Headache Sufferers :  Facts You Need to Know

Headaches are not normal!

If you get headaches – don’t "learn to live with them."  Do something about them.

FACT NUMBER 1: 

Medical knowledge about the cause of your headache is very, very limited.  The main tool a medical doctor uses to “diagnose” your headache is nothing more than your description of it.  

(Don’t take my word for it – check out “The international classification of headache disorders, 2nd Edition” – see reference #1)

FACT NUMBER 2: 

If you’re like many headache sufferers, your headache patterns combine features of more than one type, or shift over time from one type to another.  

FACT NUMBER 3: 

Headache drugs often backfire, causing you even worse “rebound” pain.  (2,3)

Fortunately, There Is Good News

FACT NUMBER 4: 

There’s a common link shared by most people with headaches (4,5)

Researchers have shown that many people with headaches have problems with:

• Stiff joints in the neck and upper back
• Muscle knots in the neck muscles
• Poor posture and control over movement

These are issues that chiropractors have developed a sophisticated ability to evaluate and treat.  

FACT NUMBER 5:

Chiropractic manual therapy, using a combination of methods, is one of the best researched, most effective ways to help your headache pain.  (6,7,8) 

Here’s What You Do NOW:.

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References 

(1) Headache Classification Subcommittee of the International Headache Society, The international classification of headache disorders, 2nd Edition, Cephalgia, Volume 24, Supplement 1, 2004.

(2) Walker J, Parisi S, Olive D, Analgesic rebound headache: experience in a community hospital, Southern Medical Journal, 1993 Nov;86(11):1202-5.

(3) Pageler L, Savisou I, Limmroth V, Medication-overuse headache, Current Pain and Headache Report 2005 Dec;9(6):430-5.

(4) Fernandez-de-las-Penas C, Alonso-Blanco C, Cuadrado ML, Gerwin RD, Pareja JA, Trigger points in the suboccipital muscles and forward head posture in tension-type headache, Headache. 2006 Mar;46(3):454-60.

(5) Fernandez-de-las-Penas C, Cuadrado ML, Pareja JA, Myofascial trigger points, neck mobility and forward head posture in unilateral migraine, Cephalalgia. 2006 Sep;26(9):1061-70.

(6) Bronfort G, Assendelft WJ, Evans R, Haas M, Bouter L. Efficacy of spinal manipulation for chronic headache: a systematic review, Journal of Manipulative and Physiologic Therapeutics, 2001 Sep;24(7):457-66.

(7) Nelson CF, Bronfort G, Evans R, Boline P, Goldsmith C, Anderson AV, The efficacy of spinal manipulation, amitriptyline and the combination of both therapies for the prophylaxis of migraine headache, Journal of Manipulative and Physiologic Therapeutics 1998 Oct;21(8):511-9.

(8) PJ Tuchin, H Pollard, R Bonello, A randomized controlled trial of chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy for migraine, Journal of Manipulative and Physiologic Therapeutics, 2000 Feb;23(2):91-5.