) origin, the etiology of longstanding complaints of dizziness often cannot sufficiently be explained by such pathology alone. When vestibular deficits remain, the CNS is often able to compensate for the reduced or asymmetric vestibular activity with other sensory input, such as proprioception and vision. Dizziness might also be caused by too enhanced sensitivity to one specific sensory input, central or peripheral sensitization and hypervigilance .