Manahawkin Chiropractic Care of Headache and Tips for Headache and Migraine Prevention
Headaches and migraines are unwelcome visitors. Headache sufferers are typically quite ready for tips on how to prevent them. Migraine (a primary headache) sufferers over the age of 50 find themselves members of a global community with migraine as a foremost cause of disability. (1) Manahawkin Chiropractic Center has some prevention tips and treatment relief suggestions just for our Manahawkin headache and migraine sufferers.
DIET AND WEIGHT
A healthy diet nourishes the body and the mind. Researchers have noted that migraine triggers appear in many different forms - environmental, hormonal, and dietary. A high-quality diet successfully helps handle migraine. Further, and more expressly, women with chronic migraine consumed a poorer quality diet than that of women who had episodic migraine. (2) A new study got even more specific with the type of diet helpful to migraine patients, specifically those who are overweight. A very low-calorie ketogenic diet was revealed to be episodic-migraine preventative. Usefulness was observed within one month of the diet modification. (3) Manahawkin Chiropractic Center is not telling that any of our patients begin a certain type of diet now! If a Manahawkin headache sufferer wants to look into a new diet, Manahawkin Chiropractic Center is here to chat and decide which diet (if any special one) is appropriate.
NUTRITION: Vitamin D
In much the same way, vitamin D supplementation is presented. Vitamin D deficiency has been found in 45% to 100% of migraine sufferers. The anti-inflammatory and antioxidant features of vitamin D have opened its supplementation to considered inclusion in the care and prevention of headache and migraine. One study reported that trial doses of 1000-4000 IU per day decreased the frequency of migraine including the routine drug therapy. More research needs to be completed, but vitamin D supplementation seems promising. (1) Manahawkin Chiropractic Center explores the nutrition of each individual Manahawkin chiropractic patient and suggests supplementation when applicable.
CHIROPRACTIC AND INTEGRATIVE CARE
Headaches of all varieties – primary headaches like migraine and tension-type headache – are common complaints brought to the Manahawkin chiropractor. Research reported that complementary and integrative medicine - nutrition, movement (yoga), manual therapy, traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, massage, biofeedback, meditation, and mind-body strategies – was beneficial. In particular, spinal manipulation, chiropractic care, some supplements, diet change and hydrotherapy are reported beneficial for migraine headache. (4)
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Mike Poulin on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson who presented treating the cervical spine with Cox® Technic for the management and relief of headache.
CONTACT Manahawkin Chiropractic Center
Schedule a Manahawkin chiropractic appointment with Manahawkin Chiropractic Center today. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center welcomes headache and/or migraine sufferers for preventive and relieving care like diet modification, supplementation, and Manahawkin chiropractic spinal manipulation.
