Tonsillitis Linked to Spinal Misalignments
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A study comprised of 76 children with chronic tonsillitis under the care of a throat specialist found that 70 of 76 children had spinal dysfunction in the spinal structure at the base of the skull.
Thirty-seven of these children were given manipulation and the results were reviewed or followed up for five years. Of these, 25 children (74%) were cured of tonsillitis. With 18, there were no future problems at all, with 7 a relapse of spinal dysfunction occurred that required a short course of manipulation.
The researcher concluded that "...tonsillitis goes hand in hand with movement restriction of the spine at the base of the skull. Our experience suggests that blockage at this level increases the susceptibility to recurrent tonsillitis."
SOURCE: Lewit, K., (1991) Manipulative Therapy and Rehabilitation of the Locomotion System; Second Edition, Butterworth-Heineman, Word 259