Herniated Disc HeadacheActual Herniated Disc Headache
Herniated discs
which are having a significant mass effect on the actual spinal cord (not the thecal sac) may be able to create headaches, dizziness, vertigo and other odd symptoms in the head, even though the herniation exists below the level of symptomatic activity. These scenarios have been documented, but are still not readily accepted by medical science and are quite rare. Just this past year, I was experiencing a variety of strange symptoms in my head, including those listed above and was diagnosed (quite a shock) with 7
herniated discs in the neck.
Originally, these were discounted as the source of symptoms, but then reintroduced as a possibility. However, I found that these 7 herniations, like most were completely coincidental to the disconcerting symptoms, since the herniations remain, but the symptoms have resolved…
Herniated Disc Headache ScapegoatMany careless doctors and chiropractors will blame every potential anatomical symptom on a herniated disc. I have seen this countless times and have experienced it myself ad nauseum. No matter how illogical, symptoms somehow get related back to the “known” herniated disc. I used to experience terrible headaches which were at the time blamed on 2 herniated discs in my lower back! This is nonsense at its best, when the headaches turned out to be just another of the many symptomatic expressions of ischemia and completely resolved, along with the back pain, using knowledge therapy. Even the best intentioned care givers must be very careful with what they say and how they blame spinal abnormalities for pain. Doing this can impart a serious nocebo effect to patients, making them unlikely to recover from their pain EVER… Of course, it goes without saying that doctors and therapists who do this on purpose for the sake of profitable ongoing treatment should be prosecuted for criminal fraud and will hopefully face a dire karmic price someday…Herniated Disc Headache AdviceI know it is so easy to blame these chronic headaches on that cervical herniated disc. In some cases, this may turn out to be the actual situation at hand. However, do not assume it is so… Instead, learn the facts about herniated discs and realize that those headaches may just be proof positive that the disc is not responsible for causing any pain or neurological symptoms at all. In fact, the headaches may help diagnose an oxygen deprivation syndrome for what it really is, freeing you from the disappointing cycle of useless herniated disc treatments. After all, if the disc was the source, wouldn’t all those therapies have cured it by now???Herniated Disc Headache to Herniated Disc 4/13/10 Revised 7/16/11 |
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