Tension in neck n shoulders causing dizziness, nausea, n ear fullness

The tight muslces in my face and head are causing TMJ.  The TMJ is most likely causing the ear fullness, popping and cracking.  I've had the ear issues for 7 1/2 mos.  The diagnosed it as ETD and said the cause was allergies.  Allergy treatments didn't help.  Then they diagnosed food allergies and a candida infection.  The diet didn't hep other than making me lose a lot of weight.  Long story but a chiropractor did way too much too fast and my muscles went crazy.  I was referred to physical therapy for myofascial release or active release technique.  She manually breaks up the knots or trigger points.  She also uses dry needling to break up the knots.  She works on my TMJ, head, neck, shoulders, face. My ear fullness felt better after the first jaw adjustment but it came back 48 hours later.  The next two treatments didn't help.  Wearing a bite splint for the TMJ does help the ear fullness.  I have a lot of stress and anxiety which doesn't help the muscles.  

I am dizzy when I get up too fast or when I squat.  

We hold a lot of anxiety and tension in our neck, shoulders and back which can cause all sorts of pains and numbness and can radiate into arms and other areas of our body such as jaw, head and even legs sometimes.

When we get anxious all the muscles tense up as we go into fight or flight mode. Very useful if we are going to fight, not so useful if we are not lol

When we are constantly anxious, we are constantly in fight or flight mode ans therefore our muscles are constantly tense. Having constantly tense muscles whilst going about our day to day life can become very problematic and very painful.

You need to start some relaxation and relax those muscles. I find meditation for anxiety useful which you can find on Youtube. Together with heat pad and pain relief medication. Hope you feel better soon x

Hello Friend,

A good idea for you is to first understand your tension and why it is happening. I recommend a couple of things for you to get better fast:

• Get a health checkup
• Start an exercise program and start very slow. You may even want to look into yoga
• See a counselor and see what is stressing you.
• Eat Healthy! Crappy food causes you to feel bad over time. Vegetable, clean meats, less sugar and some fruits.
• See a chiropractor or receive acupuncture.
• Finally, invest in a good mattress and pillow

Check out Michael Norman's Panic Free tv. If you have a bout with anxiety he will explain it so you understand how to cope. He also teaches how finally rid yourself from it......