headaches and migraines

Headaches & Migraines


Chiropractic Care for Headaches and Migraines



Understanding Why

neck injuries photo According to the latest research, 9% of men and 12% of women in the U.S. experience at least 1-2 headache episodes per month. And, more than 4% of the U.S. population suffers from frequent headaches, defined as headaches that occur at least 180 days a year. Needless to say, headaches have become a social and economic burden in the United States, as well as other parts of the world.

Scientists have identified over 300 causes for headaches. Various pain-sensitive structures and tissues including the skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscles, arteries, periosteal bone covering, and the upper cervical and facial nerves produce headaches when irritated or injured. Fortunately, only a handful of causes are responsible for the majority of headaches.

The most common of these headaches include:

  • Cervicogenic- problems within the neck
  • Muscle-tension- neck and upper back muscular spasms
  • Cluster
  • Migraines
  • Drug-induced- from analgesic overuse
  • Post-traumatic- following head/neck trauma, i.e. whiplash

How Alcoa Chiropractic Can Help

Doctors of chiropractic successfully help thousands of individuals everyday obtain safe, effective, long-term relief from their headaches. This is because most headaches have a spinal, muscular, or habitual component which the chiropractor has been trained to identify and treat. In fact, surveys show that 10-25% of patients initiate chiropractic care for the relief of headaches.



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