TMJ/Sinus Problems/Ear Infections

Temporomandibular Joint

If you place your fingers in front of each ear and open your jaw, you’ll feel lost of wiggling. This is where your skull’s temporal bone attaches to your mandible (jaw): the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). Lots of ligaments, cartilage, fascia, discs, muscles, nerves and blood vessels run in, around and through it. 

TMJ Syndrome

When the THMJ joint is misaligned it is called TMJ Syndrome. Common symptoms include the inability to open the mouth wide and a clicking or popping sound when the mouth opens or closes. In some cases the jaw can even temporarily lock up.

Man Holding His Ear — Rose Hill, KS — Rose Hill Chiropractic

Other TMJ symptoms can include headache; hearing loss; tinnitus (ringing in the ears); throat fullness; facial swelling; shoulder, cheek or jaw pain; neck ache; facial nerve pain; ear or eye pain; dental pain; nausea; blurred vision and dizziness. 

TMJ Syndrome has also been linked to vertigo, throat infections, sinus congestion, ear infections, asthma and even heart, stomach, intestinal, respiratory and emotional disorders.

The Chiropractic Approach to TMJ

Because structure and TMJ problems are often found together many TMJ sufferers benefit from chiropractic care. Chiropractic, by relieving pressure on the spine and cranial bones, may correct or relieve a TMJ problem. 

Conversely, an unhealthy skull/jaw alignment can put great stress upon the spinal column. There are documented cases of dental problems that, once corrected, have enabled chiropractic patients to better hold their adjustments.

Temporomandibular Joint

If you place your fingers in front of each ear and open your jaw, you’ll feel lost of wiggling. This is where your skull’s temporal bone attaches to your mandible (jaw): the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). Lots of ligaments, cartilage, fascia, discs, muscles, nerves and blood vessels run in, around and through it. 

TMJ Syndrome

When the THMJ joint is misaligned it is called TMJ Syndrome. Common symptoms include the inability to open the mouth wide and a clicking or popping sound when the mouth opens or closes. In some cases the jaw can even temporarily lock up.

Other TMJ symptoms can include headache; hearing loss; tinnitus (ringing in the ears); throat fullness; facial swelling; shoulder, cheek or jaw pain; neck ache; facial nerve pain; ear or eye pain; dental pain; nausea; blurred vision and dizziness. 

Man Holding His Ear — Rose Hill, KS — Rose Hill Chiropractic

TMJ Syndrome has also been linked to vertigo, throat infections, sinus congestion, ear infections, asthma and even heart, stomach, intestinal, respiratory and emotional disorders.

The Chiropractic Approach to TMJ

Because structure and TMJ problems are often found together many TMJ sufferers benefit from chiropractic care. Chiropractic, by relieving pressure on the spine and cranial bones, may correct or relieve a TMJ problem. 

Conversely, an unhealthy skull/jaw alignment can put great stress upon the spinal column. There are documented cases of dental problems that, once corrected, have enabled chiropractic patients to better hold their adjustments.

Sinus Problems

Chronic Sinus Trouble

Do you wake up with a stuffy head and mucus in your throat or nose? Do you feel as if you always have a cold or that your last cold never left you? Do you have a chronic “postnasal drip”?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you may be suffering from sinusitis—an inflammation of the sinuses. 

Your sinuses can refer to any cavity or sac in your body. Here we are referring to eight spaces in the cranial bones of your forehead and around your nose. Sinuses can help you breathe, yet when they get inflamed and fill up with mucus it seems that healthy breathing is the one thing they prevent.

The Chiropractic Approach to Sinus Conditions

Chiropractic is not a treatment for sinus conditions, yet sufferers often find relief after chiropractic care. How does chiropractic help? Chiropractic, by relieving stress on the nervous and structural systems, helps your body work more efficiently. Further, chiropractic can ensure that the skull bones move freely and “breathe,” permitting body fluids to drain without interference.

Ear Infections

Ear infections are affecting children in epidemic numbers. By the age of three, over 2/3 of all children have had one or more episodes of otitis media or middle ear infection with most undergoing medical care. 

Today we find more and more parents visiting chiropractors for their children’s ear infection, (often after first going the medical route without resolution of the problem).

What can a chiropractor do for these children?

The Chiropractic Approach to Ear Infections

Chiropractors relieve the body of a serious stress—the subluxation, a distortion in your body that interferes with your proper function. Correcting or removing subluxations through chiropractic care is essential for anyone with ear infections.

In fact, chiropractic care has an excellent record of safety and effectiveness for infants and children suffering from ear infections.