Aurora Chiropractic Center Offers Chiropractic Care for Headache Relief
Juneau headache. It’s a condition from which many people suffer. Cervicogenic and tension-type headaches are two of the more commonly discussed ones. The cervicogenic headache is related to issues with the cervical disc, facets, and joints. The tension-type headache is associated with neck muscles brought on by stress or peculiar head positioning. Both headache forms are responsive to gentle, safe stretching type treatment like Cox® Technic used at Aurora Chiropractic Center.
SOURCE OF TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE: Neck Muscle, Stress, Position
Tension type headache is reported as the second most common health concern around the globe. A recent review of published studies for its care found that manual joint mobilization techniques, supervised physical therapy, acupuncture, psychological care, and patient education were as beneficial for reducing headache frequency, improving quality of life, reducing pain intensity, and lowering stress symptoms. (1) Aurora Chiropractic Center welcomes Juneau tension-headache sufferers and their fellow cervicogenic headache sufferers.
SOURCE OF HEADACHE: Cervical Joint
Juneau chiropractic patients want to know why they have a headache. A recent study detailed how researchers utilized diagnostic block testing to pinpoint the cervical spine joint source of the headache. Generally, the C2-3 level was the most frequent source. In patients whose dominant complaint was headache over neck pain, the C2-3 was the source for 62%, C1-2 for 7%, and C3-4 for 6%. For patients whose neck pain was worse than the headache, C2-3 was the source for 42%, lower cervical joints for 18%, and C3-4 for 7%. (2) Not that every Juneau headache patient must undergo this type of procedure to be taken care of, but the results were interesting for healthcare providers to aid diagnose and set up a treatment plan for headache patients more beneficially.
MANUAL TREATMENT FOR HEADACHE
In a review of published clinical trials, researchers noted that spinal manipulation was used frequently to manage cervicogenic headache. Spinal manipulation was effective, provided superior, small, short term benefits for reducing pain, headache frequency, and related disability compared with other manual treatment. (3) One relieving treatment referred to as SNAGs (sustained natural apophyseal glides) has been described in the medical literature. In a placebo vs SNAG study, researchers explained how SNAGs were effective for pain reduction and neck disability decrease and range of motion improvement for women with cervicogenic headache. (4) Manual therapy approaches like this help headache. Aurora Chiropractic Center provides Cox® Technic, a gliding, doctor-controlled neck treatment for such conditions as Juneau headache and neck pain.
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Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. David Kulla on the Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares the effective, gentle treatment with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his patient with headache and neck pain and enhanced her quality of life.
Make your next Juneau headache chiropractic appointment with Aurora Chiropractic Center. Bothersome, life-disrupting headaches may meet their match at Aurora Chiropractic Center for relief of pain and disability.
