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Effective TMJ and Sleep Disorder SolutionsWhat All Headaches Have In Common: Migraines, Cluster Headaches, Chronic Daily Headaches, New Persistent Headaches Cluster Headaches
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT HEADACHES: Question from Kasey in Pennsylvania: I always seem to have a headache that never 100% goes away, and it usually varies day to day. It can get worse by mid to the end of the day. I don't have bad jaw pain but could that be a...
Barrington: Innovative Treatment Protocols for Fast Relief of TMJ (TMD) Disorders
Patients from across Chicagoland and the Midwest are finding answers for TMJ disorders in Highland Park, Illinois. The following is a reprint of a 24/7 Press Release: Innovative Treatment Protocols for Fast Relief of TMJ (TMD) Disorders: You Deserve a Better Quality...
A very surprising cause of TMJ
A very surprising cause of TMJ – birth Many newborn babies have elongated skulls. This happens because of the pressure on the baby’s skull while being pushed through the birth canal. While the majority of babies wind up with normal, round heads, sometimes the pressure...
Self Administration of SPG Blocks by Patients.
The SPG Block or Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block can be extremely effective at preventing and eliminating migraines. The Sphenopalatine Ganglion is part of the Autonomic Nervous System. It is the Largest Parasympathetic Ganglion and treatment with lidocaine has been...
Sphenopalatine Ganglion and Trigeminal Neuropathy: SPG BLocks For Severe Migraines and other Chronic Pain.
The Zygomatic approach is what I use for SPG blocks during and acute pain attack when I cannot get relief with intranasal approach. It is extremely effective in terminating Cluster and Migraines of Trigeminal Nerve origin. This new study (see PubMed Abstract below)...
New Guidelines for Oral Appliance Therapy for Sleep Apnea
New guidelines for Treatment of Sleep Apnea and Snoring have been released by the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine and American Academy of Sleep Medicine. I am glad to report the new guidelines are essentially the same as my office guidelines have been for 30...
Chicago ProloTherapy and TMJ Disorders: TMJ AND PROLOTHERAPY
Prolotherapy is used for many musculoskeletal conditions including joint laxity. It can be used to treat varying conditions like rotator cuff injuries, tennis elbow or any joint laxity. Prolo is short for Proliferation therapy and involves use of an irritant to...
Sleep disorders and weight gain
The catch-22 of sleep disorders and weight problems Have you recently gained a few pounds or more? Have you tried losing weight but find that no matter how dedicated you are to the idea of exercising, you always feel too tired to start? Does it seem that you feel...
Curing TMJ!
The idea of curing TMJ needs to be looked at in several ways. Doctors do not actual heal anyone but what they can do is remove the impediments to healing. The body has a natural capacity to heal, the best medicine allows it to heal. TMJ disorders are a type of...
Can Physiologic Dentistry Treatment Prevent and Eliminate Migraines, Cluster Headaches and Chronic Daily Headaches
Originally Published on "Dr. Shapira's Chicago Headache Blog" http://chicago-headaches.blogspot.com/ There is big money in the treatment of migraines. Can Physiologic Dentistry prevent migraines better than drug therapy? Learn more at www.IHateHeadaches.org...
