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Better Health With An Anti Inflammation Diet & Recipes

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Improve Your Health With An Anti-Inflammation Diet And Anti-Inflammation Recipes

Better Health With An Anti Inflammation Diet

Learn how to improve health and reduce pain with an anti inflammation diet. Exploring different anti- inflammation diets. Including the the type of healthy foods you can eat on an anti-inflammation diet, including some simple and easy anti inflammation recipes.

 

What Is An Anti Inflammation Diet?

The word anti-inflammatory basically means that it is something that reduces inflammation; such as swelling, pain, redness in the body.

An anti inflammatory diet is used to help treat or eliminate health conditions or issues caused by inflammation.

An an anti inflammation diet eliminates foods known to increase inflammation and increase foods that help fight against inflammation.

Another thing an anti inflammation diet should do that most don’t talk about, is help eliminate or reduce stress. As chronic stress is a major cause of inflammation and disease of the body.

 

Typical Anti Inflammation Diet

Most common anti inflammatory diets include lots of healthy clean fruit and veg, nuts, legumes, fish, superfoods, healthy fats such as olive oil, foods rich in probiotics and prebiotics. Foods high in nutrients, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants such as Vitamin D, Magnesium and EFA’s.

 

Anti Inflammation Diets Are Used To Treat

Anti-inflammation diets are used to help manage and eliminate things like arthritis, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, headaches, joint pain and sprains, neurological symptoms such as seen in Alzheimer’s, Dementia, Lyme Disease, M.S.

 

There are a variety of well researched anti-inflammatory diets use for specific conditions such as the Bredesen Protocol for Alzheimer’s and Dementia. Alongside the DASH diet and Mediterranean diet which are used to just generally reduce inflammation in the body.

 

According to research the DASH diet helps lower blood pressure and blood sugar, cholesterol, inflammation and weight.
While studies show that those living of the Mediterranean diet have a much longer healthy life comparison to those on the more Western diet.
The anti inflammatory Mediterranean diet’s foundation is high in fruits, vegetables, healthy oils and healthy fats, fish, whole grains and nuts. Foods traditional eaten in the Mediterranean diet of Greece and Italy.
The DASH diet is similar with lots of fruit, vegetables, lean protein sources such as fish, chicken, healthy fats such as vegetable oils, nuts and seeds with a push for more low-fat dairy products. It tries to eliminate or limit processed sugars, saturated fats, high sodium from the diet.
Anti-Candida diet is used to help reduce inflammation and gut issues from many conditions such as M.S, M.E., Fibromyalgia and Lyme Disease where candida or bacterial over growth seems to be a major issue.
Anti candida diets reduce anything that will feed the candida, this sort of diet normally includes the elimination of sugars, processed foods, fungi such as mushrooms and fermented foods such as beer, wine, yeast and gluten, such are often regarded as a gluten free diet.
Achieve Better Health With An Anti Inflammation Diet. Recipes to reduce chronic disease and inflammation

Anti Inflammatory Recipes

Here is a few anti-inflammatory diet recipes

 

Anti Inflammatory Breakfast Recipes (also gluten free)

 

Smoked Salmon Omelette (with optional salad)

  •  2 organic eggs
  • Optional pinch of black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon of olive oil
  • 50 gram of smoked salmon
  • Optional
  • Pinch of black pepper
  • Finely chopped shallots or chives.
  • Spinach or Salad

Instructions

Beat or whisk eggs

Add a pinch of black pepper

Add oil to frying pan

Continue to beat or whisk eggs until fluffy add to hot pain

Add in salmon and optional shallots or chives to pain.

Flip and cook evenly to preferred taste.

Serve with a bed of spinach or salad

 

Avocado Egg & Rye Toast

  • 1 Small Avocado
  • 1 Boiled or Poached Egg
  • Toasted Rye Bread
  • Optional healthy butter

Boil or poach egg

Toast rye bread to your preference

Mash or slice your avocado

Spread your toast lightly with healthy butter or with mashed avocado ( or add sliced avocado)

Then place your poached egg or boiled egg sliced on top

YUMM!

