CERVICOGENIC HEADACHE – Surgery or Manipulation?
Which would you choose? Most West Des Moines
cervicogenic headache sufferers would likely want 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. Reduced neck range of motion is common. (1) Medicine proposes
surgical options. One is removing 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 dorsal root ganglion - is being performed, 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 in
relieving or improving cervicogenic headache or reducing symptoms when contrasted
with control subjects. (4) A study comparing
the effectiveness of manipulation versus mobilization in
relieving 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 along with a
lower cervical disc herniation explained how gentle,
Cox® Technic treatment produced relief. (6) Your chiropractor delivers
gentle, safe, non-surgical spinal manipulation for West Des Moines 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.
West Des Moines 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 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, repaired
bone morphology, and lowered femoral osteoclasts and
tibia adipocyte numbers among other benefits. All this provoked
the researchers to infer that chondroitin sulfate can efficiently
avert bone loss brought on by diabetes. (7) A follow-up
study revealed similar benefits. After administering
chondroitin sulfate for 10 weeks, researchers found signs
of bone loss prevention, blood glucose reduction, symptom decrease,
bone mineral density elevation, bone microstructure improvement,
bone marrow adipocyte number drop, 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 discussion
of the importance of nutrition in the chiropractic treatment plan!
CONTACT Executive Chiropractic of Iowa
Make your next West Des Moines
chiropractic appointment today. Manipulation and nutrition are two of our
fortes!