December 2021 Healthy News from Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic
Which would you choose? Most Montreal 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 common. (1) Medicine proposes surgical options. One is removing one or two cervical discs in patients unresponsive 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 DRG - is being done, 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 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 in relieving cervicogenic headache reported 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 as well as a lower cervical disc herniation detailed how gentle, Cox® Technic treatment produced relief. (6) Your chiropractor offers gentle, safe, non-surgical spinal manipulation for Montreal 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.
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 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 bettered the symptoms of diabetes, decreased blood glucose, increased 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 benefits. After administering chondroitin sulfate for 10 weeks, researchers recorded signs of bone loss prevention, blood glucose drop, symptom reduction, bone mineral density increase, bone microstructure improvement, bone marrow adipocyte number decrease, 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!
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