I've been reading up on chiropractic care for MD. It all makes sense that my MD could be the result of whiplash from a car accident leaving a slightly displaced disc. I wondered if anyone in the uk has seen an MD chiropractic care expert, did it work? Also can anyone you could recommend a practitioner. I'm in the NW but would travel and pay to see someone if there's a possibility of ending/improving the symptoms.
Cant help you with a referral in the UK becausebim in canada but i can vouch for it working...only had one very minor attack (after alot of stress and moving) after 14 weeks and about 9 adjusmtemts!
Hello Miranda, I hope you don't mind my asking what type of adjustments you are having that have helped you? It was recommended that I find a chiropractor specializing in upper cervical care. Is this what you are doing?
Today I had my 4th visit and have been advised that it will take 90-120 days to correct my misalignment. She also said she can't promise to cure my tinnitus and hearing loss, but I feel it is worth a try, even though these visits are "out of pocket" as insurance does not cover chiropractic.
Are you seeing an upper cervical chiropractor? Happy it is working for you!
Patrick
Hi patrick yes it is upper cervical my chiro calls it atlas chiropractice and he used this machine with a protractor to do the adjustment. I go about once every 3 weeks now and it has stopped the vertigo and i know i have to go back when the ear pressure starts to build bexause unfortunately my adjustments dont hold (the muscles need to be retrained) i still have the tinnitus and hearing loss but id take those over the vertigo any day!
If you have a confirmed diagnosis of Meniere's disease it is doubtful that manipulating the top end of the spinal column would lead to a reduction in inner ear pressure.
I suggest you seek further consultant advice preferably from an Aural physiologist (you will almost certainly need to travel to London as there are very few about!).
If you definitely have confimed MD you are more likely to benefit from high dose long duration Betahistine.
Good luck.
After a few years of menieres, with vertigo attacks almost daily, I happened to visit a physiotherapist, who said he might be able to help with the vertigo. This was May 18th, 2016. Not a single attack since. So YES! I believe it can work - in some cases. Still have poor hearing and major tinnitus.
Betahistine did nothing for me. Upper cervical adjustment stopped vertigo in my case. We're not all the same.
My physiotherapist is in Abingdon, UK.
That's great to hear. Did you physiotherapist give you exercises or manipulate your spine? I'd happily travel down to Oxfordshire to see them if they could possibly help
Betahistine does help but as I scientist I seek answers and this research really does make sense to me. I'm prepared to try it. I had a car accident last Aug, suffered whiplash for several weeks afterwards and my symptoms started in the November. I think spinal manipulation is worth a try!
Betahistine is regarded by some in the medical profession as little better than a placebo but that is based on the max allowed dose in the BNF - 16mg tds daily. At that level I got some improvement in hearing loss and reduction in tinnitus but it did not stop the acute attacks. The Aural physiologist tripled that dose which did the trick - 21 months without trouble. When symptoms started to return I went back on 48mg tds straight away and subsequently increased to 64mg, stayed at that level for 6 months and am now weaning off again having been free of symptoms for 11 months now.
The high dose regime is backed by the research of Herr Prof. Dr. med. Michael Strupp in Munich who has difficult cases at his clinic on ten times standard dose or more. Hope you find this helpful!
Jackie could you send me the details of who u saw I'm not far from Abingdon
Thankyou
Stewart