CERVICOGENIC HEADACHE – Surgery or Manipulation?
What sounds good to you? Most McHenry
cervicogenic headache sufferers would likely want to try a
non-surgical option before a surgical one. Cervicogenic headache
is pain that starts in the neck and is sensed
to be in the head or face. Reduced neck range of motion is typical. (1) Medicine offers
surgical options. One is removing one or two cervical discs
in patients who haven’t responded to previous
treatments resulting 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 after
surgery. (3) Chiropractic uses non-surgical approaches
like manipulation and mobilization. These are often effective for the relief or
improvement of cervicogenic headache or reduction of symptoms when contrasted
with control subjects. (4) A study assessing
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 as well as a
lower cervical disc herniation explained how gentle,
Cox® Technic treatment produced relief. (6) Your chiropractor offers
gentle, safe, non-surgical spinal manipulation for McHenry neck pain and related
headache.
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. David Kulla on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he explains
his relieving treatment of neck pain and headache with the
Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
McHenry 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 work involves its influence on diabetes and diabetic osteoporosis. Diabetic
osteoporosis is associated with morbidity and disability in its
subjects. 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, increased bone mineral density, restored
bone morphology, and decreased femoral osteoclasts and
tibia adipocyte numbers among other things. All this provoked
the researchers to deduce that chondroitin sulfate can effectively
prevent bone loss caused by diabetes. (7) A follow-up
study revealed similar benefits. After administering
chondroitin sulfate for 10 weeks, researchers documented signs
of bone loss prevention, blood glucose decrease, symptom reduction,
bone mineral density elevation, bone microstructure improvement,
bone marrow adipocyte number drop, and oxidative
stress alleviation. (8) The rat studies elucideated the potential for human benefit. Chondroitin sulfate’s
benefits for back pain, disc health, and bone health support our discussion
of the importance of nutrition in the chiropractic treatment plan!
CONTACT OrthoIllinois Chiropractic
Schedule your next McHenry
chiropractic appointment today. Manipulation and nutrition are two of our
fortes!