Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Raleigh Chiropractor Offers Effective Therapy To Local Children With Ear Infections

By Christian Bordner


Ear infections are common in children, affecting most children under one year old at least once. The medical approach is to prescribe pain reliving medicine and antibiotics. In one Raleigh chiropractic clinic, the approach is different. No drugs are used at all and it is not only symptoms that are addressed.

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.

In preventing recurrent infections, the risk of developing permanent damage and speech problems is also reduced. Chiropractic therapy is also very gentle and soothing for children. It is also non-invasive. It involves checking for spinal misalignment or subluxations which are corrected using what are called chiropractic adjustments. This is done very gently 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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