Do you or someone you know suffer from ear pain that came on quickly and has not gone away? Well today we review a paper that may shed some light onto how Upper Cervical Chiropractic care may be able to help! Manual Therapy and Ear Pain: A Report of Four Cases. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3044806/

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This paper reviews four cases, three of which were resolved by gently, manual correcting the misalignments in the upper cervical spine. You might be wondering why that is. Well, in the paper it discusses how the referral pattern of the C1-C3 nerve roots is through the ear often times and can be relieved by taking the irritation out of the nerves in the top of the neck. These patients had a similar pattern of pain deep in the ear that seemingly came out of nowhere, sometimes on both sides, sometimes on just one side.

Upper Cervical Chiropractors have been gently correcting the upper neck without twisting or popping for nearly a century. One of the most common complaints people have is ear pain. Now it’s not a magic wand, and if there is an underlying infection or something else going on it may not be a quick fix, but it can greatly improve the chances of the nerves that are in charge of the ear healing.

The Upper Neck specifically C1 and C2 have a very different type of joint that doesn’t exist in the rest of the spine. In fact, the Upper Cervical Joints are the most freely movable and the most easily comprised joints of the spine so it makes sense to have the upper neck checked in cases of head and neck pain or dysfunction. That’s what upper cervical chiropractors do. Call us today to find out more 603.380.91804