Chiropractic Specialists Can Treat Ear Infections

Modern chiropractic care is proving to be beneficial for the treatment of a number of bodily disorders and diseased. A well trained chiropractic specialist can even treat ear infections. Ear infections are pretty painful and when children are afflicted with them it’s even worse. Most doctors can offer no help besides offering some antibiotics and sending them on their way. The only problem is that antibiotics cannot do much to treat many ear infections because they can only kill off bacteria, they can do nothing against viruses. Antibiotics have also been criticized for a number of reasons. For one thing, they kill off bacteria indiscriminately. Our bodies are filled with helpful bacteria that help us with numerous things such as our digestion. Therefore, they should only be taken when absolutely needed.

While you should certainly take whatever treatment and medication your physician prescribes, there is nothing wrong with seeking out alternative treatments that a chiropractic specialist can provide. If you or your child suffers from chronic ear infections, before resorting to surgery, you should try out some natural alternatives such as chiropractic care. One chiropractor, Dr. Joan Fallon, has published important results that have shown that 80 percent of the children she treated for ear infections were cured by basic neck adjustments. In fact, children that she treated were free from any ear infections for at least a 6 month time after treatment.

Ear infections are caused by improper drainage of the ears. The reason why a chiropractic specialist can treat ear infections is because chiropractic care can help to mobilize the drainage so that it can continue by itself without building up and causing infection. The specific adjustment that has shown to be most beneficial when treating ear infections is known as the upper-cervical manipulation. For an average ear infection, it takes about six to eight treatments before the infection is cleared up and the ears are draining properly. For more acute symptoms, the manipulation should be done by the chiropractic specialist every day or every other day for about a week until things have cleared up.

Chiropractic adjustments are a great way that ear infections may be treated in a drug-free holistic way. While this is still a relatively new treatment, ask you chiropractor if he or she knows anything about it. At the very least you can encourage them to look into the practice and hopefully adopt it themselves to treat their patients with in the future.