Herniated Disc in the Neck- When is Prolotherapy preferred over surgery?

[@fz1118]

Hello Dr Hauser I just wanted to take this time and thank you and your team for all your amazing videos. 2 years ago I was experiencing a lot of symptoms you mention in your videos regarding neck instability, I visited so many doctors and took a lot of tests but no one could really help. Once I watch your videos took DMX I found that I had neck instability and got some prolotheraphy injections. Today, by the grace of God and amazing work/ information I am doing so much better . Even though my symptoms are not completely gone I feel like my life is back to normal again Thank you so much for all your Help and support :)

[@CaringmedicalProlotherapy]

Thank you for sharing your story fz1118! We appreciate the kind words and are so happy to hear that you are doing better!!

[@fz1118]

@@zakyvids6566Brain fog, a really bad headache, stiff neck, difficulty swallowing, vision, memory, concentration, fatigue, blood pressure going up and down, tingling and numbness in the hands, numbness in the tongue, irregular sleep qualities

[@aprilausdenmoore4921]

Thank you ! For putting this video out. I appreciate your skills . Prolotherapy has helped in starting the journey of healing.

[@CaringmedicalProlotherapy]

We are so glad we could help! Praying for your full healing, April!

[@keithharrison1453]

I have an issue that is probably far more common than is realised. I have Sleep Apnoea, and have used a CPAP Machine for just under 3 years. I need to run this at the maximum air pressure, so need my CPAP Mask Straps tight to stop Mask air leaks. After 6 Months or so, I started to get neck ache right at the back of my neck, roughly over my C1 and C2 Cervical Vertebrae, right where the main lower CPAP Mask Strap bites. I'd wake up every morning with neck pain. You may guess where this is heading? After 1.5 years this pain got worse and worse. At the start of 2022, I had a massive pain right in the nape of my neck, and that day I went into Atrial Fibrillation. I went in and out of that for the next 3 Months, until I began to suspect it was linked to my Vagus nerves, and the issue was in my neck, not in my heart. They could find no Structural heart issues, and the usual Tests were fine. I was just told to take a Beta Blocker, which I did not get on with at all, and made me feel dire, so I took myself off that. I made up an 8mm Foam Pad to go across the rear and sides of my neck, and the Atrial Fibrillation stopped that same night. Unfortunately, I kept on using this, and the pressure upon my neck, although much reduced has, I now think, caused further C1 C2 issues, and I am currently battling Atrial Fibrillation again, which is definitely linked to my neck. I can change heart rate and HRV just by moving my head around. I have re-designed the CPAP Straps via a soft cap, and that has nothing at the back at all, so exerts no pressure upon either the rear or sides of my neck. All CPAP Mask Straps now only act upon the sides of that cap. That has significantly improved an issue with Ectopic Beats, and I am now also using a Collar and a Cervical Pillow, to gradually allow the C1 C2 area to settle down, if not heal. Also, if I move my head forwards, I can feel tingling flow down my body to my shins and the upper skin on my feet. I cannot get anyone in the UK to take this seriously. Cardiology do not want to know, and neither does Neurology. The issues all make sense if I have C1 C2 instability that is compromising my Vagus Nerves and disrupting my Autonomic System. I do not know for certain, but everything I have done to alleviate pressure forces acting upon the C1 C2 area, has improved the issues. My HRV has improved, my Pulse Change Rate at night has improved, and my quality of sleep is gradually improving. I am hoping to eventually get someone in the UK to take this seriously, and perhaps do an MRI Scan to take a good look at my C1 C2 area. The reason for writing this is to caution anyone with a CPAP, to look at their neck area if they develop otherwise inexplicable heart rate or rhythm issues.

[@sevgisirin1843]

I have similar issues not only cervical also thoracic middle, and lumbar NHS option only operation, therefore I will go to Turkey for prolotherapy and stem cell injection.

[@rumpestillskin4671]

It is so frustrating that there are so many incompetent "physicians" out there. I went for years of pain before finding a good one. We need an overhaul here in America to clean out big pharma and many hospitals and so called physicians. Greed has corrupted so many.

[@noemiflores7497]

Same… I have not found a good doctor who explains anything to me. So here I am trying to read my own MRI and find out all these pains.😔

[@rumpestillskin4671]

@@noemiflores7497 Do not give up.

[@brotherebenezer449]

Pain is gain, suffering makes us cry out to God, laying of hands he sends to fix us🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Achala148]

Oh thank you for thos video!! I have been so worried and now have some hope I can avoid surgery!... I have anterolisthesis 3 on 4, stenosos both central and bilateral stenosis, uncovertibral and endplate osteophytes, C5 disc is flattening spinal cord and loss CSF fluid around cord that area, and now kyphosis. What I dont understand is a neurosurgeon said everyone was worried about the disc protrusion and loss of CSF, but he zoomed in on C2 vertebrae and it looked spotty and he felt loss of bone density in that vertebrae could be causing a lot of my occipital symptoms... my chiropractor said yesterday the loss of bone density could cause a ligament next C2 to detatch from the bone (cant remember the name but it basically hold ls the head onto the neck) and tilting my head could then sever my spinal cord... That scared me! Does that sound right to you? Will prolotherapy and curve correction help prevent things getting worse?

