Natural Headache Relief Found @ Chirosports
Like a strange noise from your washing machine or the approaching siren from a fire engine, headaches are a warning sign created by your body. These signs can be serious and warrant immediate investigation and understanding.
Do Headaches Have a Purpose?
alfie.arcidiacono@gmail.comIf you suffer from frequent headaches, you want them to go away. But, not so fast! Why do we get headaches? Why are we equipped to experience this unpleasant feeling? And what's the best way to reduce or eliminate them?
Identify Limits
Pain of any kind is a way our body tells us that we’ve reached a boundary. When our finger exceeds the limits of the joint, we experience pain.
Provide a Warning
Pain is a signal our body uses to alert us that something isn’t working correctly. Physical pain, social pain, financial pain and even psychological pain is a warning that something needs to change.
Avoid Injury
Ultimately, pain is a form of self-protection. Without experiencing pain, we might do more serious, irreversible damage to ourselves.
Understandably, we want pain to disappear. A convenient way is to ingest a drug that covers-up pain or fools the body so it doesn’t feel the pain. In the short term, this quiets the pain. But as you might expect, this strategy can make the original, underlying problem worsen and make it more difficult (and expensive) to correct later when this method no longer works.
Pain of any kind is a way our body tells us that we’ve reached a boundary. When our finger exceeds the limits of the joint, we experience pain.
Provide a Warning
Pain is a signal our body uses to alert us that something isn’t working correctly. Physical pain, social pain, financial pain and even psychological pain is a warning that something needs to change.
Avoid Injury
Ultimately, pain is a form of self-protection. Without experiencing pain, we might do more serious, irreversible damage to ourselves.
Understandably, we want pain to disappear. A convenient way is to ingest a drug that covers-up pain or fools the body so it doesn’t feel the pain. In the short term, this quiets the pain. But as you might expect, this strategy can make the original, underlying problem worsen and make it more difficult (and expensive) to correct later when this method no longer works.
Today’s Drug Culture
While convenient, drugs that numb your nervous system have unwanted effects, such as kidney failure or liver damage. Worse, they do little to correct the actual cause of your headache.
While convenient, drugs that numb your nervous system have unwanted effects, such as kidney failure or liver damage. Worse, they do little to correct the actual cause of your headache.
Hidden Cause
While there can be many causes of headaches, a common one we see is when the spinal bones of the upper neck no longer support the head properly. This can do two things: 1. Disrupt the nerve supply to your head 2. Change the blood supply to your head Either one, or a combination of both, can cause a headache.
While there can be many causes of headaches, a common one we see is when the spinal bones of the upper neck no longer support the head properly. This can do two things: 1. Disrupt the nerve supply to your head 2. Change the blood supply to your head Either one, or a combination of both, can cause a headache.
Types of Headaches
Migraine Headaches usually show up on one side of the head. Nausea, vomiting and visual disturbances are commonly associated. Blood sugar changes, emotional disturbances, stress and fatigue can set them in motion.
Tension Headaches are the most common type of headache. Acute Tension Headaches are usually short and can be relieved with rest or numbed with over-the-counter medications. Chronic Tension Headaches rarely respond to drug solutions. Hormonal Headaches are usually set in motion by changes in blood chemistry. This could result from eating certain types of foods, unusual levels of stress or monthly menstrual cycles.
Cluster Headaches are cited as the most painful. They usually occur more commonly amongst men.
Sinus Headaches are relatively rare and are accompanied by nasal drainage, runny nose and fever. Pain is often experienced on the face, forehead, behind the eyes and sinuses.
Migraine Headaches usually show up on one side of the head. Nausea, vomiting and visual disturbances are commonly associated. Blood sugar changes, emotional disturbances, stress and fatigue can set them in motion.
Tension Headaches are the most common type of headache. Acute Tension Headaches are usually short and can be relieved with rest or numbed with over-the-counter medications. Chronic Tension Headaches rarely respond to drug solutions. Hormonal Headaches are usually set in motion by changes in blood chemistry. This could result from eating certain types of foods, unusual levels of stress or monthly menstrual cycles.
Cluster Headaches are cited as the most painful. They usually occur more commonly amongst men.
Sinus Headaches are relatively rare and are accompanied by nasal drainage, runny nose and fever. Pain is often experienced on the face, forehead, behind the eyes and sinuses.
It’s been our experience that many types of headaches resolve with chiropractic care. This surprises many who overlook the relationship between the spine, the nervous system and blood supply to the head.
This was further confirmed by the American Chiropractic Association who reported on research of how chiropractic helps headaches by noting, “A report released in 2001 by researchers at the Duke University Evidence-Based Practice Centre in Durham, N.C., found that upper neck adjustments resulted in almost immediate improvement for those headaches that originate in the neck, and had significantly fewer side effects and longer-lasting relief of tension-type headache than a commonly prescribed medication.”
If you would like to discuss your headaches and perhaps consider further investigation without drugs or surgery then we may be able to provide a solution to help you get back on your feet.....fast!
Dr. Alfie Arcidiacono
02 9970 7611
This was further confirmed by the American Chiropractic Association who reported on research of how chiropractic helps headaches by noting, “A report released in 2001 by researchers at the Duke University Evidence-Based Practice Centre in Durham, N.C., found that upper neck adjustments resulted in almost immediate improvement for those headaches that originate in the neck, and had significantly fewer side effects and longer-lasting relief of tension-type headache than a commonly prescribed medication.”
If you would like to discuss your headaches and perhaps consider further investigation without drugs or surgery then we may be able to provide a solution to help you get back on your feet.....fast!
Dr. Alfie Arcidiacono
02 9970 7611
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