Dr. Busch

Dr. Busch

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Headaches Part 2

INJECTIONS OR SURGERY.

Nerve block injections used to treat cervicogenic headaches can include: injections above the eyebrows to treat that region of the head.
injections into the back of the neck to treat pain going up the back of the head. injections into the side of the neck.

In more serious cases, surgery to treat cervicogenic headaches can include: heat to burn selected nerves of the small joints of the neck which connect each vertebrae burning nerves with heat about the face and neck fusion (removing a disc responsible for sending pain signals)

But Here’s The Good News...

While many patients who are diagnosed with cervicogenic headaches have the traditional symptoms of tension headaches, some of the patients who have the traditional symptoms of migraine (and cluster migraine) headaches also respond to cervicogenic headache diagnosis and treatment.

Now, there are headaches that don’t respond to specific, low force chiropractic care; high blood pressure, low blood sugar, hormonal changes, hangovers, dental problems, etc. These, however, are small in number in comparison with headaches that are caused by tension of the neck and head muscles, and irritation to the nerves. (The cervicogenic headache.)

Most Headache Sufferers, After Learning This Relatively New Information Regarding The Benefit Of Proper Chiropractic Care For Cervicogenic Causes Of Headaches, Wonder…

“How Do I Find A Doctor Trained In Providing This Care?”

So, my best advice is to ask the chiropractic doctor the following questions...

“Do you treat headaches?”
Some Doctors of Chiropractic do not focus on specific conditions. So ask the Chiropractor if he or she treats headaches that may originate from the neck. Some do not.

“Do you take x-rays?”
Call their office and check and see if they either have the facilities in their office to take films, or if they refer it out. Either answer is acceptable. Do not get evaluated by any chiropractor who doesn’t look at neck x-rays before rendering care.

Do you accept payment plans?
Nowadays, patients are either going with the “managed care doctor” and hoping and praying that they’ll get quality care, or paying out-of-pocket for their services. So, in response, there are many caring dentists, medical doctors, chiropractors, podiatrists, and other health care professionals that are giving patients comfortable payment options. Even though chiropractic care is inexpensive compared to most care, ask the office if they’d consider putting you on a payment plan.

If you live in the area, call our office at 719-544-7744 and schedule your free check-up! We DO treat headaches, we DO properly take x-ray pictures of the structures of the neck before care, and we DO have payment plans.

For Your FREE HEADACHE EVALUATION, Call 544-7744 Now And Reserve Your Earliest Appointment. The Longer You Wait To Call Us, The Longer You’ll Have To Wait For An Appointment!

Here’s What Your FREE CHECK-UP Includes…

1. Headache Consultation – I have a list of specific questions that will help discover the cause of your headache. This is also an opportunity for me to have a thorough understanding of your headaches and what you’ve been going through.

2. Examination – Aside from typical exam procedures like blood pressure, cranial nerve testing, reflexes, and vital signs, you will also receive a multi-plane head and neck range of motion study, palpatory examination, and specific orthopedic and neurological tests.

3. Static “EMG” Testing – Our office is one of the few, if not only office, that has this electronic Neurocalometer instrument. This is an important test. This painless procedure determines if there’s abnormal function of the neck nerves that communicate to your head and helps me pinpoint where your problem is.

4. Neck X-Ray – If, after the consultation, examination, and static “NCG”, it is found that x-rays are needed of the bones, discs, and soft tissue of your neck, they will be taken at this visit. In order to get a good view of all the supporting structures, at least two views will be taken; one of the front view and one of the side view.

SCHEDULE YOUR FREE HEADACHE EVALUATION TODAY
CALL 544-7744

On behalf of everyone at Pueblo Headache Relief Center, I look forward to meeting you to discover if I can help you! Remember, you haven’t tried everything until you’ve at least had a headache evaluation at my office! And since it’s free and there’s absolutely no obligation, you have nothing to lose! (Except your headaches of course!)

Sincerely,

Dr. J. Douglas Busch
Pueblo Headache Relief Center
Div. of CMC, Inc.