 

Green Superfood Smoothie

  • I Green Apple
  • 2 Inches Cucumber
  • 1 Banana
  • 1 Handful of Spinach
  • approx 200 – 300ml of water or coconut milk
  • 1 scoop of superfood powder

Blitz everything together add more water or coconut milk to suit your preferred consistency and taste

 

Superfood smoothies are perfect for an anti inflammation diet, today you can get easy access to so many different superfood powder mixes that are so easy for convenience. A great way to make sure you get enough of your greens on a daily basis.

 

Anti Inflammatory Lunch & Dinner Recipes (also gluten free)

Greek and Mediterranean salads are often highly recommended for an anti inflammation diet here is 2 traditional ant-inflammatory salad recipes.

Anti Inflammation Diet Recipes - Traditional Greek Salad Recipe

Traditional Greek Salad

Traditional Horiatiki Recipe

  • 1 Cucumber
  • 1 Green bell pepper
  • 4 Medium Tomatoes
  • 1 small Red onion
  • 1 Block of Feta Cheese
  • Handful of Kalamata Olives
  • Extra Virgin Oil
  • Red Win Vinegar
  • Oregano
  • Salt to taste

Cut cucumbers and tomatoes to preferred size.

Slice red onion and green bell pepper, place in a large dish.

Add olives, then cubes or break up feta cheese

Then add dressing: Mix extra virgin oil , red wine vinegar and herbs together

 

 

 

Mediterranean Salad

  • Cucumber
  • Tomatoes
  • Salad Leaves
  • 1 Small Red Onion
  • 1 Tin of Chick Peas and/or Fish
  • Olives
  • Extra Virgin Olive Oil & Balsamic Vinegar( or red wine vinegar) for dressing

Cut cucumbers and tomatoes to preferred size.

Slice red onion

Add salad leaves

Add chick peas and/or fish

Then add dressing: Mix extra virgin oil and vinegar together.

 

Anti Inflammation Diet Soup Recipe

Carrot & Bean Soup

  • 500 gram carrots (organic when possible)
  • 1 tin of butter beans (drained)
  • 1 onion
  •  1- 2 cloves of garlic
  • 1 x gluten free stock cube
  • 1 – 2 tablespoons of olive oil or coconut oil
  • Optional For Creamy Texture: 1 dollop of Greek Yoghurt or Coconut Cream or a tablespoon of Tahini. (add to blending just before serving)
  • Optional spices; Coriander & Turmeric or a mix of Coriander & Ginger.

Chop onion and place in a pain with 1 clove of garlic and 1/2 tablespoon of oil

Add grated carrot.

Add spices and fry until soft.

Then add about 1 litre of stock slowly simmering for about 40 min – 1 hour.

Add any extra salt and spices to suit preference.

Once cooked add to blender and add coconut cream, yoghurt or tahini to bring in some creaminess to the soup. Then serve

 

 

Wild Rice Fish & Pea Risotto

  •   1 Cup of Wild Rice
  • Approx 2 cup of veg stock
  • Zest of 1 small lemon
  • 1 Glove Garlic
  • I Tablespoon of olive oil or butter
  • 1 x 2 Cups of Peas
  • Optional Grated Parmesan
  • Optional serve with a bed of salad

 

Combine wild rice,  vegetable stock, lemon zest and juice of garlic in a large pan and bring to boil. Cover the pan with a lid, reduce heat and simmer for approx 40-45 minutes; stir to stop sticking to pan or burning.
A few minutes before removing rice from heat add peas ( 5 minutes if frozen)
Remove rice from the heat; add parmesan or other grated cheese and butter. Replace lid and allow to steam for 5 minutes; then fluff with a fork.

 

Creating Anti Inflammation Diet Recipes

Make a list of all the anti inflammation foods that you could include in your anti inflammation diet.

There are so many anti inflammatory foods and anti inflammation recipes out there, that are easy to adapt and make your own.

 

Chronic Stress And Inflammation

Other than changing to an anti inflammation diet, when both preventing and treating inflammation it is important to learn how to manage and reduce your stress levels. Chronic stress is a major cause of inflammation and dis-ease.

