Tinnitus and sport practice

I think that men have made big scientific progress. Multiplication of means of transport removed barriers formerly drawn up by distances. The generalization of Internet access exploded the computers sales. Computer became main actor of our daily life. It is an essential tool for working at the office and its using tends to generalize at home either for professional purpose or like an entertainment purpose. Television though it’s no more the only source of visual distraction is still very popular. Everyone can transform its living room into a home cinema place according to its budget. One does not count any more the television channels. As if it wasn’t enough, Internet offers the potentiality to extend television channels infinitely. Video games are available on any support. In a world individuals tend to do less and less physical efforts because of this extreme motorization of their displacement and also because they are confined at their seats all day long: It begins on a chair at the office, then in their armchair the evening at home, the modern man is confronted to evils which did not exist in the past. The backache now touches all categories of ages. Stress is omnipresent and is been used for all sauces by doctors who tend to wrongly use it like an universal explanation for evils badly elucidated and often caused by dentists unconscious of the bonds between malocclusion and the disastrous symptoms which it can cause. Either one is victim of the Costen’s syndrome or not, it is essential to practice physical exercises. For victims of disorders related to disharmonies between jaw and spinal column, a constant sporting practice will help decreasing the symptoms. The constant practice of jogging makes it possible to evacuate stress and to feel much better. Stress in itself does not generate tinnitus or fall of hearing but is a parameter which tends to amplify these various symptoms. According to my observations, the stress feeling along with tinnitus must not be considered as a cause but as a distinct symptom of malocclusion. When the amplification mechanism of tinnitus is conceptually controlled, it is possible decrease their tonality in many specific ways: self-osteopathy i.e. by practicing some gymnastics exercises, running, swimming … To obtain a durable reduction for tinnitus, sport should be daily practiced. But not anyhow! Personally I misadvise practice of body building exercises if it is not targeted. That could cause to contract muscles that already are too much contracted and consequently, it will worsen the disorders. Practice jogging will have to be punctuated by exercises of stretching which will cause to rectify the spinal column which the position is dependant on the jaw position. These stretching will make it possible to find a second breath. During a very long time, I suffered from a problem of endurance. Thereafter, I understood that this early tiredness was also pathological. I observed that the most intense moments of tiredness corresponded to the moments when my jaw opened more difficultly. At these moments, I had “the legs cut” and I was victim of cardiac peaks which obliged me to stop running. With the full conscience of the various aspects that are causing temporomandibular disorders, namely the relation between the jaw, the spinal column and their action in one way or another to the cranial nerves, it was enough for me thereafter as soon as I detected an abnormal tiredness to carry out some stretching to be able to continue my race. A good sporting practice makes it possible to improve or stabilize the symptoms and help feeling better during the course of the day. The evening, it is more difficult to control the effects of the dental malocclusion. During the sleep, the jaw goes setting into its pathological position and may remain contracted during hours.

Bad posture

One of the arguments headlights by the occlusion and posture specialists is to brandish an abnormal swallowing habit as being the possible cause of tinnitus and occlusion disorders. It is true that the bad tongue position contribute to the symptoms aggravation, but this abnormal tongue position is also a consequence of the dysfunction of a unit consisted with the jaw, certain cranial nerves and the spinal column. Thus we are victim of this bad swallowing which as a strong connection to occlusion adjustment and to correct position of to the cervical vertebrae. In fact all the spinal cord bad alignment can be responsible of the tongue bad position. But to be precise, actually, it is necessary to take into account all the body articulations. I speak about vertebrae and of articulations but it would be more exact to speak about the muscles that enable them to be driven. 
Osteopath use to say that the structure controls the functions; I think that it’s an excellent spirit view provided this one is not too narrow. I noted during my many consultations that dentists adhered rather badly to this concept and there were sometimes even savagely opposite to it. Doctors when they are confronted to unexplained disorders are often tempted to blame brain. The structural explanation seems too simple for people having often passed more than 7 years studying the body complexities. This bad tongue position is a factor worsening the whole of the disorders but I would speculate by saying that it’s seldom the cause. I speak about speculation because I already heard about children who had the bad habits to suck their tongue as they do it with their thumb.

