NUCCA Chiropractor for Headache and Migraine Relief
Many people experience headaches from time to time, but not everyone suffers from migraines. According to American Migraine Foundation, there are 39 million of Americans who suffer from migraines including both adults and children. Most of the time, people who experience headaches treat them with pain medications, but this only masks the pain without treating the underlying cause of the symptoms.
There are many different types of headaches that each have different causes. Treating the pain with pain killers may provide temporary relief, but chronic headaches and migraines will return. Upper cervical chiropractic has been recognized to be effective for headache and migraine relief.
A Solution to Chronic Headache
Headaches are typically caused by abnormal activity involving structures in the head and neck that are pain sensitive including blood vessels, muscular activity, or nerves in the head or neck. While headaches can be caused by many different reasons, there are common types of headaches such as tension-type headaches, migraine, cluster headaches, cervicogenic headaches, and post-traumatic headaches.
NUCCA Chiropractors are recognized for a precise analysis to find the root cause of the complex health issues from the upper cervical spine. NUCCA chiropractors can provide a gentle adjustment to correct the atlas misalignment and relieve stress and tension that can potentially cause chronic headaches from the nervous system imbalance.
If you are looking for a solution to migraine, throbbing or tension-type headache, let our chiropractors take a look at you and see if you are a good candidate for NUCCA chiropractic care in Chicago, Illinois.
Common Types of Headaches
Headaches are typically caused by abnormal activity involving structures in the head that are pain sensitive including blood vessels, muscular activity, or nerves in the head or neck. While headaches can be caused by many different triggers, there are common types of headaches such as tension-type headaches, Migraine, Cluster headaches, Cervicogenic headaches, and Post-traumatic headaches.
Tension-type Headaches
These are the most common headaches, and they can be caused by stress, bad posture, noise, or stuffy environments. When tension headaches occur, muscles on the back of the neck and scalp tighten and it feels like the sides of the head are being squeezed. It’s often described a tight band is wrapped around the head, feeling pressure across the forehead. Many patients feel tenderness in the neck and shoulder when they experience headaches. When the symptoms are mild and episodic, your body needs an attention before it becomes chronic.
Migraine
Migraines are among the most severe headaches with symptoms that include stiff neck, throbbing pain, anxiety, nausea, and sensitivity to light or noise. The pain generally occurs on one side of the head and can last for hours or days. Millions of Americans are affected by chronic migraines, and yet, the underlying cause of migraine is still unknown. Migraine headache is one of the most debilitating headache that affects quality of life significantly. Recent studies have been pointing the cause to the problems in the neck, particularly in the upper neck region.
Cluster Headaches
Cluster headaches does not involve throbbing or pulsatile-type pain, however, it is often described as suicidal headache due to the severity of burning pain. It stays in one-sided behind one eye or one side of the head. Sometimes the pain changes sides without a clear reason. Duration of pain varies by person to person. It often lasts for months and often strikes at night while asleep. Current studies believe that cluster headaches might involve allergic or chemical reactions to nerves in the facial region.
Cervicogenic Headaches
Cervicogenic headaches originate in the cervical spine or base of the skull and can be caused by pinched nerve in the neck, poor posture, whiplash trauma, osteoarthritis, or a degenerative disc issues. This often involves one sided pain that starts in the neck and is often caused by structural issues associated in the neck. If the neck movement aggravates headaches, realigning the head and neck structure can help significantly.
Post-traumatic Headaches
About 1.7 million traumatic head and neck injuries occur every year in the US. Headache is the most common complaint, and it can occur after mild, moderate or severe neck injury. Post-traumatic headaches originate in the cervical spine or base of the skull followed by a trauma such as a concussion or a whiplash. If your head and neck spinal misalignment is carefully assessed and properly corrected, post-traumatic headaches can often be alleviated gradually.
How NUCCA Helps Treat Headaches and Migraines
In summary, above headaches can be caused by nerve irritation, abnormalities in the blood vessels, a trauma to the head and neck, or simply misalignments in cervical spine. Misalignment of the cervical spine (neck) plays either a causative or contributing role, which can irritate nerves that are responsible for head/face regions.
NUCCA chiropractic adjustment can help realign the head and neck spine and relieve stress and tension that irritate these nerves. NUCCA chiropractic has been recognized to be helpful in reduction in the intensity, duration, and frequency of various types of headaches and migraines including the headaches followed by a trauma. The NUCCA procedure is a gentle and natural approach that has been shown to provide lasting pain relief.
Call NUCCA Wellness Clinic of Chicago
If you would like to see a chiropractor for migraines or headaches and get relief from the pain, call NUCCA Wellness Clinic of Chicago. Our NUCCA chiropractors can find the root cause of complex health issues and provide a precise correction that can last.
Give us a call at (224) 676-1920 to schedule an appointment in Chicago, Illinois.