 

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Common Signs Of A Methylation Issue

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Common Signs Of A Methylation Issue

Common Signs Of A Methylation Issue

What is Methylation? And what are common signs of a patient suffering from a methylation issue?

 

What Is Methylation?

Methylation is a biochemical process that helps to keep your body healthy and well.

Methylation is necessary to help cells of the body detox, keep the hormones and body in balance. When we are over methylating or under methylating the body struggles with all sorts of health challenges.

“methylation is provided by S-adenosylmethionine or SAMe, called the universal methyl donor. This compound gives methyl groups to substances that need to undergo methylation. So, methylation relies on SAMe, which in turn is reliant on vitamin B and 5-MTHF (the active form of folate called methyl folate)”

 

 

 

Common Methylation Issues

Some of examples of poor methylation ( undermethylation) include allergies, chronic inflammation and chronic pain such as fibromyalgia, fatigue, hormone imbalances, infertility, neurological issues, weight gain, mental health challenges, neurological and memory issues.  When the body has a serious methylation issue it will have high levels of folic acid but low levels of other nutrients.

This can lead to a variety of health imbalances; such as lymphatic congestion, chronic infections and chronic inflammation. Serious chronic healing crises to certain types of massage, healing holistic or wellbeing treatments and detox protocols. Such as serious lymph and teeth infections.

7 Common Causes Of Methylation Issues

 

7 Common Causes Of  Methylation Issues

 

Diet And Gut Health:

a poor diet such as processed food, manmade and genetically modified food, sugar.

Gut issues are well reputed to be related to methylation dysfunction.

 

Genetic:

MTHFR is a genetic variant or SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) that can have significant consequences on health

 

Hormone Issues:

hormone issues can be both a cause and contributor for example certain drugs or herbs that influence the hormones can impact your ability to methylate properly.

Lifestyle:

an unhealthy lifestyle that is unbalanced can contribute to further imbalances in the body.

 

Lack of sleep:

poor quality sleep can seriously impact the hormones and upset the natural circadian cycles that are an important part of detoxification.

 

Stress:

stress puts a lot of pressure on our hormones, organs, glands, brain and nervous system.

 

Toxins:

Toxins such as caffeine, drugs and over medication, heavy metals, toxins, stimulants, sugar increase the risk of methylation difficulties.

 

 

Top Tips To Improve Methylation

How to boost the methylation process naturally  by supporting methylation pathways in the liver .

 

Clean Diet:

Eat a clean diet and improve gut health, eliminate sugar, processed foods, fungi and yeast from diet. Add methyl folate-rich foods in your diet such as citrus foods, leafy greens, avocados.

 

Dry Brushing:

Dry brushing is a technique that involves using bristle brush to improves blood flow and lymphatic flow.

 

Mould Remove:

Clean any mould from your home or move to a more healthier mould-free environment.

 

Healthy Exercise:

Regular exercise has been shown to improve methylation ” it has been shown that 6-month of vigorous training including one session of 1 h spinning and two sessions of 1-h aerobics resulted in increased methylation in adipose tissue in response to exercise in sedentary middle-age men (Rönn et al., 2013). ”

 

Infrared Sauna:

Infrared saunas can helps support methylation and improve immune system in many cases.

 

Lymphatic Massage:

Lymphatic massage is often more safer for clients with serious methylation issues. As the healing crisis can be overwhelming in other types of massage. Find a fully qualified lymphatic practitioner to support you.

 

Manage Your Stress:

Remove unnecessary stressors, learn how to manage your anxiety and stress e.g. meditation, mindfulness, relaxation therapy and other stress management techniques.

 

Vitamins:

Certain supplements and vitamins such as B6 and B12  can often support a methylation issue. But equally using unnecessary or the wrong supplements can lead to further methylation problems so always get tested by a private extensive lab to see what you nutritionally need. Than waste money on supplements you don’t need or those that will cause you more harm.

 

Stay Hydrated:

It is important to drink plenty of fresh water, to support natural detoxification, harmony and balance in the body.

