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Did you know that 1 in 10 people suffer from ringing in the ears, commonly known as tinnitus?
Tinnitus is often due to a nerve disorder. Causes are related to living in a high stress society. These causes include exposure to loud or repetitive noises, history of high blood pressure and use of certain medications. Frequent use of aspirin is known to be a major cause of tinnitus. Many cases of tinnitus result from motor vehicle accidents when TMJ and neck sprain occur.
Home based strategies for dealing with tinnitus include supplementing with Ginko and massage around the ear lobe. If these approaches fail, you might consider therapies such as acupuncture and chiropractic adjustments. The use of tiny pellets or needles embedded in adhesive tape and placed over specific acupuncture points allow you to enhance the post-treatment effect. These treatments improve blood flow to the inner ear. In addition, oxygen therapy with exercise (EWOT) has proven effective for many tinnitus sufferers.
For all the amazing cures that modern medicine offers, there is no proven cure for tinnitus. So how exactly does acupuncture work? From a traditional Chinese perspective, it is felt that blockages of "Phlegm" prevent energy or "CHI" rising to level of the ear.
In the west, this mechanism may seem too esoteric. This explains why many acupuncturists in the U.S. explain the symptomatic improvements as being due to accepted physiological changes, like improved circulation, that occur when a patient is under the influence of acupuncture.
Either way you look at it, the combination of chiropractic, acupuncture and EWOT may be the solution for your tinnitus.