Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks (SPG Blocks, Pterygopalatine Ganglion Blocks) can give dramatic relief to headache, migraine, orofacial pain, TMJ disorders. cluster headache and anxiety patients. A new article in Jan 2018 International Journal of Cardiology (abstract below) shows success with SPG Blocks in treating essential Hypertension. The minimally invasive block was effective utilized 2% lidocaine and was administered just once. This …
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 …
SPG Blocks: Are they a medical Miracle? This information is from a patent application for a Sphenopalatine Ganglion stimulator.
Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks: SPG Blocks are also commonly called Pterygopalatine Ganglion Blocks These are an amzing number of medical claims found in patents for using Sphenopalatine Ganglion Stimulators to treat many medical conditions. In my experience patients can get these same results with self administered SPG Block. It is important to understand that the Sphenopalatine Ganglion is actually a part …
Chronic Stress, Hans Selye and Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks
Hans Selye changed the face of medicine with his 1950 book “THE STRESS OF LIFE”. He introduced the concept of stress as an underlying cause complicating factor in a wide variety of disease and dysfunction. Living in Chronic Stress can often end up meaning living in chronic pain. What is the effect of chronic stress? Our bodies are designed to …
Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block Treating Migraine, Chronic Daily Headache and TMJ Disorders
This is a reprint from my “Dr. Shapira’s Chicago Headache Blog on I HATE Headaches.org I Have added some patient testimonial videos to expand on the topic of Sphenpalatine Ganglion Blocks on a more personal level. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk9Bfz6pklC7_UluWFHzLrg Sunday, April 4, 2010 Sphenopalatine (nasal) Ganglion (SPG) can be responsible for much more than headaches. I came across this interesting abstract (below) …