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"I started coming to Dr. Brian in October 2013. I had been suffering from chronic migraine headaches and ringing in my ears (tinnitus) for years.
As of March 26, 2014, the ringing in my ears has significantly lessened and I have not had a headache in months. I also noticed that I have more range of motion. Thank you for the relief."
~Fawn A.
DID YOU KNOW?
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| Tinnitus (pronounced ti-ni-tis), or ringing in the ears, is the sensation of hearing ringing, buzzing, hissing, chirping, whistling, or other sounds. The noise can be intermittent or continuous, and can vary in loudness. It is often worse when background noise is low, so you may be most aware of it at night when you're trying to fall asleep in a quiet room. |
There are so many different causes for tinnitus that not
all tinnitus will be solved with the same treatments. What works for
one person will not necessarily work for another; much depends on what
is causing your tinnitus and sadly there is little research and
therapies that can help you to determine this beyond seeing if your
tinnitus is caused by hearing loss. For most people, the best approach
is one of persistence and trying various therapies until one or more of
them work.One of the biggest mistakes most people make is they are so desperate to find a cure for the ringing in their ears, that they hop around from one therapy to another much too quickly making the mistake of thinking that if the therapy does not work in the first week or two, the therapy is not going to help at all. This is where knowledge and patience can really help. Many treatments, with chiropractic tinnitus management among them, can be effective and the benefits reaped if applied or used for a period of time.
Clearly from a theoretical basis, chiropractic approaches to tinnitus are worth trying. Chiropractic works on the spine, joints and soft tissues. Chiropractors use a variety of treatments for tinnitus. The most common is performing gentle and mostly painless spinal adjustments (mobilizations) of cervical spinal segments (vertebrae). Clinically, improvements are often observed adjusting the cervical spine, especially upper cervical and cranium, as a starting point. These methods have the potential to restore sympathetic/parasympathetic balance and influencing cortical function.
If, as has been suggested by one researcher, there is a parallel between chronic pain and tinnitus; therefore, full spinal adjusting, extremity adjusting and soft tissue techniques also have a role to play. Myofascial release techniques and trigger point techniques (a therapy that uses direct pressure and stretching of connective tissue) concentrating on paraspinal areas, suboccipital and mastoid muscle insertions and the temperomandibular joints would be a good beginning. Exercises and relaxation techniques to help to maintain the tone of tissues could also play a role. Supplementation with ginko biloba may be useful.
Spinal adjustments actually help to reverse the subluxations (misaligned vertebrae) in the spine that reduces blood flow and impairs the nerves. Due to the fact that the abnormality of the blood flow and nerve damages are believed to possibly result in tinnitus, chiropractic has been claimed to have great treatment results for some tinnitus sufferers.
The Truth about Tinnitus Chiropractic Treatment
Chiropractic is certainly not a miracle cure for tinnitus. It only helps alleviate the condition. As mentioned, it will certainly improve the blood flow that may then help eliminate the buzzing sounds. But if the tinnitus is merely a symptom of certain illnesses that one has, then this treatment may not be as effective. The best thing one can do if the tinnitus has an underlying cause of a disease is to medically determine the underlying disease, and then find a way to treat it first.
Looking for Alternatives to Tinnitus Chiropractic Treatment
Chiropractic is only one alternative for some people in some cases to improve the communication between the nerves and the brain; and thus helps to alleviate the annoying sound inside the ears. One best suggestion is to maintain a healthy lifestyle; if you don't have one, make some ways to change it. A healthy lifestyle is one big factor to help you prevent and improve your tinnitus.
What About Those with Hearing Loss?
If you have been told that hearing loss is the cause of your tinnitus and that there is nothing that you can do about it, do not give up searching for solutions. There is some research being conducted now, which indicates that tinnitus may not be so much a symptom of hearing loss for some, as it may make them more sensitive to, and more aware of the tinnitus as they strain to hear and become more aware of the sounds emanating from their ears.
Chiropractors have found that the same treatments that help patients without hearing loss often help those with hearing loss. Often times there are many underlying causes for the ringing in your ears and addressing each one of these causes can help you have the best results for dealing with your condition.
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