December 2021 Healthy News from Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
What sounds good to you? Most La Grande 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 perceived 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 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 DRG - is being done, pursuing a “successful outcome” of at least 50% pain relief at 6 months after surgery. (3) Chiropractic uses non-surgical approaches like manipulation and mobilization. These are often 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 reported 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 along with a lower cervical disc herniation described how gentle, Cox® Technic treatment produced relief. (6) Your chiropractor delivers gentle, safe, non-surgical spinal manipulation for La Grande 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.
The benefits of chondroitin sulfate keep coming! The latest information reveals 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 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 benefits. All this prompted the researchers to infer that chondroitin sulfate can effectively avert bone loss caused by diabetes. (7) A follow-up study found similar outcomes. 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 easing. (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!
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