Chronic Pain in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors: SPG Blocks and Neuromuscular Orthotics May Provide Desperately Needed Pain Relief

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 …

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 …

Neuromuscular Dentistry and the Autonomic Nervous System

Neuromuscular Dentistry utilizes a tool called the Myomonitor, an Ultra Low Frequency (ULF) TEN Shat stimulates and relaxes the muscles fed by the fifth (trigeminal nerve) and seventh (facial nerve) cranial nerves. This is extremely important as it is this relaxation that allows both rest position, mandibular trajectory to be established and used to find Myocentric Bite. The Myocentric bite …

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 …