Head Disorders

Are you experiencing difficulty chewing or opening the jaw?

Posted in Head Disorders
Date: Oct 29, 2020
TMJ dysfunction, also known as TMD is a ubiquitous condition affecting nearly 10 million Americans. (1) Often times before it develops into full TMJ dysfunction there are precursors or clues that start to show prior to full-blown chronic TMJ dysfunction occurs. The most common precursor to TMJ is jaw muscle tightness which causes decreased ability ...
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Clicking and Popping of the Jaw

Posted in Head Disorders
Date: Sep 14, 2020
Thousands of Americans suffer from crepitus (clocking or popping) of the jaw. For some, it's an annoyance. For others, it's accompanied by excruciating pain.  It is estimated that 10 million Americans suffer from TMD also known as TMJ. (1) The clicking and popping of the jaw is nothing more than a biomechanical malalignment that has ...
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Upper Cervical Treatment for Post-Concussion Syndrome

Date: Jun 12, 2020
We have written extensively about what we feel is the missing link in the post-concussion syndrome discussion and recovery. Any trauma that is severe enough to cause shearing damage to the brain simultaneously damages the soft tissue at the skull neck junction (craniocervical junction).  Because the craniocervical junction(CCJ)  is a "choke point" for neurology, cerebrospinal fluid ...
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Ear Pain Can Be Masked by Neck Pain

Date: Apr 22, 2020
It has been our experience in our Wasco-based upper cervical health care office that ear pain and neck pain can be intimately connected.  Sometimes patients have neck pain and ear pain and determining which is the root cause can be difficult. With that said in an upper cervical office, the goal always is to remove ...
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What is the Difference Between TN and TMJ

Posted in Head Disorders
Date: Mar 31, 2020
Many people who suffer from facial pain, jaw pain, and ear pain have a tough time differentiating what syndrome they suffer from TMJ or TN. With the advent of Google, it has become easy to become bombarded with too much info.  Unfortunately, for many who suffer from pain syndromes like tmj ...
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Everything You Must Know about Meniere’s Disease

Posted in Head Disorders
Date: Feb 29, 2020
Chiropractic Treatment for Meniere's Disease Many wonders if Chiropractic treatment for Meniere’s disease can be successful. In 2015 a landmark study published by Dr. Michael Burcon showed 300 consecutive cases of Ménière's disease with a 98 percent recovery rate using Blair's upper cervical chiropractic technique. Unlike the twisting, popping, and pulling form of chiropractic care, the Blair ...
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