Headaches

If you’re prone to headaches or migraines—or even just have one once in a while—you know how awful they can be. A headache disrupts your day or night and makes it hard or impossible to concentrate on any task.

Stats on Headaches

Headaches occur across populations and are extremely common—according to the World Health Organization, an estimated 47 percent of the worldwide adult population has experienced a headache at least one time in the past year. Research shows that women experience headaches more frequently than men, although scientists and researchers aren’t exactly sure why.

While there are more than 200 kinds of headaches, the “Tension Type Headache” is the most frequently seen. Episodic tension headaches reportedly affect 70 percent of some populations and 1 to 3 percent of adults suffer from chronic tension headaches. A tension headache causes pressure and dull pain around the forehead, sides or back of the head.

Tension Headaches

Intermittent headache “feels like a band of pain around head like a head band”. Associated with muscular origin. Common symptoms include:

• tight/squeezing sensation around head
• muscular stress, postural imbalances, prior neck injury, jaw issues
• psychosocial factors e.g depression, anxiety

Migraine Headaches

Migraines are the most severe type of headache and can completely debilitate the sufferer. Other symptoms of migraine headaches:

• Dizziness
• Sensitivity to light
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Blurred vision

Treating Headaches with Chiropractic

We help correctly identify the problem. We identify and correct the postural faults causing the tension by different forms of manual therapy, advice and rehabilitation. We identify life stressors and modify to suit your needs. We create a patient centred plan to help you achieve your goals.