Not All Neck Injuries Are the Same Neck injuries are really common and they can cause a variety of different symptoms. The most obvious is neck pain, but it can also be associated with headache, dizziness, visual problems, and autonomic problems as well. Neck pain can come from a variety of injuries, and no […]
Medications can be a lifesaver when you are suffering from frequent migraine headaches. However, a major problem observed in the past 30 years has been the rise of medication overuse headache. When patients with frequent headaches turn to both prescription and over the counter medications over the course of years, they may be susceptible […]
Patients with dizziness can present with abnormalities in their head and eye positions. A classic example of this is called an ocular tilt reaction. An ocular tilt reaction occurs when damage occurs to some of the pathways that affect the brain stem or the vestibular system. These pathways help to keep your eyes level […]
Late last year, a study was published that really brought surprising findings about how your brain can store and program an immune response. For decades, it was thought that the Brain and the immune system operated independently from each other, but research in the past 20 years have put that idea to rest. […]
Studies on the impact of the bacteria that live in our guts has exploded in the last 20 years. While most can understand how gut microbes can affect digestion and cause irritable or inflammatory bowel issues, some of the most interesting science of the last decade has looked at how gut bacteria affects our brains. […]
Problems that come from the neck don’t always stay in the neck. In fact, many neck pain problems are known to migrate to the head, arms, or even the upper back. The most well established patterns are when there is with 𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻. Radiating pain has a well defined line of pain or numbness […]
The the function of the autonomic nervous system is critical for the health of the body. The autonomic system consists of two branches. 1. The sympathetic system which reacts to stress and dictates a fight or flight response. 2. The parasympathetic system which calms the body down for resting and digesting. […]
Dizziness attributed to the neck has historically been a sketchy diagnosis. For a long time, many ENTs and neurologists denied that it even existed because there weren’t any tests that can confirm as a diagnosis. It lead to a lot of dizzy patients getting normal inner ear/vestibular testing, and a 🤷🏻♂️ diagnosis defaulting […]
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome or POTS is a form of #dysautonomia. It used to be a rare diagnosis that often left many patients (especially women in child bearing years) left with a diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder or hysteria. Thanks to increased awareness of the phenomenon and accessible ways to test for it at […]
The Beautiful Brainstem The brainstem is arguably the most important area of the brain in terms of keeping us all alive. Most medically educated people know that the Brainstem is tied heavily towards our ability to breathe and maintain heart rate. But the Brainstem does so much more! It’s a bottleneck point for […]
