Pain Relieving Exercise Program (PREP)

G. Jull, PhD A Randomized Controlled Trial of Exercise and Manipulative Therapy for Cervicogenic Headache. A multicenter study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of a low-load cervical exercise program for cervicogenic headache. The
treatment period was 6 weeks with follow-up assessment after treatment, then at 3, 6, and 12 months. The study included 200 participants. CONCLUSION: At the 12 month follow-up assess-ment, specific cervical exercise had significantly reduced headache frequency and intensity, and the neck pain and effects were maintained (P< 0.05 for all). Exercise can reduce the symptoms of cervicogenic headache, and the effects are maintained. (Spine 2002;27:1835-43).

S. Haldeman, MD, PhD, DC. President, Neck Task Force Report The largest review of cervical research ever conducted (>31,000 studies). “One thing that became very clear to us is that the classic model we use in clinical practice doesn’t work. We tend as clinicians to see a person with neck pain, try to diagnose the cause of the problem, prescribe treatment, and hope the patient has no more pain. What we found is that this model just doesn’t fit the evidence”. (The BackLetter, Vol. 23, No. 2, 2008)

G. Jull, PhD A Randomized Controlled Trial of Exercise and Manipulative Therapy for Cervicogenic Headache “Specific cervical exercise had significantly reduced headache frequency and intensity, and the neck pain and effects were maintained”. (Spine 2002;27:1835-43).

E. Hurwitz, DC, PhD Treatment of Neck Pain: Noninvasive Interventions: (359 articles reviewed, 170 admissible) “Our best evidence synthesis suggests that therapies involving manual therapy and exercise are more effective than alternative strategies for patients with neck pain”. (Spine 2008;33:4S,S123-S152)

N. Holt, MD Headache Institute of Texas San Antonio, TX “We spend our days systematically reducing and often abolishing patients’ symptoms, typically on the first visit. Over 5 years and 1,800 patients, our patients have been able to capitalize on the life-changing opportunity this new system affords”.

R. Lockett, DO Orthopedic Injury Management – Pain Management Experts St. Petersburg, FL. “As a pain management physician, I have marveled at the immense success achieved within minutes without drugs, needles, or knives. No other method of treatment has given my patients such great success”.

A. Johnson, PT, Cert. MDT Carle Spine Institute Urbana, IL “It’s amazing to watch your worst headache/migraine sufferers knock out their symptoms in minutes, often on the first visit”.