Monday, March 26, 2012

Raleigh Chiropractor Offers Effective Therapy To Local Children With Ear Infections

By Christian Bordner


A common health problem in children is ear infections. It affects most children at least once before they reach the age of one year old. In hospitals, doctors often offer medicine to ease the pain and fever and antibiotics. Not so in a Raleigh chiropractic clinic where no drugs are prescribed and it is only symptoms that are attended to.

Chiropractors believe that what happens at birth and ear infections or Otis media are related more so where these keep reappearing. They believe that during the rigors of birth, there may be misalignment of the cervical vertebrae which disrupts normal nerve functioning. This may cause distress in the Eustachian tube as well, causing fluid accumulation in the middle ear which causes infections.

One published study verified that no less than 80 percent of children who got chiropractic therapy for their infection stayed free of infections for at least 6 months afterward. Also, parents who opted to have their children undergo care by a chiropractor once after unsuccessful medical methods reported that the infections stop recurring.

Averting persistent reactions is important because they can lead to speech and developmental problems and cause lasting damage that can impair hearing. Also, children find chiropractic therapy very gentle and it is not invasive. It starts with making a diagnosis on spinal misalignment or subluxations which are resolved with chiropractic adjustments. It is done very tenderly on children.

It also involves triggering the ear to drain itself preventing repeat fluid accumulation which would cause another infection. This avoids measures like having ear tubes surgically inserted which is often done in children who get infections that frequently recur. The primary method used though is to manipulate the cervical area on the upper region especially the back part of the skull as well as the first neck vertebra. This stimulates self draining of the ear.

About six and eight sessions are needed at the Raleigh chiropractic clinic. Once a child gets through a bout of infection with the ear draining itself, they are very unlikely to get re-infected. This is a positive way to be healthy.




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