P.S. – After I evaluate your headache, I will tell you if I can help you or not. And if so, how long it will take and how much it will cost. Then you can start care, or go home and think about it! We are a busy office and there will be absolutely no pressure to begin care!

P.S.S. - There Is A Waiting List! For the soonest free appointment, it is advised that you schedule your appointment right away.
Pueblo Headache Relief Center 1300 Fortino Blvd., Suite A (Look for the American Flag flying out front) Pueblo, CO 81008 719-544-7744

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Chronic Headaches - Hope & Relief

Headaches are NOT normal! They’re a sign that something is wrong.

Your body is designed to be free of pain. Feeling good is the normal state. Feeling throbbing, pounding pain in your skull that doesn't seem to want to go away like a bad house guest is not normal.

Neither is the nauseous feelings that come whenever you go out on a sunny day or see a bright light, laying awake at night praying your headaches will disappear, feeling and looking miserable, irritable, and older than you really are, and the frustration of knowing that your friends and family just don’t understand what you are going through.

And thanks to those clever headache pain relief commercials, medicine cabinets, purses, and glove compartments all over the country that are fully stocked with medication for the “normal” headache.

So, if you are one of the millions of Americans who suffer from annoying, pestering, mind-numbing headaches, then please keep reading this report, because as you are about to discover, headaches are not normal.

Hi, I’m Dr. Busch. When I discovered that one in six Americans are chronic headache victims, I nearly fell out of my chair! I couldn't believe that so many Americans suffer day in and day out when they really don’t have to any more...and chances are, neither do you! “That’s why I decided to step forward and write this simple, yet informative report. So please, for your own sake, carefully read every word of this report… It may be the most important message you will ever hear.”

O.K., let’s get started!

If you REALLY want to get rid of your headaches and start living a “normal” life in a short period of time, then you need to first be aware of…

Six Headache Relief Misconceptions:

1. Over-The-Counter Medication Treat The Cause Of Your Headache

It’s almost criminal that drug companies are hiding from you that the headache relieving drugs they advertise don’t actually target the real cause of your headaches.

Here’s the real deal…These pills cover up your headache by simply disabling your brain's ability to feel your headache. That's why your headache comes back when the pills wear off!

If you broke your leg and just took pills so you didn’t have to feel the pain, the pain would come back when the pills wore off.

If these drugs actually treated the real cause of your headaches, then shouldn’t your headaches go away permanently? But they don't.

These pills only sweep your pain under the rug. The REAL cause of your headaches remains untreated and that's why you keep suffering.

2. Headache Medication Can’t Harm You

One thing many headache sufferers don't know about the drugs they take is that these pills are not 100% safe. In fact, a lot of the side effects you may experience are far worse than the headaches you're trying to cover up for a measly four hours of relief.

You see, the way these pills disable your ability to feel headaches is to disable a little hormone in your body that acts like a messenger to your brain. Of course, our bodies, being the highly tuned machines they are, have figured out how to use these hormones for more jobs than one. So if you disable the hormone from doing just one job, it will also not do all the other jobs in your body.

This can lead to all sorts of problems. You can get something as minor as a rash, or you can have sudden liver failure or kidney problems. Even aspirin has been linked to causing unknowing users to suffer from deadly hemoragghic strokes.

It gets worse…you see, the more often you take these medications, the more your risk will skyrocket!

Also, medication seldom increases your body’s ability to respond to stress appropriately, and it usually decreases your body’s natural ability to fight disease!

3. Stress Causes Headaches

Yes, stress is a part of living, but it is not the cause of headaches.

Have you ever heard of that saying, “only the strong survive” or “survival of the fittest”? It’s how your body adapts to stress that determines if “stress” will affect your health or how you feel.So, in a minute, I will explain how you can quickly and easily increase your body’s ability to adapt to stress.

4. Headaches Go Away On Their Own

Tony Robbins has a saying, "The definition of insanity is doing the same things and expecting different results." If you truly want to get rid of your headaches, then you're going to have to try something different; something natural, and hopefully drug free…and equally important, something that is proven to work.

