Category Archives: Headache

Dr. Besso shares how NUCCA Chiropractic can bring Chronic Headache Relief

Written on December 6, 2012 by Dr. Geoffrey Besso in Conditions, Headache, Migraines

On November 5th, 2012 Dr. Geoffrey Besso was interviewed on WKYC Channel 3′s “Live on Lakeside” show. They invited him to share on the benefits of his specific NUCCA chiropractic technique, specifically in the area of headaches. In the past 7 years Dr. Besso has used this gentle and specific technique to help many patients find relief from chronic headaches. Patients are always happy to find a solution to the pain they experience on a daily basis, pain that they often think they just have to “live with”. Take a  minute to watch the video, and give us a call at 330.689.1234 if you would like us to sit down with you to discuss finding relief from your headaches.

Dr. Besso’s November 5th 2012 interview- Live on Lakeside, WKYC Channel 3

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“It’s been a year, and I have had ONE migraine.”

Written on December 4, 2012 by Dr. Geoffrey Besso in Headache, Migraines

Many patients come to Besso Clinic hopeful, and yet skeptical. They have suffered for years with pain: debilitating pain that is keeping them from being active with their kids or grandkids, from gardening or golf, or simply from getting a good night’s sleep. Many people are looking desperately for a solution, but most of those solutions come with side effects, drugs, or invasive surgery. Yet they walk through our doors, daring to be hopeful. We get excited to be a part of the solution, to meet them and help them walk the road to relief- not just from pain, but to an increased level of wellness in their entire body. This is Maggie C’s story. Call us at 330-689-1234 to being your story.

I came to the Besso Clinic of Chiropractic looking for relief from my monthly migraines, allergies, and sinus problems. I also would wake up with neck pain, and a headache. I have suffered with these problems for most of my life.

I tried other chiropractors as well as allergist who just gave me medication. I took the medication and still found no relief, plus I didn’t want to be on medication for the rest of my life.

It’s been a year, and I have had one migraine. I just can’t believe it! My neck pain is better, my allergies are less, and I don’t wake up with a headache. The NUCCA procedure is very gentle, and the Drs. are great when it comes to doing what’s best for each patient. The staff here is amazing; everyone is so welcoming and supportive.

The hardest part for me was the waiting for the results, being patient was difficult at first, but it was totally worth the long-term results. I am so happy the Besso Clinic helped me feel better, and made me able to do things I enjoy doing without pain or taking medication to do so.

-Maggie C. Stow, Ohio.

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Headaches are not NORMAL, you don’t have to live with them.

Written on December 3, 2012 by Dr. Geoffrey Besso in Headache, Migraines

Many people feel like they have to live with their headaches. They read their pain medication bottles and it says “for everyday, normal headaches” and they think that is the truth. But, at the Besso Clinic, we look for the cause of the headache, and treat that. With an 80% success rate, many patients with severe headaches enter our office, having tried surgeries, various treatments, and many different medications. They are hopeless, and just trying to survive their life of pain. Checkout the video below. Our patient, Jeff M. of Vermillion, Ohio shares how our gentle and precise NUCCA technique has been able to treat the cause of his headaches, and help him to be nearly headache free. Call us today at 330.689.1234 to set up an appointment and see if we can help you.

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Stow Chiropractic and Headaches

Written on June 29, 2012 by Dr. Geoffrey Besso in Chiropractic, Headache

Stow Chiropractic and Headaches When many people in the Akron area think to visit a chiropractor they are typically suffering from back pain, yet your Stow chiropractor can sometimes offer you relief for other health symptoms such as headaches.

For many Stow residents headaches are a common part of everyday life. Some headaches can signal a deficiency in your body that is keeping you from your optimal health levels. Chiropractors in and around Akron may be able to offer you advice or treatment that could help improve your overall health and wellness and reduce your suffering from headaches.

Stow chiropractors deal with assessing and treating your musculoskeletal system, which is the system of your body that gives you the ability to move using your muscles and bones. When your muscles, bones, and all the other little pieces of your back, such as your spine, are not in their proper places your health may be reduced and you may incur back pain.

While headaches can be caused by stress, toxic fumes, and alcohol consumption it is also possible that misalignments of the joints, muscles, tendons, and bones in your upper back and neck could be the cause of your headaches.

