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 Headaches
Headaches occur in nearly
all ages and walks of life. There are many types of headaches from sinus
to migraines to toxic to the most common type, the tension or “stress”
headache, which accounts for about 90% of all headaches. Headaches are one
of the most common complaints people have- some estimates suggest 25% of
the population have one right now! The commonality of headaches make many
believe that they are a normal part of life, but in actuality they a
warning sign that there is a problem. Unfortunately the common practice of
suppressing these warning signals with pain medication is becoming a
multi-billion dollar industry. Often times this practice of not addressing
the cause and masking symptoms exacerbates the problem by causing what is
known as the rebound effect. Even common medications such as aspirin,
ibuprofen and Tylenol taken as little as 2 times per week can lead to
rebound headaches. Pain receptors are desensitized by pain medications,
and when these chemicals wear off the pain receptors become hypersensitive
leading to more frequent meds at higher doses. There are numerous reports
of people progressing up to 50 tablets per day for rebound headaches.
Chiropractic and Headaches
It is common knowledge that chiropractic helps headaches. We
are not interested in suppressing headaches, but in finding their cause. A
team of surgeons has recently discovered that the membranes covering the
brain actually attach directly to small muscles of the neck. They
conclude, “An increasing body of literature relates headaches to pathology
affecting the cervical spine and a number of clinical trials have
demonstrated that chiropractic…is valuable for managing headaches.” One
study of 6000 headache sufferers (2-25 years of age) revealed that neck
injury was a common link and should be suspected in every nonspecific case
of headache. Chiropractic offers a safe and specific means of
reducing irritation in the neck which can cause headaches.
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Braaf, MM, Rosner, SJ,
Trauma of the cervical spine as a cause of headache. Trauma.
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Hack, GD, The anatomic basis for the effectiveness of chiropractic spinal
manipulation in treating headache. Abstracts from the 15th annual upper
cervical spine conference. Nov. 21-22, 1998. CRJ 199:VI(1).
Hack, GD, et al. Anatomic relationship between the rectus capitis
posterior minor muscle and the dura mater. Spine, Vol. 20, No. 23;
2484-2486.
Bitter pills; are your headaches triggered by your medicine? ABCnews.com,
July 23, 2003.
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