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 …
Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block: a Safe and Easy Method for the Management of Orofacial pain. Lidocaine SPG Blocks
I have been teaching self administration of SPG Blocks for over 30 years as an effective, patient friendly method of controlling orofacial pain, migraines, cluster headaches, tension headaches, sinus headaches, anxiety and many other common problems. I just came across this article from over 20 years ago endorsing this great technique. The Sphenopalatine Ganglion is also known as the Nasal …
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 …
CLUSTER HEADACHES: Why your doctor should know multiple delivery methods for SPG Blocks
SPHENOPALATINE GANGLION BLOCKS ARE EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE FOR TREATING ACUTE CLUSTER HEADACHES. This article (abstract below) describes a patient with Jacob’s Disease. A Second Article from June 2017 “Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block in the Management of Chronic Headaches” (abstract below) also discusses effectiveness of the SPG Block. In the first paper The doctor wanted to do a SPG Block thru the Coronoid …
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 …
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 …
Managing Chronic Headaches with SPG Block (Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block). Life Changing Lidocaine Blocks May Eliminate Your Pain.
Contrary to many current algorithms for deciding which treatment to utilize for Migraine, Autonomic Cephalgias and Chronic Headache Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks should be considered a first line approach to treatment due to their high efficacy and the minimal negative side effects. A new article in Current Pain Management (abstract below) discusses Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks in treating Migraine, Facial Pain and …
The Secret Way To Block Migraine and Anxiety
The secret to controlling, stopping or eliminating most migraines, headaches and anxiety is not new but an old, almost forgottoen technique. The Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block is more effective overall than almost any of the pharmaceuticals that are currently used and far safer. It was originally discovered by Sluder in 1908 who Scluders’s neuralgia was named for. Today it is believed …
SPG Block relieves Severe Anxiety, Neck Pain and Headaches
The Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block is best known for it’s amazing effects on treating chronic pain anywhere in the body but especially its use for headaches, migraines, orofacial pain and cluster headaches. The positive side effects of SPG Blocks include reduction of anxiety and depression. SPG Blocks are also used to treat PTSD and to assist in withdrawal symptoms from medications. …
SPG Blocks lecture in Buenos Aires
SPG Blocks lecture in Buenos Aires from Ira Shapira 1. ICCMO THE INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF CRANIOMANDIBULAR ORTHOPEDICS BUENOS AIRES MARCH 2017 • SPHENOPALATINE GANGLION BLOCKS • Ira L Shapira DDS, FICCMO, D,ABDSM, D,AAPM 2. Sphenopalatine Ganglion Pterygopalatine Ganglion Meckels Ganglion Nasal Ganglion Sluder’s Ganglion 3. Parasympathetic Ganglia of Head 4. Anatomy PterygoPalatine Fossa SphenoPalatine Ganglion • The Trigeminal Nerve is …