One function of the tongue is to contribute to the opening of the Eustachian tube during swallowing. In order to act on the elevator muscles of the palate and the tensor velum muscle playing a part in this opening, the tongue must be plated against the palate. The opening and the closing of the Eustachian tube allow the maintaining of a constant pressure in this one which must be equal to that of the atmospheric pressure. When the tongue is in low position this function is not correctly done any more. One feels a blocking on the level of the Eustachian tubes which is quickly accompanied by a feeling of obstructed ear really corresponding to a fall of the hearing which will be worsening as long as the Eustachian tube will be blocked. This phenomenon is also responsible for certain tinnitus because it seems to me that they can come from several origins. The compression of the 8th cranial nerve (hearing nerve) could be involved.

One can imagine that the action of the tongue on the teeth can disturb occlusion. The constant pressure exerted on the teeth can generate their displacement. Within the framework TMJ when this pressure is constant on the mandible incisors that causes their displacement forwards. These teeth displacement forwards will cause the mandible to move backward. According to Bernard BRICOT this mandible too in withdrawal will disturb the posture; the person concerned will have the body curved forwards.

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Tinnutis and TMJ

I have consulted several specialists, otolaryngologists, osteopaths, dental surgeons, occlusodontists, stomatologists. I was held many speeches and have been exposed many theses (the problem is chemical, psychological, due to bad dental contact or noise traumatism …). Some of these theories could be true…

After a long period of wandering to audition specialist cabinets that made me swallow a good part of the sample medicines available in drugstores for tinnitus treatment, access to the worldwide web lead me to unsuspected paths. I landed to dentist cabinet or to osteopaths and I have even contacted some healers who had the honesty to tell me not to be able to do anything for my tinnitus. In a last recourse I even call God for help, but he didn’t answer me, at least not with the clarity I hoped…

Consulting dentists made me sure about two things: first, my problem was effectively related to my teeth. Second, dentists didn’t know how to solve it. Their opinions on the question even show many discrepancies.

According to the remarks made by some of them, it even seemed that the whole issue was hopeless. But experience taught me one thing: when one puts energy to seek something, one ends up finding it.

Tinnitus can occur for various reasons: accidents, noise traumatisms, drug intoxications, otospongiosis, occlusion disorders, etc. Noise traumatisms and occlusion disorders are the most frequents causes. Other causes are rather marginal. Noise traumatisms can sometimes be healed with drugs called vasodilators. In my opinion, the most unknown cause responsible of the major number of tinnitus cases is dental occlusion disorder.

Tinnitus must be comprehended as distress signals that indicate that something is going wrong. They are only one symptom among several others resulting from a dysfunction of our corporal mechanism.

Tinnitus is only the tree that hides the forest. Dr. James Costen, a precursor on the matter, spoke about ENT disorders whereas actually the number of disorders in question goes far beyond this framework. A large number of health issues related to a bad position of the mandible are treated specifically by therapists dedicated to the concerned part of the body.

Here is a non-exhaustive list of the symptoms that could happen along with tinnitus.

• Deafness
• Vertigos
• Nauseas
• Heart disorders
• Memory and concentration disorders
• Headaches
• Bruxism
• Chronic fatigue syndrome
• Eye disorders
• Muscular tensions (pains in the neck and the in the back)
• Decrease of intellectual faculties
• Eczema
• Nervousness
• Depressive state

This display of problems can appear terrifying but I can ensure you that it there no exaggeration, because I suffered myself from all these symptoms, sometimes simultaneously.

All these disorders may result from a bad jaw balance related to a bad position of the teeth. Different terminologies are used to identify this same problem: dental malocclusion, fibromyalgia, temporo-mandibular joint disorder (TMJ).

I’d rather refer to it as to Costen’s syndrome, because he was the first to bring about the responsibility of the teeth in several eye, nose and throat (ENT) disorders.

But I will consider as synonyms the terms mentioned above.

Almost every organ of our body is dealt with by a specialist that we address, either spontaneously, or via a generalist doctor. And for each sick part of the body, the research teams work on developing specific drugs. Thus was propagated the medicine of the effect to the detriment of that of the cause. Considering the victims of the TMJ (which are many more than we think), treating the symptoms does not make any sense, because the cumulated side effects of the drugs tend to generate more problems than they actually solve.

Once you will have come to a certain degree of consciousness of the mechanisms that originate these evil symptoms, you will realize that these mysterious diseases of which you have been victim recently or for several years are not as mysterious as they appear to be.

I can definitely assert that there are very few people who do not suffer from disorders originated in a bad position of the jaws.

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