Regular chiropractic care for those living in the Akron area is a drug free way to attempt to realign any misaligned aspects that may be causing headaches or pain to Stow residents through spinal adjustments, diet, exercise, and stress management etc.

Every patient and headache problem is unique, so you should make sure to get a good diagnosis and treatment plan with which you are comfortable. If you are suffering from headaches and live in the Akron area and would like to see what the Besso Clinic of Chiropractic can do for you come visit us at 2071 Graham Road Stow, Ohio 44224.

“”Experience the NUCCA difference!”"

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Do you struggle with Migraines? You TOO could experience this relief.

Written on June 11, 2012 by Dr. Geoffrey Besso in Conditions, Headache, Migraines
Often a patient enters our office, seeking relief from debilatating pain. This pain affects their quality of life, not only for them, but their families. The exciting part for us here at the Besso Clinic, is that we have the chance to sit down with them, discuss their pain, and find a solution. Do you experience migraine headaches?
One of our patients had this story to share:
For six years I have had severe migraine headaches. These migraines would affect me suddenly, 2 -3 times a week. The migraines caused vomiting, staggering gait, blurred vision, light sensitivity and dizziness. Some migraines were worse than others, and would last for days. To help improve the cerebral spinal fluid flow, I have had 12 brain surgeries, and shunt revisions before my 22nd birthday.
I have tried steroids, which helped somewhat, Motrin, had 2 hospital stays, and have had a few ER visits.
Since I have been coming to the Besso Clinic and getting NUCCA treatments, my migraine headaches are infrequent, and I would say have improved by 90%. I have had only one severe headache since beginning care. I have also noticed my sleeping has improved, which is great!
The staff has been very good and pleasant. I like how prompt they are, and how they really seem to care about my progress.
- Matt P., Parma, OH
Our mission is to help patients who no one has been able to help.  So, if you have been struggling with a health challenge that no one has been able to figure out then I encourage you to visit our office.  We will check you out and let you know if we can, or cannot, help you.
Call 330-689-1234.
Blessings,
Dr. Geoff Besso, D.C.
Besso Clinic of Chiropractic, Inc.
Stow, OH 44224


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“I’ve tried everything for my Cluster Headaches and Upper Cervical Chiropractic worked!”

Written on May 31, 2012 by Dr. Geoffrey Besso in Chronic Pain, Conditions, Headache, Migraines

Jeff M. was suffering severely from cluster headaches, and was desperate to find care that worked. After much extensive research and various failed treatments, he eventually ended up at our office.  He is a great patient who is committed to getting healthy- because he has experienced GREAT relief from his pain and never wants to go back to the way things were!

He shared his story with Dr. Besso on Fox 8 New Day Cleveland, OH.

 

 

Here is his full story.

Cluster Headaches:  Cluster headaches are the most severe headaches. A cluster headache can be many times more intense than a migraine attack. It has been called the “suicide headache” because many people have taken their lives either during an attack or in anticipation of an attack. The term “cluster headache” refers to headaches that have a characteristic grouping of attacks. This neurological disorder case excruciatingly severe pain on one side of the head, usually centered on or around the eye.  Pain is often described as boring, burning or stabbing and is often likened to someone plunging a red hot poker into then eye.  The pain escalates very rapidly going from zero to debilitating in 5 to 15 minutes.  Cluster headaches occur one to three times per day during a cluster period, which may last 2 weeks to 3 months. The headaches may disappear completely (go into “remission”) for months or years, only to recur.  A cluster headache typically awakens a person from sleep 1 to 2 hours after going to bed. These nocturnal attacks can be more severe than the daytime attacks.

I was fortunate enough to have a continuous version, mine never went into remission.  I had constant pain, between 1 and 3 on the pain scale.  I always felt the need to crack or roll my neck looking for relief.  During the attacks the pain was as low as a 6 and as high as an 11.  The only comparison I have to the level of pain would be a 15 to 20 minute continuous ice cream headache.  Sometimes longer.

