Migraines

Chiropractors for Migraines Athens GA

Headaches can be a real problem for a lot of people. Millions of Americans suffer from them every day. For these people, medication may sometimes help, but it is usually just temporary. Regular migraine chiropractic care can most often relieve your headache without drugs. Headaches can come from many different causes, and chiropractic care for headaches can help alleviate most of them. Some of the more common types of headaches include cluster headaches, tension headaches, cervicogenic headaches, migraines, and headaches caused from TMJ. A preventive wellness care approach with our migraine chiropractors helps address the root cause of your headaches rather than briefly treating the symptoms. Our holistic approach promotes optimal healing, health, and wellness.

Cervicogenic headaches come from the cervical spine and often lead to debilitating, consistent pain in the head and/or face. These are commonly caused by dysfunction of the joints of the neck spine, usually from accidents or other injuries. The adjustments, exercises, and trigger point therapies we use with headache chiropractic care helps improve the function of the joints and addresses the underlying cause associated with cervicogenic headaches.

A migraine headache can also many times be caused by a structural problem in the spine. Spine misalignment causes nerve compression. Nerve compression sends messages to the muscles of the body causing them to tense up. The nerve compression itself and/or the tension in the muscles can lead to these types of headaches. Migraines can also sometimes be related to food allergies or triggers. The migraine chiropractors at Chiropractic Works can relieve these types of headaches with muscle therapy, nutrition and lifestyle coaching, chiropractic adjustments and other types of holistic approaches. Your spine should stay aligned so that there is less physical stress on the nerves and less tension on the muscles. People who experience migraines know how painful and crippling they can be. Most people who suffer from them often take medication to get rid of the symptoms, however this does not address the underlying cause. When the pain is long lasting or recurring, medications aren’t enough. Structural problems can cause headaches and migraines, and chiropractic care for migraines addresses these conditions.

Tension headaches are very common and often caused from muscle spasms, stress, or bad posture and poor ergonomics. You may need to see a chiropractor for headaches if this happens often or is a chronic issue for you. Studies have shown that chiropractic neck massage and spinal manipulation reduces pain associated with tension headaches.

Cluster headaches are very painful. They come in cycles called cluster periods, and they last for weeks or months. Medications can help relieve these headaches temporarily, but the headache chiropractors at Chiropractic Works can impact the source of the cluster headaches, relieving them for long periods of time and potentially even permanently. Cluster headaches usually happen when people are stressed. They’re caused by a sudden increase in pressure or inflammation inside the head, which causes a throbbing sensation. The inflammation can also be the cause of pressure on nerves. People who suffer from this condition often experience migraines as well.

Treating the Source & Cause with Chiropractic Care for Headaches

Headaches are commonly caused by stress (sometimes injury). Long hours at a laptop or smartphone, certain foods, and poor sleep patterns can all trigger headaches. Tension headaches can often be caused by being in the same position for too long. Spending too much time looking down at your phone or sitting at a desk can cause muscle tension in your neck and shoulders. This can lead to “tech neck” and headaches. Migraine chiropractors recommend taking breaks every 30-60 minutes and changing positions to relieve muscle tension. Overall, lifestyle tweaks paired with chiropractic care for migraines can make big differences to help relieve your chronic headaches. Chiropractic care for headaches is commonly used by doctors to address migraines and other types of headaches. X-rays are only sometimes necessary to take before performing an adjustment. Doctors use a targeted methodology to determine the cause of pain and treat that pain at the source.