Stellate Ganglion Block
When funds allow, the Honor and Courage Foundation will cover the cost of the Sellate Ganglion Block Procedure for ActiveDuty Military, Veterans, and First Responders. We refer everyone to Dr. Mulvaney and Dr. Lynch at the Stellate Institute located in Annapolis Maryland. www.stellateinstitute.com We believe Dr.s Mulvaney and Lynch are the best of the best in regards to the SGB Procedure. To see if you qualify for our SGB Grant, please fill out out application for “Special Grants” under the “Special Grants” tab.
A Possible Breakthrough Treatment For PTSD.
“I had a mandate to return our nation’s Special Operations fighting men and women back to full strength after injuries sustained on and off the battlefield. I learned the best FDA approved, non-operative, reparative medicine techniques available, then I taught them to military physicians. Now you can benefit from this knowledge.”
Dr. Sean Mulvaney
What is Stellate Ganglion Block?
The stellate ganglion block (SGB) is a procedure in which an injection of a long-acting local anesthetic, using ultrasound guidance, is made in the side of the neck around the main nerve that controls the “fight or flight” response (the sympathetic nervous system). This nerve, (the cervical sympathetic chain) which is a two-way conduit, connects the parts of the brain that control the fight or flight response (referred to as the central autonomic network) to the rest of the body. By blocking or “turning off” the traffic in the cervical sympathetic chain, it is believed that the parts of the brain that control the fight or flight response are allowed to completely reset, resulting in long-term relief of the associated anxiety symptoms. Multiple peer-reviewed medical studies show that SGB results in significant long-term improvement in chronic anxiety symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress injury (PTSI). The SGB takes less than 15 minutes to perform, and benefits are seen in as little as 30 minutes.
(Although the term PTSD is more commonly used, Dr. Mulvaney and Dr. Lynch feel that the term post traumatic stress injury (PTSI) is medically more accurate. After all, an injury is something you can recover from.)