CERVICOGENIC HEADACHE – Surgery or Manipulation?
What sounds good to you? Most Millville
cervicogenic headache sufferers would likely want to try a
non-surgical option before a surgical one. Cervicogenic headache
is pain that begins in the neck and is felt
to be in the head or face. Decreased neck range of motion is typical. (1) Medicine proposes
surgical options. One is removing one or two cervical discs
in patients unresponsive to prior
treatments that was shown to result in 63%/64% of
unilateral/bilateral cervicogenic headache relief or improvement at 19.8 and
25.5 months. (2) Another surgical approach - pulsed radiofrequency ablation of
the C2 DRG - is being performed, seeking a “successful outcome” of at least 50% pain relief at 6 months post-surgery. (3) Chiropractic offers non-surgical approaches
like manipulation and mobilization. These are often effective in
relieving or improving cervicogenic headache or reducing symptoms when compared to control subjects. (4) A study comparing
the effectiveness of manipulation versus mobilization for the relief of cervicogenic headache found that
both had similar effects on disability, pain, global rating of
change, and cervical range of motion. (5) One case report of a patient who
suffered with cervicogenic headache along with a
lower cervical disc herniation described how gentle,
Cox® Technic treatment produced relief. (6) Your chiropractor delivers
gentle, safe, non-surgical spinal manipulation for Millville neck pain and related
headache.
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. David Kulla on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes
his pain reducing treatment of neck pain and headache with the
Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Millville CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Chondroitin Sulfate for Bone Health and Relief of Diabetic
Osteoporosis
The benefits of chondroitin sulfate keep being documented! The latest information
reveals its influence on diabetes and diabetic osteoporosis. Diabetic
osteoporosis is associated with morbidity and disability in its
sufferers. New rat studies revealed some promising
help. The antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, anti-osteoarthritis and hypoglycemic
effects of chondroitin sulfate were documented after 8 weeks of oral
administration that improved the symptoms of diabetes, reduced
blood glucose, elevated bone mineral density, restored
bone morphology, and lowered femoral osteoclasts and
tibia adipocyte numbers among other things. All this prompted
the researchers to deduce that chondroitin sulfate can effectively
avert bone loss brought on by diabetes. (7) A follow-up
study revealed similar outcomes. After administering
chondroitin sulfate for 10 weeks, researchers recorded signs
of bone loss prevention, blood glucose reduction, symptom decrease,
bone mineral density elevation, bone microstructure improvement,
bone marrow adipocyte number reduction, and oxidative
stress lessening. (8) The rat studies illuminated the potential for human benefit. Chondroitin sulfate’s
benefits for back pain, disc health, and bone health support our inclusion of nutrition in the chiropractic treatment plan!
CONTACT Wilson Family Chiropractic
Schedule your next Millville
chiropractic appointment today. Manipulation and nutrition are two of our
most appreciated offerings!