Headaches affect about 12% of the population. Not all headaches are of the same intensity – they can range from mild twinges to being so severe the person is unable to function. Headaches are frequently an indication that something else is wrong so they should not be ignored.

 

Even though the types and causes of headaches can differ widely, there are some common threads that prevail throughout that makes some treatment approaches effecting in reducing them, if not eliminating them, which can greatly help a person to have some control over them. Regardless of the cause of headaches, neck muscles and movement are always affected and this should be treated.

 

With most pain, muscles in the area respond by tightening up as a protective mechanism. This causes more pain and loss of motion in the area. The muscles in the head and neck are especially susceptible to tension. A chiropractor can help to relieve that tension and thus break the pain-spasm cycle, which may relieve the headache.

 

If the headache is due to poor or sustained postures, or irritating movements of the neck, there is much that can and should be done by a chiropractor. First it needs to be determined if work postures or other activities are contributing to the headache in any way. Chiropractors are experts on what positions and postures have the least amount of stress on various parts of the body. They can look at the way your job site or home is set up and make recommendations, if necessary, to reduce or change harmful sustained work postures or repetitive motions that may be contributing to the headache.

 

Your head weighs about 15 pounds and is delicately balanced on top of the spinal column, held there by numerous muscles in the jaw, neck, shoulders and back. In addressing someone’s headache a chiropractor would work on relaxing the neck muscles with heat or ice and gentle stretching and massaging using various types of manual therapy techniques. Sometimes cervical traction, mobilisation and manipulations are used to gently stretch, increase range of motion and relieve any pressure in the joints of the spine.

 

The chiropractor would then assess the posture of the neck, shoulders and upper back. An exercise program would then be developed to change any harmful positions or motions that may cause pinching of the nerves in the neck.

CVC offers the opportunity to see the clinician of choice who can direct your migraine or headache treatment to resolution. Chiropractic is very effective in eliminating this problem. So why suffer when you don’t have to?

Our team includes chiropractors, physiotherapists, sports and remedial massage therapists, medical herbalist, homeopaths and neurologists with a specialist interest in the treatment and relief of headaches and migraines.

 

When suffering with headaches and migraine the key to success is to form a correct diagnosis and develop a treatment plan best suited to provide relief.

 

We aim to provide the most efficient treatment service to relieve your headaches or migraines in the Huddersfield area.

 

Call now for a consultation including

• Private consultation with chiropractor
• Health Review
• Postural Assessment
• Lifestyle analysis
• Headache and migraine advice

 

For information or a chat about your headache please contact our chiropractor

Jim Odell on 07767 777445 or on the main Colne Valley Clinic Number on our contacts page.

 

 

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