Chiropractic for Headaches, Migraines and Neck Injuries

One of the many great success stories for Chiropractic is the treatment of headaches.  Whether you have tension headaches, migraines, neck pain related headaches or other types; Chiropractic may be the answer to your problems.  Headaches are caused by many different things, but they are not caused by lack of acetominophen or ibuprofen ect.

Tension headaches are one of the most successfully treated ailments in the chiropractic profession.  These are common headaches that feel like a tight band around your head, pressure around your eyes, pain in the back of your neck radiating up to your head or any mix of these findings.  Many people suffer from tension headaches every day for years and take pain medicine daily.  It's amazing that just a handful of chiropractic treatments can rid you of these headaches for the rest of your life.  Most tension headaches arise from tight, spasmed or knotted muscles at the base of your scull or upper neck in which many nerves and blood vessels travel through.  Therapies like electric muscle stimulation, ultrasound, deep tissue massage and cervical adjustments usually completely eliminate these problems.  You don't want to be the person who finally visits a chiropractor 10 years from now and realizes that you spent the last decade in pain when your headaches could have been cured in a week.  At Siwiec Chiropractic we are so confident in our ability to cure your tension headaches that if you schedule an appointment and don't start feeling less headaches in 3 treatments you will not be charged for the services.

 

Migraine headaches are a different category of headache and are caused by a wider array of problems.  Migraines are chronic headaches that can cause significant pain for hours or even days. Symptoms can be from severe to mild.  Some migraines are preceded or accompanied by sensory changes such as auras or flashes of light, blind spots and or tingling in your arm or leg. A migraine is often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and extreme sensitivity to light and sound.

A migraine can produce some or all of these signs and symptoms:

• Moderate to severe pain, which may be confined to one side of the head or may affect both sides.  Head pain with a pulsating or throbbing quality.  Pain that worsens with physical activity.  Pain that interferes with your regular activities.  Nausea with or without vomiting.  Sensitivity to light and sound.
• See your doctor immediately or go to the emergency room if you have any of the following signs and symptoms, which may indicate other, more serious medical problems:
• An abrupt, severe headache that arises instantly.  Headache with fever, stiff neck, rash, mental confusion, seizures, double vision, weakness, numbness or trouble speaking.  Headache after a head injury, especially if the headache gets worse.  A chronic headache that is worse after coughing, exertion, straining or a sudden movement.

Migraines may be caused by many different problems which are referred to as triggers.  Some of the more common triggers are hormonal changes, foods such as chocolate, wine, sugar or caffeine, stress, sleep disorders, medications, allergies and environmental changes.

Chiropractic has moderate success in treating migraine headaches.  Some patients will immediately visit their chiropractor when they feel a migraine coming on and claim that an adjustment will stop the migraine.  Because there are so many different causes of migraines they cannot all be relieved by chiropractic treatments, yet many can be reduced in severity or eliminated.  If you are troubled by migraines you should schedule an appointment with Dr. Siwiec in the Jackson NJ office and see if we can help you.

 

Siwiec Chiropractic 
19 North County Line Rd.
Jackson NJ  08527  
(732) 232-0935