[@roboquaid]

Really need to come see Dr hausser at some point. I'm from the UK and he seems to be my only hope. Keep up the good work and I will save and save until I can get to florida 1 day

[@allstarplayergk1081]

Save your money. This guy has been sued 21 times the national average. He had to flee one state to another because of malpractice. A quick google search will show he’s ruined tons of life’s. Yes he’s doing experimental procedures, but he’s doing it with gross negligence. The average in the US for actual surgeons is to have a 33% chance of being sued during thier career. That’s one out of every 3 doctors who actually cut people over and perform complex procedures. This guy just does injections and he’s been sued SEVEN times. That is astronomically high. He used to claim he could cure cancer and was sued out of his state. Do not travel to him.

[@roboquaid]

@@allstarplayergk1081 wow! Never knew this, gunna look into it. Thanks for the reply mate 👍

[@SpirituallyAscending81]

​@@allstarplayergk1081while it is true that he has been sued many times, he has also helped thousands and thousands of people, with me being one of them. I'm only on treatment number five and my dizziness symptoms along with all the others are slowly subsiding. Maybe if people actually took care of their bodies by eating organic and exercising and doing all the physical therapy exercises that his place recommends, maybe more people would have success. Also it's very common that after people get prolotherapy, they go back to their usual ways and they end up re-injuring themself over and over again. Hope this information helps people who are considering him to get their lives back.

[@Hadad-ln9ww]

Hey dr hauser, have you ever had a case where a person had a slight eye misalignment (right eye higher) accompanied by all the symptoms migraine dizzy right stiffness etc ?

[@tashamcmahon251]

What if it’s hitting the dura / spinal cord. Can it make you feel like your brain isn’t communicating to your limbs ??? 😢

[@thumper00000019]

I suffered a work related neck injury and both shoulders blown back in 2019 and went to the hospital and they sent me back to work the following Monday with only shoulder restrictions . My family doctor had passed away a few months before. I put it through WSIB ( workers comp) it took the 18 months to get me in to see any specialists and sure enough 3 herniated discs in my neck and 2 blown rotators . I've been in constant pain in my neck ( like someone took a bat to my neck )and both arms (like someone is twist the bones almost to the point they break , pins and needles , the shakes in my hands , chronic headaches and I only have 20% mobility of both hands) . Do you think anything can be done to help

[@katiej4245]

I have a bad herniated c6 that my surgeon is waiting to operate on because its poking into the left side of my spinal cord and i only have right side pain...is this normal?? He says all my pain should be on my left side...my entire right side from my face to my arm to mid back hurts so bad 😭

[@832Pokemom]

Try decompression treatments first

[@mrs.s8855]

Dr. Hauser, do you have in videos in regards to vertabrae hemangiomas?

[@CaringmedicalProlotherapy]

Hello mrs.s8855 - if this is a finding on the MRI and you’re wondering if you would still be a candidate for treatment here like Prolotherapy, you are welcome to reach out to us directly for a more detailed case review! You will also want to speak directly with the provider who ordered the MRI and get their opinion. Hope this helps!

[@mrs.s8855]

@@CaringmedicalProlotherapy Thank you!

[@Zoha172]

Hey I have l4 and l5 disc bludge very much pain and headache and also whole spine pain and vertigo and also stomach from very long time what to do how to manage all these

[@tonykahoro3131]

Hey Doctor do you have any recommendations of doctors in your field here in Washington seattle? I need the prolotherapy

[@CaringmedicalProlotherapy]

Hi Tony, we cannot make referrals to other providers - especially if we have not yet seen the patient and have conducted our own testing. We can recommend that you do some research and find a Prolotherapy provider who specializes in your area of concern. If you find that you are able to travel to FL, we would love to get you in for a consult. Wishing all the best in your healing!

[@KowsikaSri]

Prolotherapy works for cervical bulge as well ? Compressing nerve root

[@CaringmedicalProlotherapy]

Hello @KowsikaSri there are a lot of great resources on our website in regard to the treatment we do. Here is an article on how Prolotherapy can be a great treatment option for cervical instability www.caringmedical.com/prolotherapy-news/swallowing-difficulty-dysphagia-cervical-instability/

[@noemiflores7497]

How do we fix cervical instability? I have the clicking and grinding all the way down to my scapula.

[@CaringmedicalProlotherapy]

Hi @noemiflores7497 - Cervical Instability can be treated with Prolotherapy. Dr. Hauser wrote this article on how to treat neck pain and cervical instability if you'd like to learn more! www.caringmedical.com/cervical-neck-pain/ Some things that you can do to strengthen your vagus nerve are alternate-nostril breathing, applying cold compresses to your face and the back of your neck, breathing deeply and slowly, connect with nature - among many other things!

[@noemiflores7497]

@@CaringmedicalProlotherapy I cried reading the article on cervical radiculopathy and shoulder instability. Everything on the article I can relate to. Sometimes I feel like know one believes me and the pain I am in because it’s not visible. My head feels like it’s going to fall off sometimes and my thoracic spine is tender to the touch, my rhomboid is full of knot’s and aches all day, my scapula grinds and clicks and feels like it pops into place with bad pain, my entire arm and hand throbbing and my hand is so weak. How can they just leave me like this??? Epidural in my neck is the answer for them along with narcotics. I can’t live like this.

[@chandrakant8216]

Doctor.i have migrane in right side of head that starts at the back of head then goes on top ,and last on an single point and ..neck shoulder pain in left side ..and tinnitus in left side...can you please tell me what could be the reason...I'm in panic rightnow

[@Wifehaver_28]

Herniated disc might be causing this

[@chandrakant8216]

@@Wifehaver_28 thankyou for replying dear