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 | Dec 9, 2015 | Breathing problems can cause TMJ, Breathing Sleeping Problems, Causes of TMJ, Chicago, Chronic Daily Headache, Cluster Headache, CPAP Alternatives, Deerfield, Depression and Sleep Disorder, Diagnosis of TMJ, Headaches and Migraines, Highland Park, Jaw Pain Clicking & Popping, Kenilworth, Lack of Sleep, Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Libertyville, Lincolnshire, Mettawa, Migraine, Morton Grove, Northbrook, Northfield, Orthodontic Treatment of Sleep Disorders, Other Health Problems cause by lack of sleep, Skokie, Sleep, Sleep Apnea, Sleep Apnea and Sleep Disorders, Sleep Apnea Specialist, Sleep Apnea Treatment, Sleep Disorder, Sleep Disorder Causes, Sleep Disorder Diagnosis, Sleep Disorder Treatment, Sleep Problems, Snoring, Snoring Devices, tension Headache, Throat & Swallowing TMJ, TMJ, TMJ and sleep disorders, TMJ Specialist, Vernon Hills, Wilmette, Winnetka
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...
by Dr. Shapira | Nov 28, 2015 | Blog, Causes of TMJ, Clicking & Popping, TMJ, TMJ Chicago |
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...
by Dr. Shapira | Nov 28, 2015 | Chicago, Chronic Daily Headache, Cluster Headache, Headaches and Migraines, Highland Park, Libertyville, Migraine, tension Headache, TMJ, TMJ Chicago, Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalgias
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...
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...
