December 2021 Healthy News from Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries
Which would you choose? Most Manchester 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 perceived to be in the head or face. Reduced neck range of motion is typical. (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, seeking 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 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 comparable effects on disability, pain, global rating of change, and cervical range of motion. (5) A case report of a patient suffering with cervicogenic headache as well as a lower cervical disc herniation described how gentle, Cox® Technic treatment produced relief. (6) Your chiropractor delivers gentle, safe, non-surgical spinal manipulation for Manchester 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 sufferers. 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, elevated bone mineral density, repaired bone morphology, and decreased femoral osteoclasts and tibia adipocyte numbers among other things. All this prompted the researchers to deduce that chondroitin sulfate can efficiently avert bone loss brought on by diabetes. (7) A follow-up study revealed similar outcomes. After administering chondroitin sulfate for 10 weeks, researchers found 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 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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