CERVICOGENIC HEADACHE – Surgery or Manipulation?
What sounds good to you? Most Groton
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 felt
to be in the head or face. Reduced neck range of motion is typical. (1) Medicine offers
surgical options. One is the removal of one or two cervical discs
in patients who haven’t responded to prior
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 dorsal root ganglion - is being done, striving
for 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 contrasted
with control subjects. (4) A study assessing
the effectiveness of manipulation versus mobilization for the relief of cervicogenic headache reported that
both had comparable 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 detailed how gentle,
Cox® Technic treatment delivered relief. (6) Your chiropractor offers
gentle, safe, non-surgical spinal manipulation for Groton 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 pain reducing treatment of neck pain and headache with the
Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Groton CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Chondroitin Sulfate for Bone Health and Relief of Diabetic
Osteoporosis
The benefits of chondroitin sulfate keep coming! The latest work involves its influence on diabetes and diabetic osteoporosis. Diabetic
osteoporosis is linked to morbidity and disability in its
subjects. New rat studies showed 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, repaired
bone morphology, and decreased femoral osteoclasts and
tibia adipocyte numbers among other things. All this prompted
the researchers to infer that chondroitin sulfate can efficiently
avert bone loss caused 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 decrease, symptom decrease,
bone mineral density elevation, bone microstructure improvement,
bone marrow adipocyte number drop, 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 discussion
of the importance of nutrition in the chiropractic treatment plan!
CONTACT Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
Make your next Groton
chiropractic appointment today. Manipulation and nutrition are two of our
fortes!