Severe head pain for 3 years with Meniere's
symptoms
Neurologist advises: "whatever you do, DONT see a
chiropractor"
history
Severe, unbearable head pain on bending forward, sneezing
or coughing.
Laughing caused severe head pain.
3 attacks of debilitating vertigo in 4 months.
Robyn was referred by her chiropractor to me after a
neurologist advised her (as they do) of the danger of
having her neck twisted by a chiropractor. We wont get into
the details of the documented dangers of drugs used for
this problem - like Nurontin, Epilem, Lyrica, Tegretol -
suffice to say that there are many chiropractors who do not
twist necks like amateurs. For more information see my
site
www.chiropracticsafety.com.au .
There are also neurologists that recommend trying upper
cervical chiropractic, see here.
Robyn was, as they say, at her wits end as she had tried
physiotherapy, acupuncture, chiropractic, massage and all
the regular medical specialist to rule out life threatening
disease.
Thank goodness the medical specialists are there to save
lives in emergencies, but they do not generally refer
patients to chiropractors because of an odd prejudice in
the medical profession.
Robyn has now got her normal life back after 3 adjustments
with the specific
Atlas Orthogonal Upper Cervical adjusting
program.
Luckily her chiropractor in Sydney saw a place for this
specialised procedure within chiropractic, and I thank him
also. Robyn has actively referred others for AO and
insisted that this page be placed on my site.
Duration:
- 3 Years
- Intervention:
- Atlas Orthogonal Chiropractic Techique
- Risks
- There was a substantial bout of vertigo after the first adjustment which I warned Robyn could occur. I felt that influencing the position of the head would bring about a reaction from the balance system, as I have seen this before in patients. After a day she was fine. The warning and disclosure of all possible scenarios helped her through this. Also, it was nothing more than she'd been used to, to date. Her supportive spouse also was a great help.
- Outcomes:
- No debilitating head ache since 3rd visit. Longest time without frequent headache, nausea, vertigo in 3 years after AO care.
- Comments
- Medical Diagnosis can be such an odd, subjective, transient thing indeed.
- Was it Vertigo? Meniere's Disease? Was it stress? Like most people I see stress is a part of our lives, and its easy to blame these sorts of problems on such matters of life. But do not discount the fact that atlas vertebra is a supremely influencial area in controlling pain.
- Thanks Robyn, for your patience and interest in getting this message OUT there.
- Another fascinating story of a facial pain sufferer appears here at whattimetuesday.com . Its the story of a trigeminal neuralgia sufferer who got relief just before he pulled the trigger to kill himself. You can buy his short book at that site also.
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