Headaches And Migraines
Pain or discomfort from headaches and migraines can raise a variety of concerns about your health and wellness. Although a headache is not always a symptom of severe health concerns, it can serve as a painful distraction and may even be debilitating. By treating the pain with natural solutions through chiropractic care, you can potentially limit the impact of headaches or migraines without drug-related side effects.
Chiropractors work to get to the root cause of the headaches or migraines, rather than simply treating the pain itself. A chiropractor can reduce your chance of suffering, decrease the severity and the frequency and, in most cases, reduce entirely the need to rely on painkillers.
How Can A Chiropractor Help Me With Headaches And Migraines?
Headaches and migraines are caused by a variety of situations and factors. A chiropractor looks at the musculoskeletal elements of your body to find out whether anything is tight or trapped as this is a common cause of headaches. Although the best treatment option depends on the underlying causes of headaches, chiropractic care can address several physical factors that cause discomfort.
During chiropractic treatment, a chiropractor will adjust your back and neck so that your nervous system works effectively. Furthermore, the treatment helps relieve tight muscles and reduces the risk of tension headaches or migraines caused by stress. The purpose of chiropractic treatment is focused on the appropriate ways to reduce or eliminate pain caused by headaches.
Our treatment methods focus on improving the alignment of your spine, improving your posture and addressing any concerns with the nerves that contribute to recurring headaches. As a result, you feel less pain over time.
A headache is often pushed aside or ignored as a fact of life; simply taking a pain killing tablet like paracetamol or ibuprofen will often dull the pain so we can get on with life.
Most headaches are either caused by, or exacerbated by, vertebral subluxtions, stress, poor posture, squinting, tiredness, poor eye movement control, missing meals or a lack of physical activity.
Headaches And Migraines Treatment
Treatment will vary depending on the cause of your pain. Chiropractors have many methods available, including:
> Chiropractic Adjustments
> DaBaoZha Adjustment
> Percussion Therapy
> Muscle release techniques
> Trigger point therapy (which is a technique for getting a frozen muscle to release itself)
> Identification of related injuries or inflammation
> Advice for avoiding future problems
> Long and short term treatment plans
A chiropractor will also include advice and guidance on lifestyle changes and will incorporate strengthening exercises and stretching into your treatment sessions.
Interesting Facts About Migraines And Headaches
Headache is pain in any region of the head. Headaches may occur on one or both sides of the head, be isolated to a certain location, radiate across the head from one point, or have a viselike quality
Migraine headaches come in episodes and often come with nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to light
A headache may appear as a sharp pain, a throbbing sensation or a dull ache.
Women are mainly affected by migraines. Migraines affect 18% of women, whilst only 6% of men are affected
Almost half of all adults worldwide suffer from headache disorders such as migraines and tension headaches
There are different types of migraine, but the two most common types are migraine with aura and migraine without aura
Costs attributed to headaches are estimated at 1 172 Billion RMB ANNUALLY!
Migraines are hereditary
Tension-type headaches are the most common form of headache and about 75% of people will experience one at some point
Some common migraine triggers could be stress, skipping meals, caffeine and alcohol for example
Headaches can often be the result of tight and sore muscles in the neck and shoulders
It’s important to drink plenty of water, people suffering from dehydration are more likely to have headaches
One can get a headache from taking too many headache medications too often, a so-called rebound headache
78% of people with migraine say it has affected their social
activities
Clenching your jaw, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) syndrome, might be the cause of tension-type headaches
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