[An old remedy newly evaluated: the cervical syndrome]

Abstract

Among the group of more than 5,000 patients reported here and suffering from headaches the cause of these headaches was to be found in 39.5% of the cases in the cervical spine. Two thirds of these revealed a malpositioning of two vertebrae against each other while the remaining third showed narrowing of the intervertebral foramina. Other cervical pathology comprises less than 6% of a total of more than 17,000 patients diagnosed as having a cervical syndrome. In the first group manual repositioning of the cervical spine brought about 82% of complete normalization of the position of the cervical spine (with concomitant total loss of symptoms) while of the remaining 18% half turned out to be free of symptoms as well. In case of narrowing of i.v. foramina electric blocking of the respective nerves using a very special type of current also lead to loss of symptoms in between 80 and 90% of these cases. Diagnostic aids and special techniques are presented. Thus in cervical causation of headaches clear diagnosis leads to proper and very effective therapy (without drugs). It should be thought of more frequently for the benefit of patients.