Obviously, you wouldn’t still be reading this report if you weren’t concerned about your headaches. So please, for your sake, don’t drop the ball and not take action; because as you will in a moment discover, you will have a chance to get your headache evaluated, without any cost or obligation.

5. All Doctors Know How To Treat Headaches

There’s a saying that goes something like this…

“If You’re A Hammer, All You See Is Nails”

Hammers hit nails…M.D.’s prescribe medication.

Expecting a different approach from your medical doctor will only lead to disappointment. That’s why I wrote this report - to help headache sufferers like you.

Before we go any further, let me stress to you that there is a place for medication, but more importantly, the cause of the problem must be identified because the wrong diagnosis = wrong care. And, if your doctor's treatment fails, you'll probably get even stronger medications or, in an extreme case, your doctor will recommend surgery. Personally, I think there are times when surgery is the only option, but in terms of headaches, there are natural alternatives that many times, work a lot better without the risks associated with invasive treatments. In fact, if you really want great results without all the risk of drugs, doesn’t it make sense to try a natural solution first?

Your Problem Is Always Where Your Pain Is.

Even though you may be feeling your headaches in your sinuses or on the top of your head, that doesn’t necessarily mean that is where the cause of the problem is located. For instance, oftentimes people with a disc problem in their lower back get pain, numbness, or weakness in their legs, even if there's nothing physically wrong with their legs.

One of the most common causes of headaches that do NOT originate in the head is called a “Cervicogenic” headache. "The Cervicogenic headache is a big word for a headache which has its origin in the area of the neck. The source of pain is found in structures around the neck which have been damaged. These structures can include joints, ligaments, muscles, and cervical discs, all of which have complex nerve endings. When these structures are damaged, the nerve endings send pain signals up the pathway from the upper nerves of the neck to the brain. During this process, they intermingle with the nerve fibers of the trigeminal nerve. Since the trigeminal nerve is responsible for the perception of head pain, the patient therefore experiences the symptoms of a headache."
- Dr. Peter Rothbart, M.D.

You May Have A “Cervicogenic Headache” !

If you answer “Yes” to any of these SIX questions…

“Has your neck ever experienced trauma?”

“Have you ever been in a car accident?”

“Have you ever played football or any other contact
sports?”

“Have you experienced many ‘minor’ injuries?”

“Is your neck stiff or, at times, difficult to move?”

“As a child, did you experience a fall off the swing,
porch, down stairs, or any other ‘minor’ incident?”

If you answered “YES” to at least ONE of the following questions, your headache may be caused by a hidden problem in your neck but there’s good news.

There is an amazing type of drugless, non-surgical care that may help you. You might be asking yourself what this amazing treatment is.

Well, studies have shown that the safest, most natural neck treatment for most cervicogenic headaches is:

Conservative Chiropractic Care!

That's right! What used to be considered "just a treatment for bad backs" has been proven to be very effective in the treatment of cervicogenic headaches.

TO SEE IF YOU ARE SUFFERING FROM A “CERVICOGENIC HEADACHE”, SIMPLY CALL OUR OFFICE AND, AS A COMMUNITY SERVICE, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU A FREE, NO-OBLIGATION HEADACHE EVALUATION. CALL 719-544-7744 TODAY!

It's in your best interest to get your neck evaluated soon, because if you wait too late, your condition may get to a point where you can’t be helped with this type of care and your only option may be…

INJECTIONS OR SURGERY.

Nerve block injections used to treat cervicogenic headaches can include: injections above the eyebrows to treat that region of the head.
injections into the back of the neck to treat pain going up the back of the head. injections into the side of the neck.

In more serious cases, surgery to treat cervicogenic headaches can include: heat to burn selected nerves of the small joints of the neck which connect each vertebrae burning nerves with heat about the face and neck fusion (removing a disc responsible for sending pain signals)

But Here’s The Good News...

