Concurrent Bell’s Palsy and Facial Pain Improving with Multimodal Chiropractic Therapy: A Case Report and Literature Review

Eric Chun-Pu Chu; Robert J. Trager; Alan Te-Chang Chen

doi:10.12659/AJCR.937511

19 September 2022 : Case report Hong Kong

Concurrent Bell’s Palsy and Facial Pain Improving with Multimodal Chiropractic Therapy: A Case Report and Literature Review

Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment, Rare coexistence of disease or pathology

Eric Chun-Pu Chu

^1ABDE, Robert J. Trager^2CDEF*, Alan Te-Chang Chen^1ABDE

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.937511

Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e937511

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Figure 4. Upper cervical spine manipulation demonstration. As performed in the current case, with the patient supine, the chiropractor places their proximal phalanx on the right articular pillar of the second cervical vertebra, preloads the patient’s neck by placing it in slight ipsilateral lateral flexion and contralateral rotation, and provides a thrust directed lateral to medial and posterior to anterior using the right hand, with the left hand acting to stabilize the head.

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