@Greg Sacramento
I visited my chiropractor this friday. She said that my T1 and T2 vertebraes are locked, to the right.
I visited my chiropractor this friday. She said that my T1 and T2 vertebraes are locked, to the right.
@BreachOfEuphoria My concern is that your chiropractor has told you other things about your neck and later verified test results were noted clean.
As I'm been telling you for months that in your situation you need to do stretching and posture exercises.I began stretching exercises and i got the volume down SO SO close to silence.
What is the foundation of why the tinnitus is there. I can stretch and stretch and get the volume and intensity down to nearly silence but the foundation is still there and 1 or 2 days without exercises will make it loud again.
Breach I don't know if you had received more than post traumatic vertigo - BPPV from your injury that might had included vascular concussion - ears. There's several related conditions that easy to research, but I'm not qualified to discuss them with you, only a doctor should. You later had MRIs and other tests, so hopefully things are better. I ready think that things will get better, injury can take time to heal, but consider staying in touch with your doctor.
@BreachOfEuphoria Hi Johan: It's been several months so you are so beyond this now. The day some time ago when you were lying on the couch and got up quickly to sit at the table for dinner was concerning as to what you described. That's now history. An assessment of your cervical spine and facial was made. Nothing from that shows neurological. There's no blood vessels problems. Migraines, sleep and mood dysfunctions are common with just having tinnitus. You can walk straight with no dizziness. You can type messages here and your short term memory is fine. I'm sure if I was to place fingers up in the air that you would be able to tell me how many.
What you still have going on is nerve fibers (mostly occipital) and a minor facet joint situation. A few months of posture improvement and stretching plus time will make it as good as it gets for you minus any hidden hearing loss.
The humming is from anxiety. For it to be vascular you would have such a headache.
I began stretching exercises and i got the volume down SO SO close to silence.
oooh occipital stretch is a good ideaI have seen this user in here that is very helpful towards other users and has a lot of useful knowledge and i hope you don't get angry with me if I try to summon you to this topic @Greg Sacramento
I created this topic quite a while back https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/need-advice-and-maybe-guidance-if-possible.24353/#post-300014
Does anyone know if it's possible to tear the sternocleidomastoid muscle?
In this topic I wrote: "Some days after this incident my lymph node close to the ear lobe got swollen. It's swollen but it's not tender."
It was never a swollen lymph node. It's 100 % not a swollen lymph node. It's muscular tension or the muscle has gotten somewhat torn from either a herniated disc or my head being punched and then the sternocleidomastoid muscle has been over-stretched beyond its physical limit.
A friend took some pictures of the muscular (tendon/ligament) lumps I have had since this happened.
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This lump is very slowly beginning to "fan out". It has made these small "sidelumps"
I have more and more days where my tinnitus is very quiet after I wake up. And it stays very quiet until I use my sternocleidomastoid muscle too much.
@BreachOfEuphoria Hi Johan: I really doubt that C1 was injured as this happens only 2% of the time.
https://www.spinalcord.com/blog/c1-and-c2-vertebrae-the-basics-behind-the-worst-spinal-cord-injuries
What is a small problem is your atlanto occipital joint. Your jaw was/still is? clicking and you felt that your jaw was unaligned.
https://www.physio-pedia.com/Atlanto-occipital_joint
I ask you to consider a thin mouth guard. You have said that it helps.
I ask you to consider occipital stretching. You said:
I gave you a link for the trapezius in post #32 above. Your T1 T2 problem is from bad posture. This probably goes back years.
I would continue to relax the shoulders while doing the stretching of the sub and occipital complex.
Use correct posture while sitting and walking.
Continue using a thin mouth guard.
This all ties in together and you have seen excellent results, but correct posture is so very needed.
Continue to use a small soft pillow under neck while sleeping.
Use a warm towel before activity such as when cleaning your room. Use a cool wet towel afterwards.
Use a proper headrest position while driving.
Check for any side effects, but consider these valuable supplements.
Magnesium Chelate/calcium
Alpha-Lipoic Acid
B 12
Stay in touch.
Thank's for your suggestions. Ahhh yes, occipital stretch seems like something everybody living the modern stress-filled, neck bending life could use.I think it's more connected to the temporalis muscle and can be unwound with arm over head pulling foward and in circle motions.
oooh occipital stretch is a good idea
I know that you have identified your mastoid process yourself by touching the area behind and a little below your ear.I'm afraid that the lump on my temporal bone is scar tissue on the SCM.
What are your low blood test value?
Fibers will heal. What are your low blood test value? You received an injury without trauma of bones, discs or joints, just soft tissue and we discussed months ago it will take time for healing. If you did the therapy that we discussed back then - that with time as said should knock your T down to nothing.
What you still have going on is nerve fibers (mostly occipital) and a minor facet joint situation. A few months of posture improvement and stretching plus time will make it as good as it gets for you minus any hidden hearing loss.
I was so happy to hear this.I've also made a lot of progress physically and with some of the many symptoms i've had. Some have dissappeared completely and some are better.
My baseline tinnitus is much better than a year ago and i get more and more days where i only hear some faint white noise.
@BreachOfEuphoria
My guess from your blood work (past and later) is that you came across a parasite - maybe from water, but it could even be contamination from a toilet. If you still are having stomach problems and maybe with that neck soreness, then something contaminated is being digested or intake thru nose - for example - allergenic or contaminated pond water. Wash hands whenever touching anything contaminated as you may have a slight acceptability. Wash fruits.
All in all, your blood tests are not concerning, other than a (small) amount of contamination having gotten into your system. We all have this happening from time to time.
How are you doing otherwise?