 

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Trauma and the Physical Body

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Trauma And Physical Pain. Why Chronic Pain Can Be our Physical Response To A Traumatic Event

Trauma and the Physical Body by Dr Melanie Salmon

Chronic pain is not always the result of physical injury, it may be the body’s response to a traumatic event

Not only damaging to our mental health, trauma can also have an incredible impact on our physical body. Some chronic pain complaints, for example, can be attributed to residual trauma, our body responding to past events through muscle tensing.

So, what is chronic pain? What types of chronic pain are psychological? And how can past trauma affect our current physical state? 

What is chronic pain?

In the UK, around 28 million adults are affected by some type of chronic pain (42% of the population) and globally, more than 1.5 billion (American Academy of Pain Medicine). That’s 18% of the world’s population. 

Chronic pain is defined as pain that lasts for at least 12 weeks, although it may in fact last for several years. It can limit your mobility and reduce your flexibility, strength, and endurance, making it challenging to get through daily tasks and activities. 

 

Collectively, we can categorise chronic pain as somatogenic pain (the cause is found within the structure of the body, the ‘soma’) and psychogenic pain, with the most common types of pain (across both categories) including headache; post-physical trauma pain; lower back pain; arthritis pain; neurogenic pain (pain caused by nerve damage); and psychogenic pain. The latter describes pain that isn’t caused by disease or nerve damage, the cause is thought to be in the mind. 

 

Trauma and the physical body: psychogenic pain

 

Psychogenic pain is chronic, disabling pain that is primarily caused by psychological factors. Factors such as beliefs, emotions, fears, or mental illness – like depression or anxiety – can trigger, exacerbate, or maintain pain that started in an innocuous way, such as an accident or fall.

Dr Robert Scaer (amongst others) has shown that chronic stress and trauma has a profound impact on the entire mind-body system, resulting in disease, sometimes decades later. 

Scaer studied the ‘diseases of the freeze’ – those diseases originating from a dysregulated autonomic nervous system – as a result of trauma. This includes chronic psychogenic pain. 

He showed that the majority of what we consider to be ‘arthritis’ of the neck and back is in fact myofascial pain associated with stress and trauma. An MRI scan shows no relationship with pathology. 

 

Trauma and The Physical Body by Dr Melanie Salmon. Trauma and the Physical Body by Dr Melanie Salmon Chronic pain is not always the result of physical injury, it may be the body’s response to a traumatic event Not only damaging to our mental health, trauma can also have an incredible impact on our physical body. Some chronic pain complaints, for example, can be attributed to residual trauma, our body responding to past events through muscle tensing. So, what is chronic pain? What types of chronic pain are psychological? And how can past trauma affect our current physical state? 

Trauma and the physical body: myofascial pain syndrome 

 

Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is a description of muscle pain: pain and inflammation in the body’s soft tissues. A chronic condition that affects the fascia (connective tissue that covers the muscles), it may involve either a single muscle or a muscle group. 

 

Myofascial and related chronic pain is often traceable to complex childhood trauma and is always distributed through the back. This can be explained by understanding the back’s role in protecting us from physical trauma or threat.

 

When threatened with violence, the back will step in to protect the body; the muscles of the core are intensely activated, pulling the body into a contracted foetal position for self-defence. 

 

Picture a five-year-old child who waits for her father to come home. A bully, her father often threatens to beat the children when they’re naughty and walks through the door shouting. Immediately her body reacts by moving into a defensive position. 

 

If she’s safe enough to do so, she’ll curl up into a foetal position to get the best protection she can. However, if she is unable, she will form an incomplete foetal position. Her body will still want to contract but can’t. This incomplete foetal position will be stored in her muscle memory: tense and trying to contract without being able to. 

 

The emotional memory of this event is stored in the muscle groups involved in the defence forever afterwards; the emotional memory of trying to defend. The neural pathways are set, and in later life when the body experiences chronic stress – any stress – all these muscles will contract as they always did before, pulling tight into the same type of protective response. Instead of pulling the body into a foetal position, however, the muscles of the back and neck ache with widespread myofascial pain. 

 

This type of pain is uniquely stress-related.

 

Neglect and the physical body: example case study

 

Trauma may lead to a life of low-grade sustained vigilance, sensitive to environmental as well as internal triggers. 

