Management of Cluster Headaches with Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks. What is the Best Mode of Administration of SPG Blocks for Cluster Headaches.

What is the best method of delivering a SPG Block?  There are many alternatives for delivering SPG Blocks, I personally feel that self-administration is the best approach for the majority of patients.  I utilize a wide variety of methods in some circumstances.  Is Lidocaine the drug of choice for Cluster Headaches?  The answer is yes for many if not most patients …

Lidocaine: Safer and More Effective Than Botox In Treating Migraines. Prevention and Elimination of Migraine with SPG Blocks.

Lidocaine is a common drug with many uses.  It can be used as a dental anesthetic, as an anti-inflammatory medication and to eliminate cardiac arrythmia.  It is utilized for nerve block injections and can be injected or used topically. Lidocaine applied to the Sphenopalatine Ganglion can be used to treat, prevent and eliminate both migraine and Cluster Headaches.  It can …

SINUS PAIN AND SINUS HEADACHE INSTANT RELIEF WITH SPHENOPALATINE GANGLION (SPG) BLOCKS

Nick had on onset of severe chronic headache and sinus pain. He has been on a journey looking for an answer to his chronic daily facial pain, sinus pain and headache. Approximately 1 hour before this video he came into my Highland Park office looking for an answer to three years of living with orofacial pain and chronic sinus headache. …

New Daily Persistent Headache: AKA Chronic Headache with Acute Onset. Are SPG Blocks the Ideal First Line Treatment?

The New Daily Persistent Headache (NDPH) is daily from its onset and usually peaks in about three days. Most patients can pinpoint exactly when it began to a day or an hour. Many patients remember many specifics of the day as well. These NDP Headaches seem to respond exceedingly well to Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks. Unlike most headache patients, patients suffering …

Catheter Types for Delivery of Nasal Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks: What is the Best Delivery System?

Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks are indicated for a wide of conditions including chronic daily headaches, chronic migraines, cluster headaches, Tension-Type Headache,  TMJ disorders, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Myofascial Pain, Trigeminal Neuralgia, chronic rhinitis and many other conditions. There are many ways to deliver Sphenopalatine Ganglion (SPG) blocks by injection and transnasal approaches. The original description of Sphenopalatine (pterygopalatine) ganglion blocks by Sluder in …

How Long Does A Sphenopalatine Ganglion (SPG) Block Last? What is the Best Method to Extend Headache and Migraine Relief?

The duration of action will vary with both the method of delivery, the anesthetic utilized and characteristics of the individual patients. The new tran-snasal catheter delivery devices all deposit anesthetic over the mucosa covering the pterygopalatine fossa. The three devices are the Sphenocath, the Allevio and the TX360 used in the MiRx protocol. All three of these devices are basically …

Cluster Headache Management with Sphenopalatine Ganglion Stimulation. The Sphenopalatine Ganglion Phenomena

Cluster Headache is considered one of the worst pains known to man. SPG Blocks are extremely effective at turning off the pain of cluster headaches and other autonomic cephalgia. It has also been extremely effective in treatment chronic migraine, chronic daily headache and new persistent headaches. This new paper (abstract below) is looking at the use of implanted neuromdulation device …

Miracles on Park Avenue: Technique for Treating Arthritis and Other Chronic Pain

This site is dedicated to exploring the amazing uses of the Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block (SPG Block), the block utilized by Dr Milton Reder in the book “Miracles on Park Avenue” The Sphenopalatine Ganglion is also known as the Pterygopalatine Ganglion, the Nasal Ganglion, Sluder’s Ganglion and Meckel’s Ganglion. Blocks can be done with nasal catheters (Sphenocath, Allevio and Tx360) or …

Glossodynia Relief or Burning Mouth (Tongue) Syndrome : SphenoPalatine Ganglion (SPG) Block Gives Relief.

Burning mouth , tongue and associated conditions can push your misery index to high levels very quickly. SPG Blocks can be a game changer by drastically improving quality of life. and eliminating or alleviating the pain. Glossodynia is commonly known as “Burning Mouth Syndrome”  (BMS) has a primary characteristic of a burning or stinging sensation in the mouth. This condition …

RELIEF OF WIDE VARIETY OF EYE PAINS WITH SPG BLOCKS

Relief of Wide Variety of Eye Pains with SPG Blocks: Self-Administered SPG Blocks May Be a Treatment of Eye Pain.

A paper “Sphenopalatine Phenomen” by Hiram Byrd stated “That the pain of all eye lesions may be stopped by cocaine to the nasal ganglion….is a fact that has been repeatedly observed.” There is a great deal of current research into Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks to treat a wide variety of symptoms including chronic daily headache, migraine and trigeminal neuralgia. This old …