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Falling backwards
Falling backwards is a symptom in which a person tends to fall backwards when attempting certain activities. A sensation of falling backwards may occur in some persons, without actually falling. These symptoms may be due to problems in the brain or the balance organs in the head.
Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this
14 year experience in family medicine
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A 33-year old asked:
Always feel like im falling backwards in flats?
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A 37-year old asked:
Is falling backwards one of the symtoms falling backwards?
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A 34-year old asked:
I was sitting completely still and it felt as if i was falling backwards. What causes that?
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A 28-year old male asked:
I'm experiencing sporadic disorientation frequently, difficult to describe. Feels as if I'm falling backwards despite not actually physically so.
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Can you get a broken rib from falling backwards?
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Can you get a cracked/bruised rib from falling backwards?
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A 35-year old asked:
I hit the back of my head falling backwards in a chair in grade school. Should they have examined me?
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A 35-year old asked:
Last year my husband had brain bleeding after falling backwards. We had planned our usual trips abroad this summer. Who should sign off?
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Mrs is 89 after eating breakfast while cleaning up she gets a tremble feeling it also feels like a shiver and a feel of falling backwards?
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A 18-year old female asked:
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A 46-year old asked:
Babies crawling backwards sign of intelligence?
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