Atypical Odontalgia, often called atypical facial pain, phantom tooth pain or neuropathic tooth pain can be a nightmare for both patients and dentists. It is often considered to be a psychiatric problem due to somatization disorder or an idiopathic disorder but neither of these constitute an actual diagnosis. Atypical Trigeminal Neuralgia is the diagnosis sometimes given but that is also a …
Sinus Arrest Treated by Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block.
A article from Headache (abstract below) details how a Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block used to treat pain of postherpetic neuralgia and coincidentally stopped bradycardia associated with sinus arrest. It was assumed that treating the pain was the reason the sinus arrest was corrected but it is possible it was a direct effect on the autonomic nervous system. While generally SPG Blocks …
Sphenopalatine Ganglion Stimulation Alters Blood Flow in the Brain
Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks and stimulation are utilized to treat and prevent headaches, migraines, cluster headaches, other trigeminal autonomic cephalgias and a wide variety of other symptoms. This old experimental study (1990 abstract below) evaluated where changes in blood flow occurred in the brain. Unilateral stimulation increased blood flow on the same side of the brain 45% to the Cerebral Cortex …
Sphenopalatine Ganglion Stimulation: 50 Years of Safety and Efficacy
The concept of doing Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks is over 100 years old and was first described by Sluder in 1908 for Sluder’s Neuralgia. Current thinking is what Sluder described was Cluster Headache, Autonomic Cephalgias or Temporomandibular disorders including trigeminal neuralgia. There is a long history of safety with these blocks and many means of delivering them. Dentists and ENT’s are …
Bilateral sphenopalatine ganglion block reduces blood pressure in patients with essential hypertension
I have been utilizing bilateral SPG Blocks to treat TMJ pain, MPD, Anxiety, Chronic Pain, Tension Headaches, Migraine Headaches, Dluster Headaches and Fibromyalgia. SPG Blocks can be used to reverse central sensitization and can serve as a replacement for a host of medications utilized for headaches, anxiety, depression, neuralgias not only saving reources but also reducing harmful side effects. This …
Miracles on Park Avenue: Dr Milton Reder
This is the obituary of Dr Milton Reder who the book “Miracles on Park Avenue” was written about. I never had the pleasure of meeting him but his work changed my life and the lives of many of my patients. There are other articles about this remarkable giant in pain management. I read the book “Miracles on Park Avenue” after …
SPG Stimulation: Neuromodulation with Myomonitor has a 50 Year Safety Record
Neuromodulation of the Sphenopalatine Ganglion with Electric Stimulation is an important new therapy for autonomic disorders including autonomic cephalias and can also be used to treat depression, anxiety and PTSD in addition to many chronic pain problems. Chronic intractable migraine is experienced by 2-4% of the global population. The Myomonitor, a ULF-TENS has been used safely for over 50 years …
Doctors Discuss SPG Blocks: Their First Personal Experience with Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks.
I recently taught a course in Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks in Seattle Washington to Neuromuscular Dentists. After the 90 minute lecture close to 100 doctors and their teams lined up to have SPG Blocks. This first Video is a dentist who has been in pain most of her life. She does not remember even a single day where she was out …
Infiltration of the sphenopalatine ganglion decreases blood pressure in newly diagnosed and never treated patients with essential hypertension
Can the “Miracles on Park Avenue” SPG Block cure Essential Hypertension? Sphenopalatine Ganglion blocks have over a One Hundred Year history of being safe and effective for a wide variety of chronic pain issues. They were the block used by Dr Milton Reder in his work made famous by the book “Miracles on Park Avenue” A new article in the …
Learn To Self Administer SphenoPalatine Ganglion (SPG) Blocks: Referral for SPG Blocks from your Doctor
SPG Blocks were featured in the book “Miracles on Park Avenue” but it is often difficult to find doctors who utilize these blocks. It is even more difficult to find doctors who teach patients to Self-Administer these blocks. There is a link below to SPG Block referral forms See Videos of patient stories at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk9Bfz6pklC7_UluWFHzLrg Self administration is typically done …