I have had these headaches for 20 years.  When someone says that they have tried everything, they usually haven’t.  I will let you be the judge:

  1. Pure Oxygen during attacks
  2. Traditional Chiropractics
  3. Lumbar decompression
  4. Acupuncture
  5. Deep-tissue massotherapies’
  6. Several traditional doctors
  7. Saw a top Cleveland Clinic Neurologist
  8. UH neurologist
  9. Botox injections
  10. Years of meeting with the Cleveland Clinic headache department
  11. Cleveland Clinic Pain Management department to include years of Occipital Nerve steroid blockades.  Various pain management surgeries to include Cryo-ablation which is freezing the nerve as well as radiofrequency-ablation which is super heating the nerve.  I was also board-approved to have an (trial) extensive $90,000 occipital nerve stimulator planted into my occipital nerve without success.
  12. CatScan, MRI and X-Ray
  13. Many Medications that took me two+ years to try to include:  Ergotamine, Lidocaine, Dihydroergotamine, Prednisone, Lithium, Indomethacin (Indocin), Imitrex, Direct nasal imitrex injections, Narcotics, Tylonol 3 with codine, muscle relaxers, vicodin, Verapamil, Melatonin, Migraine medications and others.
  14. Natural supplements like 5-HTP, magnesium, Feverfew and others.
  15. More.

The Besso staff is great; you usually don’t have to wait.  The drive for me is an hour 1-way, so that is not that exciting but always worth the trip.

My treatment is the most unlikely, most non-evasive, and hard to understand treatment I’ve ever experienced.   Dr. Besso, with the most delicate touch, moves my atlas back into the correct position.  After the first treatment, I said “you’ve got to be kidding me”.  To this day I can’t believe he is actually doing something.  I’m later convinced the next day when I can feel the change in my head due to his touch.  The doctor said “After the Atlas in back in place, it will take months for the tendons to heal and just shy of a year for the nerves to heal”.  I thought, this is a great money maker, I should start a practice.  I’m glad to say the tendons and nerves did heal.

After a few months I started to have 2-3 day periods with less pain and less attacks.  Then longer periods of time where I was headache free and didn’t have the relentless desire to crack or roll my neck.

I can’t believe it but I now go 4, 5, 6 days to a week without a headache.  Then a small headache that can be relieved with two-three Aleve followed by more pain-free living.

I can actually see the light at the end of the tunnel when I will be totally cured.

Jeff M., Vermillion, OH

 

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“Finding Relief from Migraine Headaches” on Good Company Ch. 3

Written on May 17, 2012 by Dr. Geoffrey Besso in Besso Clinic, Headache, Migraines

Dr. Besso and patient Carrie N. shared about how Besso Clinic’s gentle chiropractic approach has helped many patients find migraine headache relief. The appeared on Good Company WKYC Channel 3 on May 16th.

Take a minute and watch the video.

Dr. Besso on Good Company

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Read This If you have had Head or Neck Trauma and Suffer from Headaches or Neck Pain

Written on March 11, 2012 by Dr. Geoffrey Besso in Headache, Neck Pain, Pinched Nerves, Upper Cervical Chiropractic

In July 2010 there was a groundbreaking study published in Brain Injury.  If you have been in a car accident in the past and have ANY head or neck pain read on…

This is how the study was designed, now pay attention :) … The study included 1200 patients with head or neck pain.  600 had a history of a whiplash injury and 600 did not.  Then they divided each group in half again and they performed a standard recumbent MRI (laying down in the tube) on 300 patients and a new type of MRI called an Upright MRI on the remaining in 300 patients in each group.

So, what were the results and why was this study so eye opening?

First, to build some context, let me explain a little bit about how the junction between the head and neck is designed.  Your head weighs about ten pounds, about the weight of a bowling ball.  The weight of the head is supported by a ring shaped 2 ounce bone called the atlas.  Most of the million messages per minute that go from the brain to the rest of the body, and back up, flow right through the ring of the atlas vertebra.  Also, it’s important to note that the base of the brain is called the cerebellum, and it should be up inside the skull and it should Not protrude down and out of the cranium at all.  If the brain protrudes out it is called Cerebellar Ectopia.

