CERVICOGENIC HEADACHE – Surgery or Manipulation?
What sounds good to you? Most New Roads
cervicogenic headache sufferers often would like to try a
non-surgical option before a surgical one. Cervicogenic headache
is pain that begins in the neck and is sensed
to be in the head or face. Decreased range of motion in the
neck is common. (1) Medicine offers
surgical options. One is removing one or two cervical discs
in patients unresponsive to previous
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 dorsal root ganglion - is being performed, pursuing a “successful outcome” of at least 50% pain relief at 6 months after
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 in
relieving cervicogenic headache reported that
both had comparable effects on disability, pain, global rating of
change, and cervical range of motion. (5) A case report of a patient who
suffered with cervicogenic headache along with a
lower cervical disc herniation explained how gentle,
Cox® Technic treatment delivered relief. (6) Your chiropractor offers
gentle, safe, non-surgical spinal manipulation for New Roads 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 relieving treatment of neck pain and headache with the
Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
New Roads 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
subjects. New rat studies revealed some promising
help. The antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, anti-osteoarthritis and hypoglycemic
effects of chondroitin sulfate were seen after 8 weeks of oral
administration that improved the symptoms of diabetes, reduced
blood glucose, increased bone mineral density, restored
bone morphology, and lowered femoral osteoclasts and
tibia adipocyte numbers among other benefits. All this provoked
the researchers to conclude that chondroitin sulfate can effectively
avert bone loss brought on by diabetes. (7) A follow-up
study found similar outcomes. After administering
chondroitin sulfate for 10 weeks, researchers documented signs
of bone loss prevention, blood glucose drop, symptom reduction,
bone mineral density increase, bone microstructure improvement,
bone marrow adipocyte number reduction, and oxidative
stress lessening. (8) The rat studies elucideated 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 New Roads Chiropractic Center
Make your next New Roads
chiropractic appointment today. Manipulation and nutrition are two of our
fortes!