If you can imagine a child that was repeatedly bullied from the age of six years old, while trying to find their place in the world and connect with society, they are rejected and lack social bonding. At home, parents are absent because they work all the time and therefore don’t offer sufficient care-giver support.

The child grows up with low self-esteem, feeling unworthy and unsafe in the world; trust in them and others is diminished. They may develop an inability to express themselves and repress their emotions for fear of punishment, judgement, or rejection. 

When confronted with a difficult situation, they bottle their emotions and feel internal anguish, repeatedly releasing toxic stress chemicals into the body. 

Their immune system is compromised, making them more susceptible to illness. Over time, they develop chronic pain. 

 

 

Healing trauma: body and mind

What has emerged from pioneers in the field of epigenetics and neuroscience, is an understanding of the importance of healing past trauma – and doing so by working with the subconscious mind.

While we cannot go back in time and ‘un-experience’ a traumatic event, our history is imprinted within us, crystallizing as our core beliefs or “truths”. To effectively heal from our past we must bypass the rational mind and access the source of our belief systems. 

 

Using the QEC method, we are able to change the belief systems and conditioning that no longer serve us. The neuroplasticity of the brain allows us to ‘rewire’ our neural pathways, freeing us from the limitations of our past.

In this way, we can fundamentally change the way we feel about ourselves and the world around us.

Most commonly used for working with trauma, depression, grief and loss, stress, health and relationships, you can learn more about QEC here. 

 

 

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Living With Hyperacusis – Noise Sensitivity

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The Challenges Of Living With Hyperacusis - Noise Sensitivity Pain In Ears by Eileen Burns

The Challenges Of Living With Hyperacusis ( Noise Sensitivity)

The Challenges Of Living With Hyperacusis. What is Hyperacusis?  And why is hyperacusis such a misunderstood and extremely challenging condition?

So What Is Hyperacusis?

Hyperacusis is an abnormal sensitivity to sound. For those suffering from severe hyperacusis, especially very painful hypersensitivity, it can be an extremely debilitating hearing condition that doesn’t just cause discomfort but for someone like myself at times horrendous pain.

Now sadly even medical professionals confuse Hyperacusis with Misophonia which is a dislike to particular sounds. There is also a perception that the person is experiencing just sensitivity and uncomfortableness but for some of us the pain can be literally so painful it can feel like someone is stabbing you in the ear.

 

My Own Story Living With Hyperacusis

I was always slightly more aware of sounds than my siblings I would wake up with noises that other people would sleep through. But noise sensitivity only started to become a life-changing condition over 8 years ago after I ended up in ICU with sepsis. Caused by a dental complication that led me to have nerve damage, lockjaw, and osteomyelitis.

Now I had previous weakness in this area, previous nerve damage and trauma from an injury, a previous dental issue and a rare medical condition that left me quite vulnerable to temporomandibular issues.

My Own Story Living With Hyperacusis  I was always slightly more aware of sounds than my siblings I would wake up with noises that other people would sleep through. But noise sensitivity only started to become a life-changing condition over 8 years ago after I ended up in ICU with sepsis. Caused by a dental complication that led me to have nerve damage, lockjaw, and osteomyelitis. Now I had previous weakness in this area, previous nerve damage, and trauma from an injury, and a rare medical condition that left me quite vulnerable to temporomandibular issues. But anyway after recovering from sepsis, which left me with a lot of weakness, and nerve damage down the right side of my face, neck, and body. I developed a lot of problems with certain levels, and types of sounds to my right ear, that would literally cause me to lose my balance. I also had developed a complex movement disorder and what is regarded as non-epileptic seizures which all seem to be seriously triggered by vibration and noise.

But after recovering from sepsis, I was left with a lot of weakness, and nerve damage down the right side of my face, neck, and body. I developed a lot of problems with certain levels, and types of vibrations and sounds to my right side that would literally cause me to lose my balance.

I also had developed a complex movement disorder and what is regarded as non-epileptic seizures which all seem to be seriously triggered by vibration and noise. And all sorts of co-ordination and motor skill issues.

