“Tinnitus and chiropractic care? Really?”

#8 Cranial Nerve. Vestibulo-cochlear nerve entrapment, usually caused by a whiplash from MVA.

Good chance it can. I have seen it in a number of cases. Google whiplash and effects on the cervical spine and watch a video of the trauma that can take place. There are 12 cranial nerves that exit throughout the neck cranial nerves 7 and 8 go directly to the ear.

Most likely, traditional chiropractic manipulation therapy will not offer resolution to tinnitus. However, Functional Neurology - a specialized subset of the chiropractic profession - often offers improvement. Here's my thought process when it comes to tinnitus. The neural generators of tinnitus often involve central areas of the brain, even when there is a peripheral etiology. Contemporary views are such that patients with tinnitus suffer an inability to laterally inhibit in the cortical frequency areas that map or reflect the injury damage in the periphery. The loss of inhibition really equates with an increase of excitation in the brain in areas associated with the lesion’s targets.
These changes are plastic in nature resulting in changes in the function of the brain specific to the auditory system with a resultant mismatch of excitation and inhibition. Because the auditory system is multisynaptic, there may be plastic changes in all areas of the activating system from the VIIIth nerve to the cochlear nucleus and inferior colliculus with mapping error and also in the thalamus, auditory cortex and the limbic system. Each neuron in the auditory
pathways has a specific frequency that is characteristic to that neuron. Humans have a unique tonotopic representation that is facilitated by individual neurons who have a characteristic reaction to a specific frequency of sound. When neurons are activated tonitopically they process the activation to central structures that also inhibit through lateral projections, other neurons that have a
different frequency characteristic. Music therapy that involves frequencies at the same frequency of the patient’s tinnitus can suppress the tinnitus through an increase in lateral inhibition. It is the loss of the lateral inhibition that allows the “escape” of centrally activated neurons in the auditory pathway, creating plastic
changes and the experience of tinnitus. The key in this type of frequency specific lateral inhibition is to create plasticity in the lateral inhibitory pathways involved in the tinnitus with a goal of suppression and alleviation of symptoms.

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Chiropractic adjustments to the upper cervical spine can reduce and sometimes eliminate tinnitus due to the direct relationship to the nerves in the ear.

Chiropractic first was developed because of inner ear problem and deafness. After the very first adjustment the hearing was restored. We reset the nervous system of the body and that will help with every organ and system of the body.

By normalizing nerve supply

Chiropractic can benefit some patients that are suffering with tinnitus. The upper cervical spine, which is your neck, is associated with nerves that can affect you, especially after a car accident causing a whiplash.

Dr. Mary Jean Negri

There could be a pinched nerve in the neck cause by the trauma from the car accident. Chiropractic can release the pressure on the nerve.

Tinnitus caused by trauma like accidents can be common. Muscle strain of the neck can translate up to the ear canal, where many of he muscles attach beneath, causing dizziness, tinnitus, headache, etc. Chiropractic helps to relieve that tension and strain with care which may help reduce the symptoms in your ear.

Vishal K. Verma, DC, CCSP

In order to understand how chiropractic can help you have to understand what happens during a whiplash injury. First the head and neck go in one direction and suddenly stop and then snaps in the other direction. This shaking can rip or tear ligament. It can shift or damage bone alignment. It can also negatively impact nerve impulses in the area. This trauma can cause all sorts of symptoms ranging from: concussion, head-aches, neck stiffness, sharp or shooting pains into the arms, numbness or tingling, and and even tinnitus. Chiropractic care can help to stabilize the neck by realigning the bones in the right position. This may help to balance irregular nerve impulses which may be creating the tinnitus.

https://www.dizziness-and-balance.com/disorders/hearing/tinnitus/cervical%20tinnitus.html

Tinnitus can be caused by a problem in the neck or from injury to the brain following whiplash. Consider seeing a Chiropractic Neurologist. ACNB.org has a doctor locator.

Not that I know of. I haven't seen any research to show chiropractic care can help tinnitus. But I guarantee you can find a chiropractor who says they can help. My advice would be to stay away from such a chiropractor. And, of course, I'm a chiropractor.

Chiropractic can help tinnitus by checking the spinal column to make sure the vertebrae is lined up. If there is a mallignment of any of the nerves in the neck that will put pressure on the nerve that goes to you inner ear which most of the time causes tinnitus

Mark Klezmer, DC, CCSP, CCST, FIAMA Sent from my iPhone

Tinnitus can be a stubborn and tricky condition to treat. I have had success with treating tinnitus in my practice after whiplash type injuries. I have also had other patients with tinnitus that do not respond to Chiropractic treatment. Chiropractic care is a great option for whiplash trauma in general, so I recommend trying it.

Yes, indeed. There are many documented cases of tinnitus improving with chiropractic care.
Good luck!

First off, there is no medical cure for tinnitus, so why not try chiropractic, which is a non-invasive treatment that comes with benefits like increase in immunity? Tinnitus is usually a symptom of injury to spinal joints and temperomandibular joint of the jaw of TMJ. These two can be corrected with chiropractic adjustments and soft tissue work. Another thing to remember that tinnitus can possibly be due to a vitamin B deficiency as well as caused by certain medications you may be taking. A good chiropractor knows to assess you for all of these possibilities.