A Natural Approach to Ear Infection

So in a chiropractic office, some people may be surprised that we see a lot of children. So we see a variety of children for all sorts of different things. We see them for growing pains,
0:077 secondsear infections, asthma, all sorts of digestive issues. And so we see kids for many different things. And parents choose to bring their children here
0:1515 secondsbecause one, they trust us, but two, they want to keep their children off as many pharmaceuticals as possible. So it’s a nice drug-free natural approach to keeping your children healthy. So one
0:2323 secondsof the things we see a lot are ear infections in children and head colds.
0:2626 secondsAnd so the reason why that is is is that ear infections are caused by fluid in the ears. And so fluid in the ears can be caused by teething when they’re very
0:3434 secondsyoung of course when the teeth are coming out. Two can be caused by head colds and sinus and allergy types of problems. And so when the fluid goes back to the ears if the fluid isn’t
0:4242 secondsallowed to drain a bacteria will go there and create an ear infection. And so the chiropractor gets to the cause of the ear infection by allowing that ear
0:4949 secondsto drain. And how that works is that at the top of the neck there’s a nerve called the trigeminal nerve that innovates a muscle at the base of the ustaceia tube in the ear the inner ear
0:5858 secondscalled the tensor vi palatini muscle. So when that nerve is being pinched because the child’s out of alignment which could be caused from the birth process just
1:051 minute, 5 secondslearned how to walk falling down sleep in a certain way that nerve gets pinched and now the ear can’t drain so the fluid
1:131 minute, 13 secondsstays there. So many children come here after months and months of being on one antibiotic after another and they can’t get to the cause of the ear infection.
1:201 minute, 20 secondsAnd that’s what we do. So we when we allow when we very gently adjust the spine that allows the ear to drain and gets to the cause of why the fluid is
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