A recent article in Support Care Cancer describes the problems of severe pain and from Myofascial Trigger Points and Hyperalgesia in survivors of head and neck cancer. (Abstract Below) Neuromuscular Dentistry is very successful in treating a wide variety of TMD disorders as well as orofacial pain, headaches and migraines and other pain associated with the Trigeminal Nervous System. A …
MENOPAUSE: Relief of Hot Flashes, Irritability and Anxiety Is Key To Improved Sleep
100+ year old medical treatment is safe and can restore balance menopausal women as well as those suffering from chronic stress. The Stellate Ganglion Block has been termed “The God Block” because of its amazing effects on many Veterans with PTSD. The Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block has been termed “The Miracle Block” because of the incredible effects it has on a …
Severe Neuropathic Eye / Ocular Pain Relief: Ocular Neuropathy and Neuralgia
Severe Neuropathic eye / Ocular Pain and the Role of the Autonomic Nervous System and Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks in Diagnosis and Therapeutic Treatments. The diagnosis of neuropathic ocular pain is typically a diagnosis of exclusion. This means that there is no clear diagnostic signs and symptoms. Altered response and perception of pain to non-painful stimuli is called Allodynia and ocular …
CHICAGO PEDIATRIC MIGRAINE: Sphenopalatine Ganglion Nerve Block for the Treatment of Pediatric Migraine Headaches
Reprinted from “I Hate Headaches website” http://wwwihateheadaches.org Authored by: Ira L Shapira DDS, D,ABDSM, D,AACFP, D,ABIPM A new 2021 three-year retrospective study of the use of Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks (SPG Blocks) showed that this minimally invasive procedure had excellent results in a pediatric migraine population. (abstract below) The Sphenopalatine Ganglion (SPG) also supplies innervation to the Pineal Gland and may …
SHINGLES RELIEF: Sphenopalatine Ganglion (SPG) Blocks Offers Fast Relief for Herpes Zoster as does Stellate Ganglion Blocks. Includes Literature Review & Citations.
Autonomic Blocks: Sphenopalatyine Ganglion Blocks and Stellate Ganglion Blocks can give amazing relief from the pain of a Herpes Zoster Episode. These episodes may occur decades after the original varicella-zoster virus which caused Chicken Pox is reactivated. SASPGB: Self-Administered SPG Blocks offer exceptional patient controlled pain relief especially for Trigeminal Nerve Pain of Herpes Zoster including Eye Pain! This may …
SASPGB: Decreasing and Eliminating Symptoms of Stuttering. Correction of Sympathetic Overload with Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks
Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks are used to trwat a wide variety of disorders including: Headaches Cluster Headaches Migraines SUNCT Anxiety Phobias,TMJ pain Fibromyalgia Trigeminal Neuralgia Eliminates 1/3 of Essential Hypertension Phobias Many other disorders Stuttering is frequently more severe during period of stress especially associated with public speaking. Self-Administered SPG Blocks are excellent for address anxiety and phobias related to public …
SPG Blocks: Covid-19 Stress Anxiety, Headaches, Migraines and PTSD. Self-Administered Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks May be an Answer for Many.
Treating Anxiety / Headache and TMJ Disorders Associated with COVID 19 with Self-Administered Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks (SASPGB). We are living in a period of very high stress and anxiety due to the Corona virus outbreak. Unfortunately, there is excellent research that chronic levels of stress and anxiety and associated sleep disruptions tend to decrease our immune responses. Sphenopalatine Ganglion (SPG) …
Decreasing Mucous Build Up Should Decrease Need Of Respirators For Covid-19 Patients And Increase Survival Rates
Immediate efforts to decrease mucous build-up in infected patients may be the best path forward in decreasing need for advanced emergency medical care and fatalities among CoVid-19 infected patients. We cannot make ventilators fast enough to meet the immediate need and near-term future needs but we can decrease the ultimate need of ventilators. Social Isolation is the single most important …
Managing Chronic Migraines with SPG Block (Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block)
Contrary to many current algorithms for deciding which treatment to utilize for Migraine, Autonomic Cephalgias and Chronic Headache Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks should be considered a first line approach to treatment due to their high efficacy and the minimal negative side effects. A new article in Current Pain Management (abstract below) discusses Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks in treating Migraine, Facial Pain and …
Trigeminal Neuralgia: Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block Treatment
I recently saw a physician who came in to learn how to do nasal catheter treatment blocks of the Sphenopalatine Ganglion. He had a history of decompression surgery followed by 18 months of very severe pain and never achieved complete relief. I brought him in and administered an SPG Block with lidocaine and it relieved his trigeminal Neuralgia Symptoms. I …
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