Headaches affect 8 out of 10 adults. Some common causes are: diet, medications, hormone imbalances, weather changes, allergies, injury like whiplash, repetitive strain movements as with some exercises, muscular tension, poor posture, and stress.  Some uncommon causes are infections like meningitis and brain tumors. The uncommon causes often have other symptoms that are present. It is important to rule out the uncommon from the common causes.

The tension, whiplash, posture, stress, repetitive strain movements, and migraine type headaches make up the majority of headaches and often respond well to Chiropractic care because adjustments are aimed at restoring alignment and movement in the spine and the neck.  

The International Headache Society (IHS) has long maintained that Abnormal movement of the joints in the neck can lead to headaches.  It is well accepted that head pain can be caused by the irritation or inflammation of the nerves in the neck.  It makes sense to correct structural problems that contribute to headaches with a structural solution.  The research team with Duke University Evidence-Based Practice Center agrees!  They reviewed the literature addressing the safety and effectiveness of treating headaches. They found spinal manipulation (aka spinal adjustments) to be the one procedure with proven effectiveness for cervicogenic (neck-based) headaches.

The Duke University study highlighted the two distinct advantages of spinal adjustments over medication.  First, spinal care targets the source of pain rather than just controlling symptoms, and second, it's safe!

Another study, funded by the U.S.. National Institutes of health, showed that neck related headaches were reduced through spinal adjustments by more than half, in just four weeks.  And Improvements were still present six months later!

That's good news. Imagine no more vice-like tension headaches, pressure at the base of your head, or migraines that take over your day.  Chiropractic spinal adjustments have a proven track record, whatever the cause, to improve structure and function that often gets rid of the headache.

I see the results daily. Those I adjust experience the results and benefits. Having this information is part of the equation. Doing what it takes is the half that matters most.  If you hare having headaches I hope you give me the opportunity to see if I can help you and make you one of those that say goodbye to your headaches.