Manahawkin Chiropractic Center Offers Chiropractic Care for Headache Relief
Manahawkin headache. It is a condition from which many people suffer. Cervicogenic and tension-type headaches are two of the more commonly talked about types. The cervicogenic headache is associated with issues with the cervical disc, facets, and joints. The tension-type headache is associated with neck muscles generated by stress or peculiar head positioning. Both headache forms tend to respond to gentle, safe stretching type treatment like Cox® Technic used at Manahawkin Chiropractic Center.
SOURCE OF TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE: Neck Muscle, Stress, Position
Tension type headache is noted as the second most common health concern around the globe. A new review of published studies for its care explained 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) Manahawkin Chiropractic Center welcomes Manahawkin tension-headache sufferers as well as their fellow cervicogenic headache sufferers.
SOURCE OF HEADACHE: Cervical Joint
Manahawkin chiropractic patients want to understand the source of their headache. A recent study described how researchers utilized diagnostic block testing to find the cervical spine joint source of the headache. Generally, the C2-3 level was the most frequent source. In patients whose chief complaint was headache more than 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 Manahawkin headache patient must experience this type of procedure to be helped, but the results were interesting for healthcare providers to help make a diagnosis and set up a treatment plan for headache patients in a better way.
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, supplied superior, small, short term benefits for reducing pain, headache frequency, and related disability compared with other manual approaches. (3) One relieving treatment called SNAGs (sustained natural apophyseal glides) has been explained in the medical literature. In a placebo vs SNAG study, researchers found that SNAGs were effective for pain reduction and neck disability drop as well as range of motion improvement for women with cervicogenic headache. (4) Manual therapy approaches like this benefit headache. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center uses Cox® Technic, a gliding, doctor-controlled neck treatment for such conditions as Manahawkin 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 explains 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.
Schedule your next Manahawkin headache chiropractic appointment with Manahawkin Chiropractic Center. Bothersome, life-disrupting headaches may meet their match at Manahawkin Chiropractic Center for relief of pain and disability.
