Chiropractic Care For Headaches
Houston Chiropractor Comments: I am always amazed when patients are surprised that chiropractic care can help with headaches. Unfortunately, some people think that chiropractic care is only for neck or back pain. Typically, they will be coming to our Houston Texas office for treatment of their neck pain or from an auto accident, and then realize that the headaches that they had suffered from for years had either gotten better or gone away.
Having a headache can affect your ability to sleep, make decisions, be emotionally available, and carry on with our daily activities.
The most common types of headaches are migraine, tension, and cervicogenic. The tension headache is usually reported as a tight band around the head. The migraine headache is typically one-sided with the patient reporting a sensitivity to light, sound, or smell. The cervicogenic headache typically originates in the neck, but is perceived in the head or face.
Evidence shows that chiropractors are very effective in helping to alleviate cervicogenic and tension headaches and in reducing the intensity and frequency of migraines.
At my Houston TX office, patients have received the best results for their headaches by a combination of spinal manipulation, soft tissue therapy, physical modalities such as electrical stimulation and traction, rehabilitative exercises, and lifestyle changes.
The gentle spinal manipulation is either performed via manual or instrument adjusting to correct any joint misalignments. The soft tissue therapy helps to reduce the muscle tension or spasms. The therapies will be based on your pain pattern and how you respond to care. The rehabilitative exercises and lifestyle changes are designed to give you control over your headaches so that they can be prevented or minimized in the future.
Life is too short to suffer needlessly with headaches. Contact Beecher Chiropractic so that you can experience the pleasure of health.
Dr. Ward Beecher practices at Beecher Chiropractic Clinic at 1001 Pineloch, Ste 700 Houston, TX 77062. You can schedule an appointment at www.BeecherChiropractic.com or by calling (281) 286-1300. If you have any questions regarding this blog, please comment below!
