by Dr. Shapira | Feb 20, 2016 | antidepressants sleep apnea, autonomic cephalgias, Blog, Chicago, Highland Park, Physiologic Dentistry, TMJ, tongue pain TMJ, Tooth & Facial Pain, Vernon Hills
Facial Pain is primarily mediated through either the Trigeminal Nerve (Cranial Nerve V) and /or the Facial Nerve (Cranial Nerve 7) According to John Hopkins “Atypical Facial Pain is a pain disorder of the face which shares some features with trigeminal...
by Dr. Shapira | Feb 13, 2016 | autonomic cephalgias, Blog, Chronic Daily Headache, Cluster Headache, Headaches and Migraines, Highland Park, Kenilworth, Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Libertyville, Migraine, Northbrook, Northfield, Physiologic Dentistry, Schaumburg TMJ, Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks, tension Headache, TMJ, TMJ Chicago, TMJ Pain, TMJ Specialist, Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalgias, Trigeminal Cervico-Complex, Trigeminal Nerve, Trigeminal Nervous System, Trigeminal Vascular System, Vernon Hills, Vision, Wilmette, Winnetka
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...
by Dr. Shapira | Jan 6, 2016 | autonomic cephalgias, Barrington, Blog, Breathing problems can cause TMJ, Breathing Sleeping Problems, Causes of TMJ, Chicago, Chronic Daily Headache, Clicking & Popping, Kenilworth, Physiologic Dentistry, Schaumburg TMJ, Sleep, TMJ, TMJ Chicago, TMJ is a painful condition, TMJ Neck & Back Pain, TMJ Pain, TMJ Pain and Sleep, TMJ Symptoms, TMJ Treatment, Tooth & Facial Pain, Treatment of TMJ, Vernon Hills
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...
by Dr. Shapira | Dec 17, 2015 | antidepressants sleep apnea, Anxiety, autonomic cephalgias, Blog, Chronic Daily Headache, Cluster Headache, Depression and Chronic Pain, Depression and Sleep Disorder, Headaches and Migraines, Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Libertyville, Migraine, SPG Block Anxiety, SPG Block Cluster Headache, SPG Block Migraine, SPG blocks, Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks, TMJ, TMJ Chicago, Vernon Hills
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...
by Dr. Shapira | Dec 16, 2015 | autonomic cephalgias, Blog, Causes of TMJ, Chronic Daily Headache, Cluster Headache, Depression and Chronic Pain, TMJ, TMJ - General, TMJ Chicago, Tooth & Facial Pain, Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalgias
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)...
by Dr. Shapira | Nov 25, 2015 | autonomic cephalgias, Blog, Chronic Daily Headache, Cluster Headache, Migraine, Physiologic Dentistry, tension Headache, TMJ, TMJ Chicago, TMJ Neck & Back Pain, Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalgias
Migraines, Chronic Daily Headaches, Tension Headaches and the Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalgias are all extremely invasive and disruptive to overall quality of life. Medications to treat these disorders are often dangerous and have multiple side effects that range from...
