I’m sure most people can say that they have experienced headaches from time to time, but if it’s a recurring headache happening daily, you could be suffering from chronic headaches. Chronic headaches can be the most debilitating form of headaches because of their severity. Hundreds of thousands of people experience chronic headaches each year. The good news is most headaches are not caused from life-threatening medical conditions.
When you have a headache, it is neither the bones of the head nor the tissues of the brain that are causing pain. These areas do not have pain fibers, and therefore cannot cause pain. It can actually be any of the several nerve endings that run from the scalp to the face, jaw and throat. Another common area causing a headache is the muscles of the head and the blood-vessels at the base of the brain. Both areas contain fragile nerve fibers.
For headaches to be deemed as chronic, they would need to occur at least 15 days a month for 3 months. Chronic headaches are not their own classification of headache, but instead usually one or a combination of both tension and migraine headaches. It is unfortunate, but there is little traditional medicine can do for the chronic headache sufferer. Studies have shown that chiropractic adjustments can decrease how often people experience these headaches, as well as the duration of the headache. With spinal manipulation and soft tissue therapy, patients have shown dramatic improvement.
Premier Health Chiropractors can perform spinal manipulation or chiropractic adjustments to help with spinal function, as well as lessen the stress on your system. They can also provide you with nutritional counseling, massage therapy and or stress therapies to help lessen chronic headache pain.
There are many reasons that a chiropractor may be your best bet in the case of chronic headaches. Sometimes the vertebrae of the spine start to move out of place or lose their range of motion for one of many reasons. This misalignment puts pressure on the many nerves leading to and away from the brain. Premier Health Chiropractors can assist in getting them back in place by using gentle and highly skilled adjustment techniques.
Chiropractic treatments also deal with many contributory factors. These factors may include relief of restrictive movement in the neck, muscle tension in the neck, upper back, and shoulders. This will help also correct any postural problems that may influence the occurrence of both migraine and tension headaches.
Nearly three quarters of people in the United States experience headaches. Unfortunately only 1 to 2 percent of people visit their chiropractor for chronic headache relief. Some of the most wonderful successes chiropractor therapy has shown are in treating chronic headaches. A study ending in 1978 reviewed headache chiropractor treatments since 1923 and found a success rate between 72 and 90 percent. The benefits had seemed to last for years after the treatments. If you, or somebody you know, suffer from chronic headaches, make the call to your local Premier Health Chiropractor. It may just be the call that changes your life.