Torticollis Mataró
Although it may sound like a strange Italian dish, it's not. Imagine waking up one morning with your ear pressed to your shoulder, as if you were holding the telephone receiver. The only problem is that there is no phone, you encounter - just a relentless, painful spastic neck with absolutely no possibility of bringing the head back to any apparent socially accepted posture.
Most would agree, is that you find yourself in a rather uncomfortable situation. Fortunately, in most cases, the «solution» to torticollis Mataró can be as simple as a visit to your Doctor of Chiropractic . «Torticollis» is a Latin word that simply means «braided neck» - and therein lies some of the confusion.
Torticollis Mataró is really more than a description of a diagnosis. Many things can cause a neck to remain in an unsightly, twisted position: from fractures, tumors and herniated discs to infections, neuro-ocular system problems, and certain side effects of medications.
Fortunately, these causes are relatively uncommon. However, they should all be considered when a patient is evaluated for torticollis. Fortunately, most cases of torticollis in Mataró involve a cervical SUBLUXATION - something we Doctors of Chiropractic deal with every day.
Most of the time, a blockage mechanical joint displacement in the neck with a displacement of the central content of the disc material has occurred. This in turn causes the joint tissues to become painfully inflamed and the neck muscles (mainly the sternocleidomastoid muscle) to be affected in a state of prolonged spasm.
Many scientific schools of thought blame the muscle spasm by itself. And while this may be the case in certain situations, focusing on treating the muscle alone does not address the existing disorder in the shortened muscle in the first place, in other words, treating it with massage and stretching to the spastic muscle will not remedy this problem.
Natural solution
On the other hand, a carefully administered adjustment by a Doctor of Chiropractic aimed at correcting the mechanical dysfunction that causes torticollis Mataró will often bring immediate relief and total correction. The cause of torticollis, other than the causes mentioned above, is open for debate and, for the most part, «unknown».
What we tend to see, however, is that many people have been led to believe that they received «cold air,» say, from an open window or fan. Or patients have had a forced activity that put their neck in a prolonged braided position - for example, the farmer driving a tractor who frequently looks over his shoulder while working in the field.
Still, in other cases, there has been trauma involved - whether whiplash impact, sports injuries, heavy labor or even cranial outflow birth. This last, potentially traumatic cause is often the cause physicians label as «congenital torticollis».» ,and is seen when infants tend to constantly turn their heads to one side. Failure to treat this can lead to facial asymmetry in the infant's cranial development.
Again, chiropractic can be very effective in recovery. Many of those suffering from torticollis were predisposed to suffer from it. due to problems of alterations in the normal curves of the spine (e.g., reverse neck curve or scoliosis).
Aside from massage and stretching to lengthen the spastic muscle affected by torticollis, other medical approaches tend to target the muscle in a much more invasive manner.
Medical treatments
This range of medical methods temporarily paralyzes the involved muscles for several months with the Botox injections to selectively cut the nerves that innervate the muscles involved. In extreme cases such as congenital torticollis, surgeons would actually attempt to «lengthen» the shortened muscle..
Although the scientific literature is sparse on the subject of the solution for torticollis through both medicine and chiropractic, we do know that chiropractors have helped many with this terrifying postural condition. What we do know is that chiropractors have helped many with this posturally frightening condition.
And while some may need extreme measures of medicine, most patients would do well to at least try Chiropractic as their first choice.
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