How A Chiropractor Can Treat Chronic Headaches

We all know what it’s like to get a headache from time to time, but for those who suffer with migraines and other chronic forms of pain, it can seem like the headaches will never go away. The first thing most of us do is go find a pill to swallow and while it may give you short term relief, it isn’t really addressing the problem, or the cause of the problem. The medicine will most often just mask the issue. It can even make things worse. Conventional medical doctors will often prescribe stronger and stronger pills in an attempt to give the patient relief, but very few truly know how to get to the root of the problem, and would certainly not be suggesting that the patient see a chiropractor.

Alternative medicine has become increasingly popular as the public’s awareness of it has increased. Education has helped a lot, and chiropractors have certainly had their say in all this. The fact is that chiropractors can do more to relieve chronic headaches than almost any medicine. As chiropractors, we believe that drugs can sometimes actually make the problem worse; and at best, they can have a negative effect on your overall health. Certainly, addiction is a growing concern in our society and it’s a huge problem. Among many of the wonderful benefits of chiropractic care, people can’t “abuse” it by becoming addicted to it, although you might get addicted in a good kind of way once you realize how good it makes you feel!

Headaches and Chiropractors = Relief

Headaches are most often caused by stress or tension, sinus problems, and vascular constriction, which can cause migraines. There is also what is called cervicogenic headaches, which is just a fancy word for headaches that are caused from referred pain from a bone, muscle or nerve.  Stress is a huge source of headaches since it causes tightness and tension around the eyes and in the neck. We are more stressed and over-worked than ever before, and our bodies can get so used to creating stress and tension headaches, that we don’t “break the habit” of them and therefore, we don’t heal ourselves as well as we should be able to. Chiropractic adjustments are a great way to treat these kinds of headaches.