Understanding How Headaches Affect Your Life
Hi, everyone. This is Dr. Devon Barley with Greenwich Bay Chiropractic. Today, we’re talking about why chiropractic—and what we do here in our office—is so effective at getting on top of headaches.
The number one thing that we talk about in regard to headaches is how debilitating they can be and how much mental real estate they take up, affecting your life.
Finding the Root Cause
It all starts with a careful consultation where we hear your side of the story and gather all these pieces of information to put together a picture of your overall level of health and what’s going on with you.
Then, we’ll go across and do an examination, including chiropractic, orthopedic, physical, and neurological exam tests, to not only identify what’s happening but why it’s happening and determine the root cause.
This assessment is extremely important because when we know what the cause is, we’re able to fix it. We’ll also, if necessary, take additional chiropractic X-ray views to understand the underlying condition of your spine, if it’s related.
Chiropractic Adjustments and Therapeutic Exercise
Once we have all these pieces of information and are able to gather the root cause of the issue, the things we do in the office include, but aren’t limited to, chiropractic adjustments. These are going to stimulate and unpinch the nerves in your neck that may be related to the reason the headaches are happening in the first place.
The other thing we’ll be doing is coming up with a customized therapeutic exercise plan—some things you can do at home to help alleviate some of the pressure you’re experiencing.
Addressing Muscles and Referred Pain
Additionally, we want to focus on some of the muscles that may be involved and contributing, radiating, or referring pain around the head. These can actually mimic headaches, but the true cause is coming from the neck.
Diet Modification and Different Types of Headaches
Depending on some of the factors causing the headaches, we may also talk about diet modification to avoid those irritating factors that are perpetuating the migraines, headaches, or tension-type headaches.
There are varying kinds, but we want to diagnose every single aspect of the root cause of why these may be happening in the first place. That way, we can make alterations along the route of care to get on top of your headaches quickly, effectively, and gently.
