Prolotherapy For Head And Neck
Pain
Neck Stiffness
OS, a 52 year old male, came to
Caring
Medical 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.
OS’s history offered some interesting clues. The tinnitus was
more prominent in the left ear, and early on he had clicking in
his left jaw/TMJ,
which was not as severe by the time he made it to the clinic. He
had two cranial surgeries, in 1976 a cyst was removed that was
pressing on his optic nerve, and in 1995 he had nasal surgery
for chronic sinus infections, related to seasonal allergies. OS
is a computer programmer and thus spent many hours hunched over
a monitor. He had occasional
headaches, which
were worse at the onset of his condition. |
 A patient's story
Cervical Radiculopathy Improves with
Prolotherapy
A 38 year-old male, came in April 2008 with complaints of severe pain in
his neck that radiated down his right arm with numbness of his right
index finger and posterior wrist (C6 distribution). His pain began
earlier that month after lifting a TV. Prior to this injury he was an
active person who did not have pain. He stated that his pain was at its
worst when lying down (a 10 out of 10 pain), but is helped by wearing a
neck brace while sleeping. He was taking Norco two to three times per
day for pain, a Medrol dose pack, and Daypro at the time of his first
visit. An
MRI ordered by his primary doctor revealed a right sided
disc herniation at
C5-C6 and C6-C7.
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A Case History
- Headache, Jaw
 and Neck Pain
Ms. A is a 30 year-old financial planner, with a five year
history of headaches, vertigo, tinnitus, ear pain, jaw pain,
pain on wide-opening of mouth, and neck pain. She also describes
a pins-and-needles sensation of the hands and forearms during
sleep or prolonged use of a computer. She has difficulty
concentrating on her work when she has the attacks. She had seen
a lot of doctors for help. Her
cervical MRIs were unremarkable.
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 A
patient's story
Prolotherapy Helps Patient with Spinal Cord Compression
Mr. K is a 35 year-old office
clerk. He has a long history of neck and shoulder pain due to prolonged
usage of a computer with a forward-head posture. He injured his neck one
day when he was playing with his son in a playground. While supporting
his body weight hanging from a play set, he tried to move forward using
both hands from one bar to another. He suddenly felt a severe pain in
his neck and both hands which caused him to fall down to the ground.
From the Journal of Prolotherapy |
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 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. You 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. |
 Chronic Neck Pain
Q.
I have according to X-rays,
spurs in my upper spine and my neck and also a slightly slipped disc, I am
wonder if Prolotherapy can help me. I do not have pain down my arms.
A.
I don’t think you will have a problem with the spurs, the spurs are a signal to
us that the vertebrae, more specifically the ligaments that attach them
together are loose so you have instability in the spine. The spurs are
growth of bone that the body does in order stabilize the vertebrae.
What we can do with the Prolotherapy is start an inflammatory response that
starts the growth of
collagen, which strengthens
ligaments, which in turn tightens up the vertebrae so there is less instability.
There will then be no need for the spurs to continue growing and typically it is
then that the pain goes away.
Answered by Marc
Darrow, M.D.,J.D. |
Three Cervical Radiculopthy Prolotherapy Treatments
Q. I have done 3 sessions of prolotherapy to my cervical
spine, for
herniated disc at C5-6 Level causing pain,
stiffness and headaches. One week after my last
treatment I developed worsening pain and stiffness for 2
days on both sides of my neck. The third day I woke up
with severe dizziness every time I turned my head to the
side and lite headedness for three days in a row. Can
this be a side effect from the prolo a week later? Do
you think the compression from disc could be affecting
the spinal artery to cause such dizziness?
A. There can be many different and possible scenario’s.
Prolotherapy stabilized the spine in one segment, your
muscles relaxed but another segment remains hypermobile.
This usually occurs when just a part of the neck is
treated and not the whole neck. In such a case you may
need these additional areas treated. It is generally the
instability that is leading to the dizziness.
Answers by
Ross Hauser, M.D. |
A Treatment for Whiplash, Chronic Neck Pain and
Headaches
“Whiplash” is a term used to describe traumatic injury to the neck typically
resulting from rear-impact motor vehicle accidents. It is one of the most common
causes of chronic pain in developed countries with a prevalence of 1% in the
general population. Typically, the prognosis after common whiplash is quite
good. Three-quarters of those injured recover completely within six months.
Unfortunately, for the remaining 25% persistent
neck pain,
headaches,
shoulder
pain, and a variety of other symptoms can become a permanent fixture in their
lives. In 10% the symptoms are severe; 4% are unable to return to their previous
occupation. |
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 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. |
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Barre-Lieou Syndrome
Early in
his
career as a
Prolotherapy
physician in the 1950's,
Gustav Hemwall, M.D. noted some interesting phenomena
occurring after
Prolotherapy injections.
His patients'
neck pain
and
headaches
were relieved and to his surprise their dizziness, headaches, nausea, blurred
vision. In addition,
tinnitus
(ringing in the ears) was
also alleviated. |
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