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NECK PAIN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Atlas Goes Out - C1 - C2
I have been having severe neck pain for over four years. My atlas (first cervical vertebra) in my neck goes "out" to where you can feel a round hard surface in the neck. I get very bad headaches which leads to nausea, and I end up in the hospital with morphine shots to control the pain. I have also been seeing a chiropractor for many years, three times a week for my neck pain. This relives the pain, but the joints slips out again within 24 hrs. Have you ever seen a patient or heard of someone having this problem and by being treated with Prolotherapy have success?
 

A. Yes, over the years I have seen people who have these types of symptoms with the atlas. Many respond very well with Prolotherapy. Just make sure you go to a Prolotherapy doctor who has experience treating C1 and C2 vertebra.  Answered by Ross Hauser, M.D.

● PROLOTHERAPY CAN PUT CURVE BACK INTO NECKS
A patient came in with severe muscle spasms in the neck. Her neck x-rays, which were taken by a chiropractor showed a straightening of the normal lordotic curve of the neck. She had received 120 manipulations to her neck and countless sessions of physical therapy.

● Neck Popping Sounds
I am not having a lot of neck pain, but a lot of neck popping sounds. Just walking or barely moving my head can cause this popping. After a while it can start making me feel sick to my stomach. Would this be lax ligaments in my neck to cause this popping sound?

Whiplash
I was in a head-on car accident 20 years ago. I have been going to a chiropractor for about 10 years at intervals of every 3 months and now I am down to every 7-14 days.  I had severe head trauma with my neck. My C1 and C2's are the ones that lock up and crack in the mornings.  I am now at the point now  I have heavy pressure in my right eye and also pain between my shoulder blades.  I need your help please.  Will Prolotherapy work for me?

A. whiplash injuries cause the ligaments, muscles and tendons to stretch too much. This leads to laxity in the vertebral joints which the person feels as the neck locking up and cracking. Cracking in any joint typically means the joint is unstable and has ligament laxity. If it was determined you were a good candidate for Prolotherapy, you would most likely need your whole neck treated and part of your upper thoracic area.
Answered by Ross Hauser, M.D.

Bulging Discs
Q. Prolotherapy works on my back and hip but my neck is still a challenge. However I get relief from my neck pain for about 3-8 weeks so it is worth it for me to get the tune ups. I have 2 bulging discs. Whenever I go to the chiropractor it gives me immediate relief for 2 days and then the pain returns with a vengeance! It even feels like a bone is protruding in my neck. I am trying very hard not to use chiropractic care anymore but sometimes I can't turn my neck without it. Neurosurgeon told me I am not a candidate for surgery because I don't have symptoms of nerve damage.

A. Your case is typical of the cases that recur.  Your continued manipulation in your neck is most likely the reason you are not getting cured with the Prolotherapy.  You should also look at the ways you ‘hold’ your neck or activities you are doing that could be breaking down the tissue that is being repaired with Prolotherapy.  Do you have a forward head posture?  Do you sit at the computer for 8 hours per day?  There is a reason you are not getting cured of your neck pain with Prolotherapy.  I have given you several.   You may want to get an evaluation by a 2nd Prolotherapy doctor! 
Answered by Ross Hauser, M.D.