A couple weeks ago a redditor posted a simple activity that seems to give temporary relief. Doesn't work for me, but a lot of people responded with huge thanks. Maybe it'll work for you. <a href="https://np.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/3l3uri/these_guys_lighting_a_mortar_shell_in_their_garage/cv3474n" rel="nofollow">https://np.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/3l3uri/these_guys_light...</a><p>Looking for that, I also found this <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/tinnitus/comments/3d294k/cured_my_own_tinnitus_and_wanted_to_share/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/tinnitus/comments/3d294k/cured_my_o...</a> tldr is: A minority of tinnitus suffers may be helped by the neck massage described in this vid: <a href="https://youtu.be/eDSESarTQXk" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/eDSESarTQXk</a>
Awesome to see this on here. I had pulsatile tinnitus for almost two years. I would wear soft headphones to bed so that I could listen to white noise (pink actually) to drown out the sound.<p>During that time I saw at least five different doctors: general physician, two ENTs, hearing specialist, and a naturopathic physician (I might have even seen more that I'm not remembering). I even got MRIs. Nobody could fix it or tell me what was causing it.<p>Eventually my wife suggested I get a craniosacral treatment from her yoga instructor -- she saw on the website that it could help with tinnitus. To say that I was dubious would be putting it very mildly. But, I was willing to try just about anything at that point.<p>Long story short, craniosacral therapy is body work, and it's sort of like chiropracty. The practicioner noticed that my jaw muscles were very tight and did what she could to get them to release.<p>Over the course of the next week, my tinnitus steadily decreased and has not been back. That was over a year ago.<p>tl;dr: My specific case of tinnitus was definitely caused by head/neck muscle tension, and was cured. Hope others can find relief as well.
Got tinnitus about 3 years ago, eventually was able to link it to bad posture. I've been staring at laptop screens for 15 years, and now at cell phones in addition. My head was looking down most of the time, and then I realized it wasn't balanced even when normal walking through the streets. Add a challenging life period (young family) and voilà.<p>i read a book about pain at some point that contained a good analogy: imagine holding a melon with one hand, arm upright. Now bend the hand forward, and try to hold this for several hours.<p>Of course we wouldn't be able for more than a few minutes. The analogy of course being the melon as the head and the arm being the spine. It makes you realize how much muscle work is necessary to keep the head bent forward.
In my case the tension went from my neck to the jaw, and the jawbone pressing on the region close to the ear.
I first needed to relearn walking like a child, with the head being balanced on top of its center of gravity - one can feel a pretty remarkable effect of tension relief on the neck. Then relearn to keep the jaw relaxed. Then adjust work habits, spend more time walking, less staring down at phone screens. Takes a while.<p>This morning I woke up with no tinnitus at all. It sometimes comes back, but then I know what to do.<p>Some evidence here: <a href="http://de.slideshare.net/mobile/TinnitusResearch/somatosensory-tinnitus-from-past-to-now" rel="nofollow">http://de.slideshare.net/mobile/TinnitusResearch/somatosenso...</a>
I've had tinnitus since a bike accident. Hurt my left jaw, and the tension spread through my neck and low back.<p>Depending how I open my jaw, clench it, or move my neck, the noise will increase. Hearing is fine, been tested.<p>Fortunately I mostly don't notice it. The only real permanent effect is that earplugs, for example on a flight, actually make noise worse.
I have mild tinnitus although it is always there I am not bothered by it unless I read something like this article. It's like breathing I don't notice it until someone says something about it.<p>But I wouldn't doubt neck tension is an issue since I grind my teeth at night. Even awake and sleeping face down I can hear a sound like water rushing or a fluttering sound and realize it's my jaw muscles. I can't control it but I am sure it would be an issue and may cause or influence my tinnitus.<p>I tried the reddit neck method but no luck.
I started sleeping on my stomach for about a month, and one day my tinnitus got way way worse.. It was distracting me from work. I evaluated what I may have changed (diet, exercise, sleep). Eventually noticed my change in sleep habits, and switched back to sleeping on my back (with the help of Benadryl). Needless to say, the severe tinnitus subsided.<p>I have to imagine there are more things I can do with my posture / neck to further eliminate my tinnitus.
Interesting to see alternative treatments for tinnitus. The classic one I've heard of is Notch Treatment<p>Reminded of a JS site that one of my colleagues made: <a href="https://tinnitusnotch.com/" rel="nofollow">https://tinnitusnotch.com/</a>
Within the past year I began experiencing tinnitus in my right ear, differing between two distinct but nearby high pitch frequencies. Only noticeable in silence, such as going to sleep at night. I've learned to notice it and subsequently ignore, but I know I'm lucky it's not worse. It's only a minor annoyance for me, for others it's much more than that.
I've had tinnitus since I was in grade school. I think eventually you just get so used to it that you don't notice it unless you explicitly look for it.<p>With that being said, I'm interested in trying out some of the techniques mentioned here. Being able to sleep in (almost) absolute silence sounds blissful.