What could be worse than
having terrible ear pain (or a clogged sensation), eye pain,
or sinus headaches only to be told by your physician, an
eye doctor, or an ear, nose and throat specialist, that,
“There’s nothing wrong.” For over three
decades, patients have come to us with these complaints,
and as you can see from our patients’ comments, we
successfully eliminate these conditions as a matter of routine.
No doubt you are wondering
how we have eliminated these problems even in cases where
excellent ear or eye specialists or other physicians have
not. The answer is very simple. In each of these cases,
the discomfort was felt in the ear, the eye, or the sinus
areas but was actually coming from someplace else. This
is called “referred pain”, which is pain which
comes from one place but is felt in another.
Pain felt in the left arm
during a heart attack is the best known referred pain. If
someone has pain in this arm, his or her physician must
consider whether it is the result of a heart attack. On
the other hand, it is not necessary to consider a heart
attack as the source if the patient complains of pain in
the right leg or even the right arm.
In fact, when injured, every
muscle, joint and ligament in the body has the potential
to “refer” pain to other sites. There are numerous
structures which refer to the eye and sinuses, and eighteen
structures which are known to refer pain to the ear. These
include, for example, muscles with long names such as the
external pterygoid, or sternocleidomastoid (when in spasm
this muscle can also cause dizziness), as well as the stylomandibular
ligament, temporomandibular joint, low grade but painful
infections in the jaw, etc.
When patients report these
problems and their ear or eye physicians cannot find the
cause, our job is to find which structures are at fault,
assist the patient to heal and discharge them pain free.
As you can see from our
patients’ comments, we successfully eliminate sinus,
eye, and ear pain as well as ear pressure - but only if
there is nothing wrong with the sinus, ears, or eyes. If
these are problems which you frequently experience, and
your physician or appropriate specialists have not found
the cause, we would be honored to have the opportunity to
assist you.
Please remember that each
patient is unique and may respond differently. These are
comments which we have received from past patients. Our
overall success rate is in excess of 90%, based on similar
forms signed by patients at discharge.
Phone consultations with professionals
are welcome, or click here
to contact us. Dr. Klemons and our staff would love to
meet you in person. Call 732-727-5000 to set up an appointment
today.
Patients are referred to us by physicians,
dentists, chiropractors, psychologists, physical therapists
and other professionals. However, many of our patients
are referred by former patients or based on their own
decision without the need for a referral.
