MIGRAINES AND HEADACHES
Living with headaches or migraine is tough. Feeling miserable and irritable, trying one medication after another, and your friends and family don’t really understand what you’re going through. Over 10 million people in the UK suffer from regular headaches; we’re not just talking once a month, but once a day for some people. In fact, many people have come to believe that living with headaches is normal and that the only thing they can do is take painkillers and soldier on.
Although very common, headaches are not just a normal part of life. At Vibrant Chiropractic we’ve been helping patients with neck tension, headaches and migraines live pain-free for years now.
Our expert chiropractors can help you
Most headaches are caused by damaged structures around the neck like joints, ligaments, muscles, and cervical discs, all of which have complex nerve endings. Our highly qualified and experienced chiropractors are trained to find, examine, and correct the musculoskeletal problems that lead to headaches. They have a number of specific techniques which can help improve the function of the neck and make headaches, and pain killers, a thing of the past.
So, whatever caused your neck pain, an injury, traffic accident, stress or work, don’t just put up with pain, take action.
About headaches and migraine
Living with headaches or migraine is tough. Over 10 million people in the UK suffer from headaches on a regular basis. And we’re not just talking once a month but once a day for some people. In fact, many people have come to believe that living with headaches is normal and the only thing they can do is to take painkillers and soldier on. The most common forms of headaches are tension headaches, migraines, cluster headaches, medication and painkiller headaches and hormone headaches.
migraines
Migraines are usually a severe headache at the front or side of the head. This is often felt as a throbbing pain that worsens when you move. Other symptoms are nausea, vomiting and increased sensitivity to light or sound.
Migraines are a very common health condition affecting as many as 8.5 million people in the UK, with 1 in 5 women and 1 in 15 men being affected.
but once a day for some people. In fact, many people have come to believe that living with headaches is normal and the only thing they can do is to take painkillers and soldier on. The most common forms of headaches are tension headaches, migraines, cluster headaches, medication and painkiller headaches and hormone headaches.
The common forms of migraine include:
- Migraine with aura – where there are warning signs before the migraine begins, such as seeing flashing lights.
- Migraine without aura– where the migraine occurs without warning signs.
- Migraine aura without headache, also known as silent migraine – where an aura or other migraine symptoms are experienced, but a headache does not develop.
Care for headaches and migraines:
- Although very common, headaches are not just a normal part of life. At Vibrant Chiropractic we’ve been helping patients with neck tension, headaches and migraines live pain-free for years now.
- Medical science has discovered that most headaches are caused by damaged structures around the neck like joints, ligaments, muscles, and cervical discs, all of which have complex nerve endings. Chiropractors are trained to find, examine, and correct the musculoskeletal problems that lead to headaches.
- Our skilled chiropractors have a number of specific techniques, which may help to improve the function of the neck, to make sure that headaches and pain killers are a thing of the past.