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Will your
radiculopathy respond to Prolotherapy
My own story, Ross Hauser, M.D.
Lumbar and
Cervical
radiculopathy
are some of the most painful conditions every experienced. What most
folks don’t know is that most pains down the arm and legs (referral
pain)
stemming from the back
and neck respectively can be easily and effectively treated with
Prolotherapy. I personally had suffered from severe
cervical radiculopathy
and had my condition resolved with Prolotherapy.
Michelle's story
History: Michelle is a 56 year
old female who came to Caring
Medical in January of 2008 with complaints of
migraines and
neck pain
that have been occurring for 25 years. Her most severe migraines often
require her to go to the emergency room to receive shots of
pain medications to stop the
pain. Michelle stated that she spent a lot of time in bed due to her
migraines. She had also steadily gained weight over the years and wanted
to lose weight. She had tried Weight Watchers, Nutrisystem, and a low-carb
diet.
The Opera Singer's Story
PP, a 35-year old male opera singer, came from out of the country to
Caring Medical seeking help for
bilateral
jaw pain which extended from the
styloid processes of the skull near the ears down his jaw and into the neck.
PP had done some research on the internet and found information on jaw pain
on our websites, emailed us, and became a patient soon afterwards. The
styloid process is thin piece of bone that extends down from the skull to
which
ligaments
and muscles attach. PP is a professional opera singer and this condition was
preventing him from performing. Yawning or eating very sweet or sour foods
would trigger his pain.
Headaches Have a Neck Component
Ask
a person who has chronic
headaches-any kind of
headache-from
migraines,
tension, muscular, to cluster headaches-they will inevitably say that either
before, during, or after the headache they experienced
neck pain. What most
people do not realize is that the
ligaments in the neck refer pain to the head.
This is the reason why most headaches have a neck component.
CERVICAL 'RADICULOPATHY'
About once every two weeks a patient comes in worried because they
believe they have a pinched nerve in the neck. Typically they have had
an MRI which some some degenerative arthritis and degenerated discs in
the neck and they have tingling in the arm and hand. So is this cervical radiculopathy or is this just a referral
ligament pain pattern from the upper thoracic area. How do you tell?
Torticollis
"Please help me. I don’t
know what happened but now I’m stuck in a position where my head always faces
to the right. It interrupts my
sleep and has made my life miserable. The doctors
have done lots of tests and say my problem is in my head. Can you help?" Sincerely, Mrs. Turned to the Right
Migraines and Prolotherapy
Current traditional drugs for migraine
headaches, such as
Ergotamine,
Fiorinal,
Codeine, and the other medications, provide only temporary relief.
Prolotherapy,
BOTOX®, and Headaches
Modern medicine has resorted to injecting a known toxin into the muscles of the
face/neck/head to help patients get rid of
headaches. Their headaches may diminish but the
paralysis caused by the botulism toxin weakens the muscles.
Three Types of Headaches
The symptoms of
headaches are so
prevalent that many physicians dismiss headache patients and label them
as emotional or stressed out, which leaves them in even more despair.
A good example of this is Marion, who started getting migraine headaches
shortly after marrying me! On her one and only visit to the HMO physician, she
received a quickly scribbled out prescription for Propranolol, though he
wanted to give her an antidepressant.
TMJ Syndrome and Prolotherapy
A commonly forgotten
area in regards to
headache and
neck pain is the temporomandibular joint. The
temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is the physical connection where the jaw meets the
skull.
Barre-Lieou
Syndrome
Early
in his
Prolotherapy
practice, back in the 1950s, Dr.
Gustav Hemwall noted some
interesting phenomena occurring after
Prolotherapy injections. His patients'
neck pain and
headaches were relieved with Prolotherapy and to his surprise
their dizziness, headaches, nausea, blurred vision, and
tinnitus (ringing in
the ears) were also alleviated.
PROLOTHERAPY AN ALTERNATIVE TO NECK SURGERY
I recently saw a patient who had suffered for at least ten years
with
neck pain
and was told it was time to consider surgery. The
doctor (surgeon) wanted to do a multi-level fusion, but the patient
wanted to look at alternatives including
Prolotherapy.
Trigeminal
neuralgia symptoms
Trigeminal neuralgia (TN), also known as tic douloureux,
is a pain syndrome recognizable by the patient's history
alone. The condition is characterized by pain often
accompanied by a brief facial spasm or tic.
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Prolotherapy Tinnitus, Neck Stiffness
OS, a 52 year old
male, first came to Caring Medical in April of 2007. He was
suffering with tinnitus
for the last four years. His “buzzing” in the ears was
accompanied by neck stiffness. This all began after a period
of professional and personal stress, and he remembers
sleeping in an awkward position around the same time. OS
intermittently had
chiropractic adjustments which would lessen the
severity of his symptoms for a time, but they would never
completely go away. Caffeine would worsen his condition.
Prolotherapy, Neural Therapy
and Diet Typing
PP, a 35-year old male opera singer, came from out of the country to
Caring Medical seeking
help for bilateral
jaw pain
which extended from the styloid processes of the skull near the ears
down his jaw and into the neck.
BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME
If your tongue
feels like it is on fire and all your tests come back
negative you are probably going to be diagnosed with burning
mouth syndrome (BMS). While this can be the only symptom, in
cases that have come to me for an evaluation I usually find
other symptomology which lends support to the fact that BMS
can be one of the manifestations of Barre-Lieou.
TMJ and Neck
Pain Alleviated with Prolotherapy!
BA is a 34
year-old male who came to see Dr. Hauser at Caring
Medical from middle Wisconsin in March 2009 with
complaints of daily
headaches
and bilateral TMJ pain.
BA works as a doctor of optometry and also leads a very
active lifestyle participating in many different sports and
outdoor activities. He enjoys hiking, cycling, fishing,
golf, and weight lifting. Unfortunately, BA found that he
was unable to work in his job without pain, as well as lead
the kind of active lifestyle he was accustomed to.
Neck Pain, Herniated Disc Healed with Prolotherapy
Frank is a 40 year old male came to
Caring Medical from western Illinois with complaints of severe
neck pain. At the time of the initial consult, his pain was constant
and radiated to his elbow causing tingling in his thumb and index
finger. He took large doses of Advil to help with the pain. The pain had
been present for a number of years but a recent death in the family had
caused enough stress to intensify the pain to a 7/10 level. Frank was
desperate for permanent relief.
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