December 2021 Healthy News from Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C.
What sounds good to you? Most Auburn 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 sensed to be in the head or face. Reduced neck range of motion is common. (1) Medicine proposes surgical options. One is the removal of one or two cervical discs in patients who haven’t responded to previous 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 performed, 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 often effective in relieving or improving cervicogenic headache or reducing symptoms when contrasted with 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) A case report of a patient who suffered with cervicogenic headache along with a lower cervical disc herniation detailed how gentle, Cox® Technic treatment produced relief. (6) Your chiropractor offers gentle, safe, non-surgical spinal manipulation for Auburn 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 being documented! 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, decreased blood glucose, increased bone mineral density, repaired bone morphology, and lowered femoral osteoclasts and tibia adipocyte numbers among other benefits. All this prompted the researchers to conclude 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 documented signs of bone loss prevention, blood glucose drop, symptom reduction, bone mineral density elevation, bone microstructure improvement, bone marrow adipocyte number drop, and oxidative stress alleviation. (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!
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