CERVICOGENIC HEADACHE – Surgery or Manipulation?
Which would you choose? Most Vancouver
cervicogenic headache sufferers would likely want to try a
non-surgical approach before a surgical one. Cervicogenic headache
is pain that starts in the neck and is felt
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 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, seeking 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 many times effective for the relief or
improvement of cervicogenic headache or reduction of symptoms when compared to control subjects. (4) A study comparing
the effectiveness of manipulation versus mobilization for the relief of 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 produced relief. (6) Your chiropractor offers
gentle, safe, non-surgical spinal manipulation for Vancouver 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 relieving treatment of neck pain and headache with the
Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Vancouver 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 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, reduced
blood glucose, elevated bone mineral density, restored
bone morphology, and reduced femoral osteoclasts and
tibia adipocyte numbers among other benefits. All this prompted
the researchers to conclude that chondroitin sulfate can efficiently
prevent bone loss caused by diabetes. (7) A follow-up
study revealed 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 drop, and oxidative
stress lessening. (8) The rat studies shed
light on 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 Vancouver Disc Centers
Schedule your next Vancouver
chiropractic appointment today. Manipulation and nutrition are two of our
most appreciated offerings!