December 2021 Healthy News from Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn

What sounds good to you? Most Ashburn and Herndon 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 sensed to be in the head or face. Reduced neck range of motion is typical. (1) Medicine proposes surgical options. One is removing one or two cervical discs in patients unresponsive to previous treatments resulting 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 offers 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 assessing 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 along with a lower cervical disc herniation detailed how gentle, Cox® Technic treatment produced relief. (6) Your chiropractor delivers gentle, safe, non-surgical spinal manipulation for Ashburn and Herndon 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 work involves 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, decreased blood glucose, elevated bone mineral density, restored bone morphology, and lowered femoral osteoclasts and tibia adipocyte numbers among other benefits. All this prompted the researchers to deduce that chondroitin sulfate can efficiently avert bone loss brought on 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 reduction, symptom reduction, bone mineral density increase, bone microstructure improvement, bone marrow adipocyte number reduction, and oxidative stress alleviation. (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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