Ok, back to the results of the study.  When the upright MRI was performed on the whiplash group the researchers found Cerebellar Ectopia 24% of the time!  So, if you have been in a car accident there may be a 1 in 4 chance that your head or neck pain is due to YOUR BRAIN PROTRUDING OUT of the skull.

Now, this is where it gets really interesting and this is why I am blogging about this.  We as upper cervical specific chiropractors can help!  Follow up studies have been performed and they have shown that when we realign the Atlas (C-1) vertebra, the tension on the brinstem and cerebellum is reduced allowing the cerebellum to move back up  to where it belongs (inside the skull/cranium where it belongs).

This explains why our patient’s see improvements in: neck pain, headaches, energy levels, sleep patterns, mental clarity, numbness and the list goes on and on, upon rebalancing the head and neck in a gentle specific manner with the NUCCA technique.

I hope all of this made sense and convicts you to have your spinal alignment checked, especially if you have had any head or neck trauma.

Blessings,

Dr. Geoff Besso

Besso Clinic of Chiropractic, Inc.  Stow, OH  330.689.1234

Cerebellar tonsillar eptopia is substantially more prevalent in whiplash- injured patients than in neck pain patients with no recent history of trauma.

Title: A case-control study of cerebellar tonsillar octopia (Chiari) and head/neck trauma (whiplash)

In: Brain Injury, July 2010; 24(7-8): 988–994

Authors: Michael D. Freeman, Scott Rosa, David Harshfield, Francis Smith,

Robert Bennett, Chris J. Centeno, Ezriel Kornel, Ake Nystrom, Dan Heffez, Sean S. Kohles

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Success with Chronic Low Back Pain and Headaches

Written on June 6, 2011 by Dr. Geoffrey Besso in Back Pain, Headache, Uncategorized

“Last fall a friend informed me of a clinic where I might find some relief from the stabbing back pain I was having. I have herniated several discs in my lumbar back that was causing shooting pain going down my legs. Previously I tore my trapezius muscles which led to a stiff neck and headaches. When I would sit for more than a short time I was in misery and had to get up and move around. I have complained about sitting and back pain since I worked at Ohio Bell in the 1960’s.

In the past, I have been to chiropractors, physical therapists and I did special exercises. I’ve taken several medications to relax muscles, relieve pain, help with sleep and have had several lumbar injections, finding only temporary relief.  Besso Clinic was different. The staff was very pleasant. I didn’t have to wait long and think about how awful it was going to be to be given another prescription or injection.

The best part about Besso is there is no pain; I’m never anxious about the NUCCA treatment and have asked Dr. Besso if he was “doing” anything because of the gentle nature of the treatment. There isn’t anything to fear about this treatment. Being a nurse, I need to know everything that is going on, and I was probably the biggest skeptic that has ever walked through their doors.  Over the last four months my back pain has decreased.  I no longer have any stabbing pain in my lumbar spine. I have had less headaches and can tolerate the long hour drive in the car to get there.

I’m hoping and praying this relief continues.  I have told several people I work with, family members and friends, even people I don’t know very well, about my good results.”

I give Besso Clinic permission to use this information in informing others.

Kathy B.

 

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Sinus Headache and Motion Sickness Relief in Cleveland/Akron

Written on May 4, 2011 by Dr. Geoffrey Besso in Besso Clinic, Headache, Upper Cervical Chiropractic

“When I first came to Besso Clinic in Stow I was suffering from sinus headaches, and neck pain. I had been suffering for 20 + years with these conditions. I would take Sudafed, Excedrin or Tylenol and I did nasal cleansing but did not experience much relief. I also took a lot of natural supplements and saw my family doctor. Since coming to Besso Clinic and starting NUCCA care I have experienced increase energy and decrease in the intensity and frequency of headaches. I used to get motion sickness when riding as a passenger in the car. Since coming to Besso Clinic I can ride in the back seat of the van and not feel sick.

What I like most about the Besso Clinic has been Dr. Besso’s gentle adjustments.  I also like the way he monitors and checks my progress.

The staff has been kind, helpful and attentive. There isn’t one thing I don’t like about the care I have received from Besso Clinic. I would definitely recommend Besso Clinic for gentle chiropractic treatment that ensures my safety but also gives me relief from the pain I was experiencing.”

Cherrie S. Hudson, OH

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