CERVICOGENIC HEADACHE – Surgery or Manipulation?
Which would you choose? Most Williamson
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 perceived
to be in the head or face. Decreased range of motion in the
neck is typical. (1) Medicine offers
surgical options. One is the removal of one or two cervical discs
in patients unresponsive 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 DRG - is being done, pursuing a “successful outcome” of at least 50% pain relief at 6 months post-surgery. (3) Chiropractic uses 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 contrasted
with control subjects. (4) A study comparing
the effectiveness of manipulation versus mobilization to relieve cervicogenic headache found that
both had similar 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 as well as a
lower cervical disc herniation described how gentle,
Cox® Technic treatment delivered relief. (6) Your chiropractor delivers
gentle, safe, non-surgical spinal manipulation for Williamson 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.
Williamson 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 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, increased bone mineral density, repaired
bone morphology, and lowered femoral osteoclasts and
tibia adipocyte numbers among other things. All this provoked
the researchers to infer that chondroitin sulfate can effectively
avert bone loss caused by diabetes. (7) A follow-up
study found similar benefits. After administering
chondroitin sulfate for 10 weeks, researchers recorded signs
of bone loss prevention, blood glucose drop, symptom decrease,
bone mineral density increase, 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 Apple Country Chiropractic
Make your next Williamson
chiropractic appointment today. Manipulation and nutrition are two of our
fortes!