How does chiropractic treatment help children's ear aches?

I doubt it does. I know my chiropractor says he can "heal" anything with chiropractic...but Ive had little success with him helping me with anything other than my bad back and shoulder.

Children usually get earaches from congestion (allergies, cold, etc), infections (treated rarely with antibiotics) or just physical make up of the ear canal.

If its chronic and your doctor doesnt have a suggestion, maybe its time to switch to an ear nose and throat doctor for your child.

In children especially, b/c their Eustachian tubes are short and pointed upwardly (and so tend to collect fluid until they grow and lengthen), spinal subluxation (which Chiropractic care treats and heals) can cause the Eustachian tubes to fill up w/ fluid which then becomes infected. Chiropractic treatment removes these subluxations (as can massage and ear candling). Warmed (not hot!) mullein/garlic/olive oil or tea tree oil can also help the condition as can alternating applications of heat and cold (or only heat for some children; ie: If they complain severely of pain during the application of cold, eliminate that immediately.) Children w/ chronic ear infections almost ALWAYS have food allergies, so try eliminating the most commonly allergic foods and see if this helps the condition (dairy, wheat, eggs, sometimes soy, and I even knew one little boy whose ear infections cleared up when his parents stopped giving him apple juice every day as his main beverage.) Try adding warming spices to the child's food, too, like garlic and curry powder to sweet potatoes and yams, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves and or cardamom to oatmeal, french toast, pancakes, apple and pear sauce, for example. Warming spices break up congestion and mucous in the body. Quit giving the child cow's milk especially if it's not warmed and spiced. Avoid or eliminate completely cheese, cream cheese, ice cream, milk (especially whole cow's milk), butter (if you have to) to see a change in your child's health. Usually this is a cold stagnation problem, so warm your child up and give him or her gently heating and drying foods. E-mail me for more info if you don't understand what this means. Antibiotics can make this situation worse, not better as they impact the functioning of the immune system and destroy ALL the flora and fauna in the gut, BOTH beneficial and harmful.

I have had great luck w/ homeopathic remedies in children w/ earaches. Some of the more common remedies are Chamomila, Belladonna, Pulsatilla, Spongia, but you will need to either do some serious reading and research or engage the services of a professional homeopath. To start with, you could try a combined remedy by Hyland's or by Boericke & Tafel, for example, but by using a combined remedy, rather than a simple, you will not be able to tell which remedy actually worked.
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well, I'm not sure exactly HOW it does but It has something to do with the nerves that go up and down your spinal cord.
It absolutely CAN help ear aches, constipation, asthma, pain in every part of your body. It can but that doesn't mean it always will. It depends on if there is a misalignment. If there is then it certainly can cause problems with your ears.
I never went to a chiropractor until about 7 years ago and now I am totally convinced that your spine must be in good condition to take care of the rest of your body. I went to Dr's for years with headaches and they just gave me allergy meds and migraine meds for years. after going to the chiropractor for a few months my headaches basically went away -still get a few now and then, I was having headaches almost everyday. I have ALOT less problems with sinus/allergies, too
Also-my son had chronic constipation from the time he was 6 months old till he was 4. What did the Dr do? give him meds, & follow a strick diet. (try to get a 4 year old to eat spinach and prunes every single day) He had a misalignment in his neck and he is now pooping every day! =) I did not want him on meds everyday just to poop.
I know others it has helped with headaches, sinus trouble, ear aches and asthma. I dont know exactly HOW it works but it does!!!
when your neck is properly aligned it will help the tubes stay open and will lessen the congestion. It won't cure an earache but it will help.
Has helped me in the past.
I can't tell you how exactly it works, but I work for a chiropractor who's been doing this for over 40 years and he has many success stories with children and earaches. Alot of parents resort to this rather than surgery because they're afraid to have their young children under anthesia.