What is a Pinched Neck Nerve? Determining how many individuals really have pinched neck nerve is quite difficult, since lots of people report symptoms that could result from another accident, and some people don’t experience any symptoms whatsoever. Many different factors can lead to a neck pinched nerve, including past injuries, someone’s level of exercise, [...]
Can Neck Pain Cause Tinnitus? Neck pain and Tinnitus Can neck pain cause tinnitus? – No but neck injury can cause tinnitus and neck injury can also cause neck pain and a whole host of other health problems. Tinnitus, neck pain, headaches, TMJ and many other conditions can result from upper cervical spine injury. However, [...]
Neck and Ear Pain – Caused by Neck Injury? Neck and Ear Pain Many people wonder – Can neck problems cause ear problems? The answer is 100 percent yes. Neck and ear pain can be the result of an old neck injury. Cervical spine and ear pain can originate from a prior neck injury. In this [...]
I can’t clear my ear, also described as ear fullness or ear pressure, can be very disturbing for the person who has it. There can be several precipitating factors that lead to inner ear closure which we will discuss in this article. Essentially, it feels like you are ascending or descending in an airplane and [...]
What’s vertigo? Vertigo is an awareness of spinning, rocking, or the entire world spinning, experienced even when somebody is perfectly still. This creates an awareness of imbalance by turning about for a period; this sort of triggered vertigo lasts for several moments and then fades. In contrast, when vertigo happens spontaneously or as a consequence [...]
Post-Concussion Syndrome (PCS) as a Neck Problem The sudden deaths of high profile football players like Junior Seau have made the complications of head trauma and concussions a hot button topic in sports and medicine. While concussions are considered mild traumatic brain injury, the truth is any brain injury is anything BUT mild. While most [...]
Tennis Elbow Can Originate in the Neck Tennis Elbow Can Originate in the Neck It might seem funny but tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis) can be caused by a problem in the neck. In our compartmentalized health care system we have been taught that where the pain is , is where the cause is. This is [...]
Ears, Antibiotics and Asthma...yet another perfect storm The number ONE reason for childhood ER visits is surprisingly due to ear infections. The number one treatment of the ear infections are antibiotics. There is plenty of research since about the 1980s that first off, antibiotics don’t work very well for ear, sinus and respiratory infections. And [...]
This is a question I get all of the time. Sitting is to the spine, like sugar is to our teeth. Most individuals sit 8-10 hours per day. This is either at work or at home watching TV. This common practice is not what our bodies have been designed for. Plus, most of us sit [...]
This is new research from Dr. Matt McCoy, publisher of the Vertebral Subluxation Research Journal. Research Reveals Relationship between Chiropractic & Physiologic Adaptation Recent research reported in the Annals of Vertebral Subluxation Researchreveals that chiropractic may play an important role in improving heart rate variability (HRV) in athletes. The research includes a review of the [...]