Headaches, can chiropractic help?

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Headaches. Everyone gets them from time to time, but sometimes they can be so strong as to be utterly debilitating and they may not go away. Medications can address the symptoms but not the cause of these headaches, and simply dull the pain temporarily.

Chiropractors can help.

Many of the more severe headache symptoms are slow to respond to chemical treatment, which when made more intense to address the headache, can have long lasting and often negative effects to the body when used over time. This is why many people with chronic head pain look to the more natural (and very often the more effective alternative) solution of chiropractic care.

There Are Different Kinds of Headaches

In order to better treat any problem it is first important to understand what causes it. There are many different kinds of headaches, some which can be treated by chiropractic better than others. Headaches are most commonly caused by

-changes by vascular constriction

-tension in the muscles

-sinus congestion

These headaches can refer or radiate pain all over your head and they can feel like they’re centered in many different locations, but it is most important to realize that chiropractic seems to work best in the types of headaches that are based around muscle tension and changes to vascular flow. Sinus headaches have also had success, but they are likely to have a more complicated cause.

There are three main types of headaches typically found in a chiropractic office:

-migraine headaches

-tension headaches

-cervicogenic headaches

The last type of headache mentioned sounds a bit scary, but it just simply means a headache that is caused by referred pain that originates within the bone, muscles, or nerves of the neck.

Tension Headaches

If we become stressed, scared, or angry, your body will respond with increased muscle tension in the head, neck, and shoulders. This reaction is called the fight or flight response, and it is the normal response to stress. If we are stressed often (as most of us are) and we can neither run or fight, the muscle tension becomes a habit.

This can lead to some imbalances in the way we hold our body, which in turn leads to more muscle tension and pain. Chiropractic treatment can relax these muscles and realign the spine’s structure to put and end to the vicious cycle of pain. Those seeking chiropractic care for tension headaches can often see a marked improvement in just a few treatments as the nerves become less irritated and the muscles begin to relax.

Migraine Headaches and chiropractors

Migraines are brought about by changes in vascular flow, triggered by a variety of factors such as different smells, foods, weather, hormonal changes, and stress. These often very painful headaches do not always start off as pain. They can begin with nausea or the person may experience a halo effect called a visual aura.

Recent studies have shown chiropractors treatment may play a significant role in reducing the number of migraines a person has. By careful manipulation of the neck and spine, chiropractic adjustments may be able to reduce nerve irritation in the spine, thus preventing radiating or referred pain, and improve vascular flow.

Treatment Types

Chiropractic care centers around manipulation of the spine and neck to improve blood flow and posture. To reduce the headaches, the chiropractor will perform spinal adjustments using his hands, but may also include massage, trigger point therapy, or other types of complementary treatments to address the problem. The doctor of chiropractic will probably also include some home care recommendations such as stretching exercises and posture education to help keep things balanced between visits. this is an exert from the chiropractic blog

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Check out http://www.healinghandsms.com/ for more information. I (Dr. Heidingsfelder) have a new system for assessing weak core musculature. This weak core musculature causes the spine to loose stability leading to pain. Think you're strong? I have just assessed several body builders that could not pass the first screening technique. How can my muscles be making me have pain when I haven't injured them? When we sit, we turn off our core muscles, and pelvic floor muscles. These muscles stabilize our spine. Over the years the brain re-allocates its efforts elsewhere. It is like not playing a sport that you were once good at and returning to the sport...your body would be "rusty" and you would need to retrain the appropriate muscles to return to your potential. The problem is... we were never designed to sit for long periods of time. Our bodies were created to move, our muscles were made to contract then relax, not stay in a state of partial contraction like sitting. These muscles loose their "innervation" (input) from the brain and become weak, leading to a reaction of other muscles to take up their slack. Our bodies' way of compensation. This all happens long before pain begins. I have put together specific tests, or body positions that will target each muscle specifically in order to diagnose which specific muscles are weak, and which ones are taking up the slack and becoming overworked or even spastic. Pain is usually the last thing to come, and usually the first thing to go once treated, leaving the underlying problem unchanged.

Why hasn't my chiropractor checked my CORE?
All doctors, chiropractors or other, practice slightly different. Others are trained slightly different. These techniques are very progressive, and your chiropractor may not have been educated about them in school. Although the research is undeniable, most chiropractors focus on the structure of the spine.
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