Headaches

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  If you suffer from headaches you are not alone.  The National Headache Foundation (NHF) estimates that over 45 million Americans have chronic recurring headaches.  The good news is that you may not need to suffer if you understand how they are caused and how to correct the causes.

    The NHF lists 32 types of headaches from a variety of origins including sinuses, allergies, depression, tumors and most commonly stress.  In rare cases surgical intervention may be necessary not only to stop the pain but to save a life. Fortunately for most relief can be had a lot easier.

    About 90% of all headaches are from cervical tension.  While it is true that relief can be had from relaxation or massaging the muscles of the neck the underlying cause is too often overlooked.  Subluxations, misaligned vertibrae that cause nerve interference, cause the messages from the brain to the muscles to be less than 100%.  As a result layer after layer of muscles tighten to balance out the problem until you have a stiffened neck and of course the headaches.

    Over the counter, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory, drugs can offer relief but be aware that like most medications they do not come without risks.  We spend over $4 billion each year on these and they can cause stomach, liver and kidney problems and lead to 30,000 deaths a year in this country.

    Read the labels.  Tylenol, which is not anti-inflammatory, can cause liver damage and the label advises not to use if you already have any liver damage or with alcohol.  Combined with alcohol it has lead to the need for liver transplants.   Motrin’s label advises not to use it if you are allergic to aspirin because cross reactions can occur.

Fortunately you don't have to put yourself and your health at risk to get rid of a headache.  Chiropractors and their patients have known for 100 years that adjustments can help.  By correcting the subluxations, chiropractic adjustments can get to the root cause.  This is true with cervical tension headaches as well as with those dreaded migraines.

    If the cause of your headache is emotional or chemical you can do things to deal with the stress better and change you diet to eliminate some of the culprits.  But if the problem is structural and most are at least in part structural, then there is chiropractic.

    If you have had enough of your headaches and would like to be rid of them call 480-513-3909.
 

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