I routinely utilize Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks or SPG Blocks to treat patients with chronic pain issues. These include TMJ disorders, headaches, migraines, myofascial pain and dysfunction, anxiety, panic attacks and other problems associated with Autonomic Sympathetic Overload. While there are numerous methods of delivering SPG Blocks my preferred method is a cotton-tipped continual feed nasal catheter. The results are similar …
Best Migraine Treatment Trick, the SPG Block: Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block for Treatment of Primary Headaches
The autonomic nervous system is intimately involved in migraines, autonomic cephalgias and other primary headache disorders. Commonly associated autonomic symptoms such as nausea, lacrimation, emesis, and rhinorrhea make this very evident. The sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) also called Sluder’s Ganglion or the Pterygopalatine Ganglion is an extracranial parasympathetic ganglion with both sensory and autonomic fibers. Basically, a small part of the …
Precision Personalized Medical Treatment for Headaches and Migraines
Precision Personalized Medical Treatment for Headaches and Migraines Neuromuscular Approach is Pinnacle of Personalized Precision Medicine. Measurement is essential for precision treatment! “If it is measured it is a fact otherwise it is an opinion” Barney Jankelson founder of precision neuromuscular dentistry. In general treatment for headaches and migraines is far from personalized or precision but rather consists of trial …
Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks: Accepted Treatment by American Migraine Foundation.
The following information is from the American Migraine Foundation “The Sphenopalatine Ganglion (SPG) is a group of nerve cells that is linked to the trigeminal nerve, the main nerve involved in headache. THE TRIGEMINAL NERVE IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE DENTIST’S NERVE. THE TEETH, THE PERIODONTAL LIGAMENTS, THE JAW MUSCLES AND THE JAW JOINTS ARE THE LARGEST INPUT OF NOCICEPTION …