CERVICOGENIC HEADACHE – Surgery or Manipulation?
Which would you choose? Most Minster
cervicogenic headache sufferers would likely want to try a
non-surgical approach before a surgical one. Cervicogenic headache
is pain that begins in the neck and is perceived
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 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 dorsal root ganglion - is being done, 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 many times effective for the relief or
improvement of cervicogenic headache or reduction of symptoms when compared to control subjects. (4) A study assessing
the effectiveness of manipulation versus mobilization for the relief of cervicogenic headache found 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 described how gentle,
Cox® Technic treatment produced relief. (6) Your chiropractor offers
gentle, safe, non-surgical spinal manipulation for Minster 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.
Minster 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
sufferers. New rat studies showed some promising
help. The antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, anti-osteoarthritis and hypoglycemic
effects of chondroitin sulfate were seen after 8 weeks of oral
administration that bettered the symptoms of diabetes, lowered
blood glucose, elevated bone mineral density, restored
bone morphology, and reduced femoral osteoclasts and
tibia adipocyte numbers among other things. All this prompted
the researchers to conclude that chondroitin sulfate can efficiently
prevent bone loss caused by diabetes. (7) A follow-up
study found similar outcomes. After administering
chondroitin sulfate for 10 weeks, researchers found signs
of bone loss prevention, blood glucose reduction, symptom reduction,
bone mineral density elevation, bone microstructure improvement,
bone marrow adipocyte number decrease, 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 Minster Chiropractic Center
Schedule your next Minster
chiropractic appointment today. Manipulation and nutrition are two of our
fortes!