Background: A 72-year-old female presented for Chiropractic care with a chief complaint of severe trigeminal neuralgia, resulting in excruciating headaches and significant disability to do basic activities of daily life including brushing her teeth or lightly touching her face.
Intervention: The patient was managed using a five-stage chiropractic protocol using the Knee-Chest Upper Cervical technique specifically honed for patients with vestibular or trigeminal symptoms.
Outcomes: Concomitant with improvements in subluxation listings and thermography scans, the patient reported significant reduction in trigeminal neuralgia episodes, was now able to sleep, socialise and engage in activities of daily life. She described her recovery as remarkable.
Conclusion: Given the pain and disability levels associated with Trigeminal Neuralgia and the frustrations often faced when patients do not reap significant benefits from pharmacological or surgical interventions, Chiropractic should be considered as a conservative, early intervention.
Author keywords: Chiropractic - Subluxation - Advanced Biostructural Correction Technique - ABC - Trigeminal Neuralgia - Quality of Life
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