Try this
1. put your thumbs on your ears
2. rotate your hands so your index fingers are on the base of your skull, middle fingers just above
3. now put your index fingers on your middle fingers and "snap" them down on the muscle at the base of your skull some 10-15 times
4. if your tinnitus goes away or reduces, it's caused by muscle tension instead of nerves
This blew my mind when I first tried it, but looked into it and it makes total sense: we all work on computers all day, necks get fatigued, and the impact forces the muscles to contract until they force-release, alleviating the tension-caused tinnitus.
My nervous system is damaged, unfortunately, therefore it's still here! I appreciate the tips though!
I’m struggling to visualise this, do you have any references with images?
I never heard of the above, but I also have my own method that I discovered one night on some tinnitus forum:
1. Straight body, drop your head all the way down, chin to your chest. 2. Place the palm of your hands on your ears, blocking them, with the fingers to where the back of your neck touches your scalp. 3. Tap your fingers on your stretched, rigid neck muscles.
Just sharing it here since it has helped me and it doesn't help to have many techniques to battle this.
Put your hand like this: https://static1.bigstockphoto.com/9/5/2/large1500/259859530....
But with your thumbs closing your ear orifices.
Now you have to hit the back of the neck with the tip of your middle fingers, and to get a harder hit you "snap" the fingers, putting the finger like "fingers crossed" position, and the pressing the middle finger towards the head. You should hear a big "thump!" inside your head.
It aleviates the tinnitus for a few seconds, but more likely due to the stapedial reflex than anything related to neck muscles.
sounds similar to a masseter muscle massage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VnV7wUxst0