Sunday, August 16, 2009

Somatic Tinnitus: Is Holistic Treatment The ONLY Answer?

By Thomas Colman

Find out how a holistic treatment can be used towards planning a successful treatment to cure somatic tinnitus.

Greek has lend itself to most terminology in modern science. Take the word "Somat" in Greek, which refers to the body. The English word "somatic" is derived from it. So, Somatic tinnitus must be a disease that has something to do with bodily movements? Indeed, yes. This most common form of tinnitus changes its symptoms with movements of the body. Studies have shown somatic tinnitus to be present in a sizeable slab of the population, from which we conclude that many people are affected by it. It is a recent phenomenon that tinnitus has been identified as the most dangerous symptomatic disease. Statistics show that Americans in the millions are affected by varied types and forms of tinnitus. No trace of an enduring cure, even relief, of tinnitus has been found by the befuddled doctors and researchers who are giving their all to this quest. On the other hand, Somatic tinnitus can be cured by the control of physical movements. Take the case of a patient who can hear ringing bells in an upright, standing position. The noise declines with the patient reclining.

The major criteria, which are three, for somatic and general tinnitus associated with Meniere's disease are listed below.

 Through movements in the eyes, neck and jaws, some patients who can change the resonance of tinnitus.  By pressing the cheek, mandible, neck, temple, and tragus (which is a small section of the outside of the ear that helps the brain to sense sound that comes from behind) with fingertip, some patients that can modify their tinnitus resonance in terms of sound level and pitch.  The patients who show tension in the muscles of the jaw and the neck muscles.

These movements have a tendency to heighten tension signals from the toughened muscles in the innervation area of the sensory trigeminal nerve which is related to the acoustic pathways. Tinnitus in most patients is created by stress or anxiety factors. These movements are least related to such factors. It is revealed by physical examination that acute muscular tension occurs in these cases.

Somatic tinnitus is controlled mostly by bodily movements. All investigation about its symptoms are in reference to the body. Let's take an example. The movement and flexibility, or their deficiency, of the jaw and neck are checked, calculated and recorded. Dental occlusion is assessed by maintaining the neck in a position which is straight. Tolerance of deviations in the upper cervical spine and the jaw is non existent as they together create an integrated motor system. Any forward head or neck posture should be treated as an adjustment for a disorder in the dental occlusion.

How to Plan for Treating Somatic Tinnitus

The suitable treatment plan looks to reduce neck and jaw muscle's tension. Those who had believed that their tinnitus was linked to strain and stress begin to understand that the real issue is somewhere else. As they grind their teeth, the symptoms become less in pitch and volume. As you keep the neck in a position which is most favorable, dental occlusion can adjust with the grinding. With a mild maneuver of grinding teeth, even shining facets which remain within the mouth turns immediately dull. But when these facets appear to gleam brightly when the person visits a dental clinic next, these are thought to be because of masticatory muscle hyperactivity that happens when someone is in REM sleep.

Thereafter, the patients are specifically tutored to feel the novel stabile occlusion at varied body positions which are sitting, standing, lying down, and others like this. They are made to judge which body position is best suited to them. The patients are asked to visit physiotherapists to know how to deal with neck tension and the best relaxing postures which bring relief to the tinnitus stress. Some of the patients have been trained to perform stretching exercises which aid the suboccipital muscles and doing atlanto-occipital joint that is associated with restricted side. The training process sometimes includes breathing with the diaphragm.

Holistic Treatment of Somatic Tinnitus

Relief, if any at all, will be temporary with the administration of the above medical practices. But deep within our bodies, the disease which is causing the symptoms of tinnitus as its outer manifestation remains hale and hearty. Conventional medicine treats the symptoms and not the cause. Whenever the potency of the medicines lessens, the symptoms return with renewed vitality. Most patients have one recurring complain; their tinnitus stresses never quite go away. Exactly for this reason these patients try out holistic medication, and it leaves them satisfied and cured. Holistic remedies, as the name suggests, considers the body like a complete unit. It probes deep within the body to find out the reason behind the tinnitus symptoms, never mistaking the symptoms for the disease, as conventional medicine does. Once it identifies the triggers that cause tinnitus symptoms and the root of the disease, it endeavors to wipe both out, using a variety of techniques. Techniques as varied as changes in diet, herbal remedies, exercising the body, changes in lifestyle and sometimes acupuncture. At the end of the day, each time and every time, holistic remedies cure somatic tinnitus much more efficiently than conventional medicine. - 14130

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