Now the level of noise sensitivity and pain in my right ear became so unbearably painful that I couldn’t handle so many everyday sounds.

My ear and jaw would become very warm and at times the muscles in my jaw would twitch. The horrendous pain was one thing the effect on my conscious and my functioning was something else. It would be like this weird surge of electrical energy in my bring that would like short circuit.  I would end up in pain for days. But despite this level of disability, no Doctor would send me to get my ear checked or tested.

Now initially there was more focus on the cause of other issues, I had the complex movement disorder, non-epileptic seizures, and other neurological issues I had, fine motor skill issues I had. But no one could give me any answers.

I was simply told there was nothing we can do for you. Issues which made me housebound because I would have no control over my body. My body would go into constant violent jerking and spasms so I wouldn’t be able to walk outside etc.

And the pain in my ear would be so painful as Tom Maholchic in the video Hyperacusis with Pain describes the sound “explodes in my head” and as another person says in this video is “like an ice pick in my ear”

 

My Diagnosis Of Hyperacusis

Now to get a proper diagnosis of hyperacusis one of the tests you need to get is a ULL uncomfortable loudness level test. But in many areas sadly this is not readily available from the NHS and well even more challenging is that many doctors don’t even realise that Hyperacusis is an actual real condition, my G.P. didn’t.

So despite noise sensitivity for years, increasing levels of pain, and seizures, and doing everything I possibly could to help myself I still hadn’t been seen by an audiologist.

It was only when I discovered I could get a private hearing testing at home which would include a ULL test that things changed. The audiologist was very surprised at what the ULL test showed in relation even to the decibels that correlate with normal speech.

For this reason, the audiologist sent a letter to my GP recommending further testing. But even when I finally saw an ENT specialist and the audiologist couldn’t complete the test because of the harm it was having on me. The Dr had no interest in trying to help me,  he was extremely dismissive.

I was then sent to a Tinnitus Clinic, given information sheets and recommendations to treat tinnitus, with only a tiny paragraph that mentioned a bit about hyperacusis. At least in this clinic the practitioner actually asked me a lot of questions especially around my underlying medical conditions, the injury I had, and she was also very interested in the research that I had done.

She was honest that the clinic didn’t really treat hyperacusis, she commented they knew nothing about Lyme Disease which is known to cause hyperacusis and other neurological issues and my particular issues were very rare. So I had to find my own solutions in how to live with hyperacusis, how to reduce and treat my sound sensitivity.

 

The Difficulties Of Living With Hyperacusis

The biggest problem I believe living with hyperacusis for many is that firstly many Doctors and medical professionals don’t actually realise that is a real condition one that can be extremely disabling. A seriously under-researched condition, and as MD Timothy Hain suggests one most in audiology appears to have very outdated views.

Many sufferers living with Hyperacusis are neglected and discriminated against because of myths around sound sensitivity. Some people might find some noises annoying, uncomfortable while others suffer tremendous pain like me.

Those few hyperacusis with pain rarely get any help, support, or treatment. Although there is a lot more types of treatment available in the United States.

The facts are sound sensitivity is not something that is well researched or something that many neurologists or audiologists actually study.

And then even worse some confuse hyperacusis with misophonia ( fear of loud sounds). Now I also have Parry Romberg’s Disease and I have also have had more than a few diagnoses of different conditions including mercury poisoning, lyme disease and some others in my list of different causes of hyperacusis.

 

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Different Causes Of Hyperacusis

According to Timothy Hain MD, it is considered Hyperacusis may be associated with damage to the inner ear but there is a lot of debate around that.

We do know there are many different conditions and causes linked to hyperacusis these include

  • Autism Spectrum Disorders, Aspergers
  • Chronic Noise Exposure, such as a noisy working environment
  • Central Nervous System Disorders, Brain stem issues
  • Deficiencies – Magnesium
  • Disrupted attenuation reflex as seen in Bells Palsy, M.S,  Menieres Disease
  • Medication – Certain medications for example the antibiotic Ciprofloxacin, psychoactive drugs  LSD, methaqualone, phencyclidine (angel-dust)  have been associated with hyperacusis.
  • Head Injury Of Trauma
  • Late- Stage Lyme Disease
  • Nerve Damage, Facial Nerve Palsy
  • Surgery To The Ear
  • Williams Syndrome, a genetic disorder where hyperacusisis a symptom.
  • Toxicity, Oxotoxicity one reason why you should avoid the overuse of ear drops, get the right medical treatment for ear infections, and ear wax removal.

