With the in-depth understanding of dizziness and vertigo mechanisms, it has been found that there are multiple mechanisms for dizziness/vertigo induced or aggravated by turning of neck, of which proprioception afferent abnormality in the upper cervical region and posterior circulation ischemia associated with vertebral basilar artery compression are the two most important ones. The clinical manifestations, examination and diagnosis methods, and treatments of dizziness/vertigo induced by these two mechanisms are quite different. Therefore, it is inappropriate to use the concept of "cervical vertigo" to cover these two different situations, and the concept should no longer to be used.