How Can Chiropractic Care Help My Headache?

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How Can Chiropractic Care Help My Headache? 

There are over 200 causes of headache. In today’s culture reaching for a drug, is often considered the first line of defense against headache pain.  The problem?  Many of these drugs have a proven history of ineffectiveness and other undesirable side effects.  All natural alternatives however, like the expert chiropractic care and treatment we provide offers safe and effective ways to end your headache pain and the many reasons for it. 

Migraine and tension-type headaches are often present in people who report chronic neck pain, according to researchers in Australia, (Cephalalgia Cephalgia 2007;27:793-802). 

When neck muscles get tight, stiffen-up and contract, then a chain of events occur sparked by poor posture or stress, and the result is a tug-of-war between muscles and spinal bones.  This situation plays out leading to the development of spinal restrictions.

Fortunately, many of these causes can be relieved with chiropractic care.  To begin care, we will review your history and conduct a thorough examination to determine the possible causes of the headache and how chiropractic care can help you. Sometimes spinal x-rays or additional laboratory tests are necessary to complete this evaluation. Because the treatments vary with the types of headache, we’ll also determine which treatment is best in your case and will discuss it with you. Often, low risk, natural methods are the best way to treat common headaches. Chiropractic adjustments, soft tissue manipulation, and ultrasound are common simple methods we use use to relieve the source of headache pain.

Remember: a headache is an alarm signaling a problem in your body.  Rather than masking the symptom with medication, we will treat your pain by exposing its underlying causes, and encourage you to replace the bad habits that may be contributing to your headache with positive health behaviors to ward off future problems. It is essential that you play an active role in your recovery by communicating honestly, participating fully, and cooperating totally in your treatment plan. In this way, you will get the best results from our skill and expertise.

Bless and Be Blessed Always,

Lewis Meltz

Back Pain

Back Pain

Back pain medications of all kinds, and other powerful pain relievers and anti-inflammatory drugs can hush and calm your symptoms for a while all right... that's at least until they wear off.  But the problem remains the same, and pain's alarm becomes easily ignored and masked because the cause remains the same but only now it's easily overlooked.  Has this ever been you?   It's also Albert Einstein's definition of insanity...

"Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

And then those "common side effects" you always hear about... like lightheadedness, dizziness, drowsiness, nausea, and vomiting, constipation, difficulty peeing, impaired thinking, and all the physical abilities needed to drive or operate machinery... and that's just for Vicodin.

Pain of any kind is a warning sign that something's not right. Some people quiet their symptoms down with a pain reliever or a muscle relaxant while ignoring the real message. But that's the same as taking the battery out of your smoke detector when it goes off at the first sign of a fire... so you can go back to sleep! 

Two Common Causes

On every movable vertebra... there's two facet joints, one on each side of your spine from the top of your neck to below your waistline and each are abundantly supplied with very sensitive and delicate nerve endings.  These are known to be an everyday cause of back pain. The pain can be a sign these interlocking "hinges" that allow side bending, twisting, and leaning backward aren't moving properly.

The cartilage between each spinal bone called a disc can be involved as well. Trauma or overuse can cause the soft, jelly-like material in the center to bulge or squeeze out, putting undue pressure on nearby nerves causing pain, numbness, tingling, or all three.

Your Choices

Over the past 31- years we've helped many people with safe and natural chiropractic care with these problems. But, you've got other choices to pick from.  You can choose to:

• Ignore it (and your back and neck problems may worsen.)

• Bed rest (and you could end up prolonging the problem.)

• Massage (it can loosens muscles but can add extra stress to malfunctioning joints.)

• Prescription Rx (it works well but alters the way the body normally reacts to pain or swelling)

• Surgery (considered the most aggressive remedy, and should be your last resort)

But then there's Chiropractic Care

Specific chiropractic adjustments can help improve your spinal mobility and function. By restoring the way your spine works and behaves, your discs and the soft tissues around your spine and other joints may heal, nerve irritation and pain may be reduced, inflammation can ease and better strength, power, coordination, flexibility, balance, and stability can return. 

Aside from just feeling better, those are the common side effects of chiropractic care.

If you don't have a chiropractor you like, we'd want to be yours and earn your confidence and trust.

Schedule a consultation today!


Bless and Be Blessed Always,

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Lewis Meltz