Chiropractic treatment can effectively treat all kinds of headaches by reducing their duration, severity, and frequency. With regular adjustments, you can get rid of uncomfortable headaches.
Compared to painkillers and injections, which have side effects, chiropractic treatment is non-invasive and side-effect free. Heavy doses of pain-alleviating medicines are the shortcut to get rid of migraines. Chiropractic care is a safer and natural alternative.
What is chiropractic care?
Chiropractors use spinal manipulation to improve the body’s musculoskeletal structure, allowing it to heal without medication. This manipulation restores joint mobility in tissues distressed because of an accident, repetitive stress, or sitting for long hours in the wrong posture or without back support.
Benefits of chiropractic care
People suffering from migraines and other chronic headaches deal with unimaginable pain, which drastically affects the quality of their daily life. Chiropractic care can help. It relieves blockages, aligns your spine, and helps your brain communicate effectively with your body. It also helps boost respiratory, digestive, circulatory, and immune systems.
Finding the trigger
All headaches have a primary cause, a trigger that may be standalone and not because of any other disease. Only 5% of headaches are caused by an outside physical problem, also known as primary headaches. Common causes of primary headaches are food, noise, behavior, and muscle tension in the neck, which is the most common. Sitting for long hours in one position strains the neck and often causes headaches. It would help if you found the right trigger for the chiropractic treatment to give optimum results.
Chiropractic adjustments
Chiropractic adjustments can elevate headaches caused by tension in the neck. They also improve overall spinal function and remove stress from the entire system.
Chiropractors also offer advice on the right posture for long-term sitting and nutrition that will help you reduce stress and headache. They also provide relaxation techniques for both back and neck to fight symptoms when you are at home or sitting on your desk.
At-home exercises
Though chiropractic treatment will reduce stress, regular exercises will help you achieve better results. Chiropractors are known to suggest stretching and low-impact exercises to prevent migraines and relieve headaches effectively.
What would a chiropractor do?
A doctor will start by looking at your medical history. They will then perform a physical examination to diagnose if chiropractic treatment is appropriate for your condition. The treatment will involve manual adjustment where a doctor or a chiropractor will use a controlled force to improve your joint mobility and range.
About Great Choice Chiropractic
If you are suffering from migraines, headaches, or have frequent pain in your neck and back, let Great Choice Chiropractic be your one-stop destination for the treatment. Based in Chandler, Arizona, we also treat disc pain, carpal tunnel pain, sciatica and provide accident chiropractic services. You can call us at (480) 704-6600 or email us at office@greatchoicechiro.com to know more about Dr. Hauser, our services, or book an appointment.
