Headaches
Each day 5-10 million adults in the United States use an over the counter medication in hopes that it will cure their headache. Some get temporary relief...some do not. Some headaches go away on their own but others, especially chronic headaches or headaches that come back often are warning signs.
Any pain, including headaches, is your bodies way of warning you that something needs attention. A chiropractic doctor can give you that attention by finding out the cause of your headache and eliminating it.
A chiropractic doctor will examine you and ask questions to find out the cause of your headache. There are over 200 types of headaches. Most can be treated by a chiropractic doctor.
By finding out why you are getting headaches, your chiropractic doctor can help you correct or eliminate the causes. Then the headaches will be less severe and less frequent.
Headaches are an indication that something else in the body is out of balance and needs to be fixed. While pain killers like aspirin can cover up symptoms by blocking the pain they don't tackle the real problem.
3 out of 4 of us suffer from tension headaches. These dull, steady headaches from tight muscles in the neck, back and head are usually the result of stress. These steady muscle contractions use up oxygen and irritate the muscles causing pain.
Your chiropractic doctor can help you find out wether any physical imbalance is involved and correct it. 1/3 of chiropractic patients are seeking relief from head or neck pain and therefore chiropractic doctors are highly experienced in finding the cause of headaches as well as relieving the pain. Spinal problems are often behind the physical stress that leads to muscle contraction or tension headaches.