Ménière's disease

Meniere's disease / symptom:

In medical terms, it's a disease that affects the inner ear resulting in gradual hearing impairment, vertigo (dizziness), tinnitus (ringing of the ears). Severity varies, from annoyance to debilitating vertigo where the patient is unable to move.

In chiropractic terms - subluxation of the upper cervical vertebra resulting in nerve interference (nerve flow is reduced) that does not allow the body to heal itself.

Using the Gonstead Chiropractic method of specific analysis -- swelling and redness of the skin was noted on the rear hairline of the patient's neck, reduced range of motion of the upper cervical vertebra (C2 vertebra), and nervoscope indicated nerve pressure at C2/C3 spinal nerve level. Xrays revealed on the lateral view - facet imbrication, and AP view revealed PRS inferior.

Correction involved patient in the seated cervical chair, doctor's arm aiming straight up towards the ceiling to correct inferiority and reseating the C2 vertebra forward back onto C3 vertebra using a specific Gonstead seated cervical adjustment.

In the past year, 4 patients who presented with Meniere's were resolved within 2-4 weeks.




Inflammation of the upper cervical -- resulting in redness of the skin, and swelling (edema)






Meniere Patient #5 -- Lateral view shows facet imbrication (reduced space -- slight black line where circled) and C2 vertebra is inferior (tilted backwards) in relation to C3 vertebra. AP view shows C2 PRS with the dens line nearly vertical (indicates need to aim straight for ceiling). Patient received first adjustment Feb 22 2012 and scheduled for followup to see how well she is responding to the adjustment.





Full spine AP/Lat of the most severe Meniere case in my clinic. Intense debilitating vertigo like extreme sea-sickness, patient was unable to balance herself, and constant vomiting due to vertigo. Loss of hearing in both ears. Prescription medications were ineffective and netti pot had slight relief for 2 hours.




Closeup pictures. Lateral view shows facet imbrication (no space at all, completely jammed) and inferiority tilting of C2 upon C3. AP view reveals C2 PRI-inferior. Patient was adjusted C2 PR inferior twice. The 1st week reduced 80% of her symptoms, no further adjustments in week 2 or 3, her body naturally healed itself 2 weeks post-adjustment and currently asymptomatic as of this post Feb 24 2012 since Oct 2011.