Ear Infections and Chiropractic – A Natural Solution

For children under the age of 15, ear infections are the most frequent primary diagnosis at US physician offices.

Almost half of all children will have at least one middle ear infection before they are 1 year old.

Two-thirds of those will have at least one such infection by age 3.

Almost half of those will have repeated bouts.

-American Academy of Pediatrics, Volume 94, Number 5, November 1994

Antibiotic treatment of otitis media is no more effective than placebo and increases the risks of reoccurrence.

-Cantekin EI. Antibiotics prevent acute otitis media and to treat otitis media with effusion. JAMA 1994; 272(3): 203-4 / Medline ID: 94293436

Treating the symptoms of ear infections with antibiotics has proven to be ineffective. Correcting the cause through chiropractic has been shown to help over 80% of all children with ear infections.

• 93% of all episodes of otitis media treated with chiropractic care improved, 75% in 10 days of fewer and 43% with only one or two treatments.

• This study’s data indicates that limitation of medical intervention and the addition of chiropractic care may decrease symptoms of ear infection in young children.

Froehle RM; Ear infection: a retrospective study examining improvement from chiropractic care and analyzing for influencing factors. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 1996; 19(3): 169-77 / Medline ID: 96294956

Here is a study that…

200 pediatricians and 200 chiropractors surveyed to determine the difference found in the health status of their respective children raised under the different health care models

The "chiropractic" children showed a 69% otitis media free response, while the "medical" children only had a 20% otitis media free response.

Van Breda WM; van Breda JM. A comparative study of health status of children raised under the health care models of chiropractic and allopathic medicine. J Chiro Res 1989; 5:101-3 / Mantis ID: 10048