While many patients who are diagnosed with cervicogenic headaches have the traditional symptoms of tension headaches, some of the patients who have the traditional symptoms of migraine (and cluster migraine) headaches also respond to cervicogenic headache diagnosis and treatment.

Now, there are headaches that don’t respond to specific, low force chiropractic care; high blood pressure, low blood sugar, hormonal changes, hangovers, dental problems, etc. These, however, are small in number in comparison with headaches that are caused by tension of the neck and head muscles, and irritation to the nerves. (The cervicogenic headache.)

Most Headache Sufferers, After Learning This Relatively New Information Regarding The Benefit Of Proper Chiropractic Care For Cervicogenic Causes Of Headaches, Wonder…

Next time we will explore more aspects of the how Brain Based Therapy with Chiropractic care can be the hope prayed for so many fibromyalgia and chronic headache sufferers.

Until next time...

Friday, January 8, 2010

Faithful in this Moment!

Faithful is the kind of word that only comes up when we are at church or when talking about some bozo who wasn't faithful. There are a lot of other terms that could be used, such as Present in the moment, Attentive in the moment, Focused on the moment and they are all true to the similar point, except one. Faithfulness is being true to your core convictions and having you words be in line with those convictions, but faithfulness in the moment something that has hit me square between the eyes recently. Let me paint a picture for you:

My wonderful wife Tabetha was talking to me about this next semester with schedules and where kids are going and how we would juggle the changes and like 'Doug' (the dog from the movie, 'Up') I saw something that was outside and was like the dog saying 'squirel!' and I bolted out the door to see what was going on outside. I came back in not even realizing what I had done, I hurt my wife's heart because I was not faithful to her conversation. I had to appologize and earn back trust that I should have never taken.

What's the point? I heard someone ask 'How do I stay focused with everything going on in my life?' The answer wasn't the typical, 'Just like you eat an elephant, one bite at a time.' I heard wisdom that pierced my heart, 'Be faithful in the moment.' When they world is swirling all around and my son asks, 'Dad, how does this work?' Stop and focus not on everything at once, but be faithful in the moment and answer to the best of my ability. When my wife starts talking to me, ignore the 'squirels' and give her this moment, and giver her everything for this moment. When I walk into a consultation with a patient and I've read the chart, I've seen this so many times before, I slow down and make no assumptions and listen, and the world may crash all around outside, but for those moments, this patient, this condition is all that matters, this life, this mom, dad, sister, brother, for this moment I am faithful to them.

A old friend of mine, since back in the days of college taught me something in his drafty old Victorian home in freezing winter after I just got back from a pre-marital counseling session that I found out I had no mercy whatsoever. I was concerned that how was I going to go into health care and I'm as hard as a rock. My friend, now Dr. Miller said, 'when you walk into that room, just remember that's somebody's mother, that's somebody's father, sister, brother, child.' I've used that often when I have been helping to improve lives for 14 years, when I put my hand on the doorknob, nothing else matters once I turn that knob and walk in.

This is really a matter of focus, what we choose, yes I did say 'choose.' For years I would have tried to argue about right now, but from a hyperactive out of control little boy to being in a big boy's body, it is the choices we make that make us. Yes, somethings get thrown at us beyond our control, but when we pause to react, and choose how to respond, we start to understand focus. When any of you are in the clinic and if you ever think I am not being faithful in the moment, I give you permission to bring it to my attention. I just heard half of you say, wow, you must be looking for criticism, but I bet you may be disappointed.

Focus and being faithful in the moments we are given is like the difference of white light and red lasers. White light contain all the wavelengths that are moving is all kinds of directions, but when the wavelengths are put in parallel with each other & going the same direction they can cut through steel. We want to have a life without the craziness, with health, peace and love. I can't tell you everyday will be a bed of roses, actually I can probably bet more of the opposite, but instead of running from trouble, embrace it and know that each moment you are in this moment and not the ones that haven't gotten here yet and not the ones that are in the past.

Each moment you have to be faithful to the people in front of you, Pour your heart into them, don't suck the life out of them. Be in the moment and be faithful to who you choose to be in advance!

Until next time...