by Dr. Shapira | Feb 16, 2016 | Blog, Breathing problems can cause TMJ, Breathing Sleeping Problems, Depression and Sleep Disorder, Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Other Health Problems cause by lack of sleep, Sleep, Sleep Apnea, Sleep Apnea and Sleep Disorders, Sleep Apnea Effects & Symptoms, Sleep Apnea Specialist, Sleep Apnea Treatment, Sleep Disorder, Sleep Disorder Causes, Sleep Disorder Diagnosis, Sleep Disorder Treatment, Sleep Problems, Sleep Weight Gain and Loss, TMJ Chicago
Sleep Apnea is a serious problem that literally destroy your quality of life! There are many excellent comfortable treatments for sleep apnea. CPAP is considered the Gold Standard of Treatment but it doesn’t work for the majority of patients. Studies...
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 | Dec 9, 2015 | Blog, Causes of TMJ, Clicking & Popping, TMJ Chicago
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...
