u/Key-Leading-3717

I started suffering from unexplained “dizziness” about 3 years ago. It kind of felt like a permanent cannabis high - light headedness, eyes trouble tracking when turning my head, slight head fog.

I went to doctor, physical therapy, and acupuncture (traditional Chinese medicine).

Doctor said heat therapy and stretching. Maybe some immediate slight relief, but nothing substantial or lasting.

Physical therapist had me do stretching and some neck and back strength exercises. Relief was slightly more and slightly longer.

Went to acupuncturist, starting once a week, where they started with gua sha and cupping, followed by acupuncture. Noticed even more relief and for longer periods of time (a couple of weeks) - and enough time to figure out what seems to be causing it.

I have a desk job where I look at a computer screen all day. I switched from sitting most of the day to standing most of the day, and have had almost no dizziness since I started doing that.

I think it ultimately comes down to neck/upper back strength and posture. When I do get dizziness now, I can almost tie it directly to extended periods of bad posture.

I've got a 6th grader that is heavily involved in club soccer and has been since 2nd grade. They are also a very talented distance runner. My child wants to do both club soccer and middle school cross country (with the priority being the club soccer). However, the Jr High has a policy that requires student-athletes to prioritize jr high sports to participate.

Does anyone have any ideas why this policy exists, especially in individual sports like cross country? I suppose I understand it for team sports, but I still don't think schools should be discouraging kids to get involved with school-based extracurricular activities.

Edit: I’m asking most specifically about cross country. As I said in the original post, I sort of get the policy being applied to team sports - though I’d argue middle school sports should not be excluding any kid who wants to be involved in whatever capacity they can or want.