Are you currently searching for chiropractic care for migraines or headaches?
Discover Health and Wellness provides migraine treatment to the greater Denver area, as well as Ken Caryl and Littleton.
If you are suffering from this health challenge, reach out to us today. Chiropractic care for migraines and chiropractic care headaches can be helped in our offices.
The following information is from the National Institutes of Health which gives an excellent summary on Headaches:
The most common type of headache is tension headache. It is likely caused by tight muscles in your shoulders, neck, scalp, and jaw. A tension headache:
May be related to stress, depression, anxiety, a head injury, or holding your head and neck in an abnormal position.
Tends to be on both sides of your head. It often starts at the back of the head and spreads forward. The pain may feel dull or squeezing, like a tight band or vice. Your shoulders, neck, or jaw may feel tight or sore.
A migraine headache involves severe pain. It usually occurs with other symptoms, such as vision changes, sensitivity to sound or light, or nausea. With a migraine:
The pain may be throbbing, pounding, or pulsating. It tends to begin on one side of your head. It may spread to both sides.The pain may be throbbing, pounding, or pulsating. It tends to begin on one side of your head. It may spread to both sides.
The headache may be associated with an aura. This is a group of warning symptoms that start before your headache. The pain usually gets worse as you try to move around.
Migraines may be triggered by foods, such as chocolate, certain cheeses, or monosodium glutamate (MSG). Caffeine withdrawal, lack of sleep, and alcohol may also be triggers
Rebound headaches are headaches that keep coming back. They often occur from overuse of pain medicines. For this reason, these headaches are also called medicine overuse headaches. People who take pain medicine more than 3 days a week on a regular basis can develop this type of headache. Other types of headaches:
Cluster Headaches are sharp, very painful headaches that occur daily, sometimes up to several times a day for months. It then goes away for weeks to months. In some people, the headaches never come back. The headache usually lasts less than an hour. It tends to occur at the same times every day.
Sinus headache causes pain in the front of the head and face. It is due to swelling in the sinus passages behind the cheeks, nose, and eyes.
The pain is worse when you bend forward and when you first wake up in the morning.