The reality is according to Haines it is time the audiology community starts realising that living with hyperacusis is extremely debilitating, that hyperacusis sufferers are not the cause of their disease.

For a long time, Hyperacusis was viewed by some as psychologically when it is simply an area of medical science that we don’t know enough about.

Different Treatments For Recovering From And Living With Hyperacusis

Although presently there is no technical standard treatment for Hyperacusis especially for those of us with severe pain. There are many who have sound sensitivity that benefit from de-sensitization programs or relaxation therapy. I personally tried de-sensitization the first few years it made things worse.

In fact for me the more I removed myself from the pain, the less pain and other complications I aid. I actually have been a stress management trainer, meditation teacher, and coach for many years, and I actually teach relaxation therapy.

The Doctor who appeared to have no interest in helping, initially told me to stop using earphones or earbuds. But this was completely impractical as exposing myself to even everyday sounds caused me to lose my balance, fall, lose control of my body, have seizures, and be in horrendous pain for days. I

couldn’t even walk out the door myself. I could only expose myself to certain sounds for small periods in a healthy way when the inflammation and pain in my jaw, nerves, and ear were reduced.

Now although when writing this, I am still predominately housebound, I am getting better slowly. I can now listen to the TV if it’s down very low. I can handle normal speech if it’s not at a high pitch, without jerking about or feeling is if I am being stabbed in my ear.

Luckily for me, I have found a combination of things that have helped me reduce the constant high levels of pain. I still can’t go out on my own and certain sounds and pitches cause me to have all sorts of issues but I am getting there.

 

Helpful Living With Hyperacusis

These are a few of the things that I found helpful living with hyperacusis.

  1. Dub Earbuds which reduce the decibel of sound in your ear/ears – Invaluable at the initial stages helped me be able to talk on the phone and work online.
  2. Herbal Treatment For Bacterial Co-Infections  Associated With Lyme Disease
  3. Better Denture – I have a lot of TMJ and rare teeth issues, the better the denture the better support for your mouth
  4. Mouth Guard – A well-fitting mouthguard really helped to reduce pain in the jaw and nerves
  5. Craniosacral Therapy – I found craniosacral helpful at releasing a lot of cranial pressure, nerve issues
  6. Magnesium, Vitamin B6 ( Pyridoxine) – Some suggest magnesium and B6 deficiency can be a cause of hyperacusis
  7. Muscle Therapy, Physiotherapy exercises to support the neck and head muscles.
  8. Meditation – Thank goodness I learned meditation many years ago, a life safer to cope with extremely challenging situations and of course reduces anxiety and stress.
  9. Relaxation Therapy – Helps to relax the muscles, nerves as much as I can  luckily this has been one of my areas of expertise for many years and has helped me cope
  10. Visit a Chiropractor to help solve any alignment and trauma injury to the body, this can make a huge difference to many people.
  11. Motor Imagery and L/R Discrimination Techniques.

Common Recommendations For Recovering From Hyperacusis

  • Use Of White Noise Machine
  • Medical Treatment For Any Ear Infection
  • Proper Ear Wax Removal- – Don’t ever use cotton buds.
  • Meditation – I am lucky to have been a meditation teacher for many years and thankfully this helped me keep sane.
  • Relaxation Therapy – I have taught Relaxation Therapy for many years and for most people with stress-induced hypersensitivity relaxation techniques can be very helpful.
  • Stress Management – Stress will increase symptoms of hyperacusis so it is important to manage your stress.
  • Trauma Therapy – There is a wide range of trauma therapies available that can be helpful to some types of noise sensitivity or sound intolerances.

Also, it should be a must that if you have any sort of ear pain that you do get it checked, that you get treated for an ear infection and that you always get ear wax removed by a professional.

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