BALLOON NASOPLASTY  (Nasal Specific)

Who Needs Balloon Nasoplasty?   

     Clinically the ideal head has been associated with a smooth regularly shaped skull without obvious bulges or indentations and has evenly spaced, straight teeth, prominent cheekbones, a straight nose, symmetrically shaped eyes, with no impairment of nasal breathing, jaw function, hearing, coordination, and other brain functions.  Most people's heads are not in ideal alignment.  Because of traumas to the head during birth as well as later in life, many people have heads that are asymmetrically shaped (uneven).  Hitting the head on the windshield or dashboard of a car in an accident, falling off a horse and hitting the head, kicks to the head or other blows to the head can cause improper alignment of the cranial bones and hence altered function of the brain and nervous system.  This also leads to crooked teeth, poor vision, poor nasal breathing, bad hearing, and in severe cases can be associated with speech defects, in coordination, spastic paralysis and chronic headaches.

     Balloon Nasoplasty is the most powerful method of cranial manipulation yet devised.  Primarily devised by Dr. J. R. Stober of Portland, Oregon, the technique consists of the use of the hands pressing on the skull bones while quickly inflating a small inflatable devise (like a balloon) in the breathing passages between the nostrils and the throat.  No inflation occurs in the breathing passages between the nostrils and the throat.  No inflation occurs in the sinuses.  It is a safe, sophisticated and quick procedure for a skilled practitioner.

    The purpose of the balloon inflation is to press outward against the bones lining the breathing passage, so that a space is created in the places where the bones pinch against one another.  At that they moment the skulls membranes as well as the physicians hands cause the bones to “Unlock” or move outward.  Once movement is achieved, these bones will continue to shift until the bone realignment occurs.  This can take seconds, minutes, hours or days depending on the way the bones of the skull actually align.  

    Who Needs Balloon Nasoplasty?    Persons suffering from a deviated nasal septum, snoring, chronic sinusitis, orthodontic problems of the teeth, abnormal function of the temporal mandibular joint (TMJ), catarrhal conditions of the ear, crossed eyes, traumatic headaches, and other conditions associated with cranial misalignment can be treated without surgery or drugs. 

    There are few side effects associated with this technique.  The biggest complaint generated from this treatment is that it is generally uncomfortable or even painful.  Occasionally nosebleeds, headaches, lightheadedness, dizziness, and ear pain can occur.  Most people say that the treatment feels like diving into a chlorine treated swimming pool and hitting water up their nose.  Generally after 4-6 treatments the sensations diminish so that patients find the treatment more easily tolerated.  In fact, patients have described the treatments as providing tremendous relief from a tight feeling in the head, sinuses, nasal passages, years, etc..  Treatments will usually be given every one or two weeks because it often takes 1 or two weeks for the bone movement from the last treatment to stop. 

     At our clinic, we find this to be a valuable treatment for most people.  We highly recommend Balloon Nasoplasty.