Specific chiropractic adjustments, in tandem with other treatments such as physical therapy, offer a safe and non-medicated way to manage headaches. These combinations are just as effective for different types of headaches, including tension headaches. With some tips for tension headache relief, you should be able to see a significant improvement, and an overall decline in the intensity, duration, and frequency of your headaches.

Depending on the results of your evaluation, the chiropractor will perform a spinal adjustment on your neck and/or back. Our trained chiropractors perform manipulations by using their hands or a device to apply a well-calculated and controlled force to specific spinal joints in the neck and back.

Extra stress on your nervous system will prevent your body from functioning as it should, and this may manifest in the form of headaches. Such extra stress is caused by vertebrae being out of place or having a subluxation such that the affected vertebrae cause pressure on your nerves. These stressed nerves send pain signals to the brain.

Spinal adjustments or manual therapy reduces this stress and greatly improves spinal function. Soft tissue therapy involving trigger point therapy and massaging joints, muscles, as well as the membranes that connect and support these joints and muscles, help release pressure off the compressed nerves.

Ensure you seek prompt attention from a chiropractor if the headache is sudden and severe. Similarly, it is never too late to seek help from a qualified chiropractor if you have been struggling with headaches for a while. Mild or otherwise, and whatever other symptoms accompany the headache, be it weakness, fever, or stiff neck, chiropractic adjustment has been proven highly effective for all headaches.

As mentioned, chiropractic adjustments are only one part of what would be a qualified chiropractor’s multi-faceted approach to managing headache pain. In addition to spinal manipulation, chiropractic care for headaches includes relaxation techniques, physical therapy, and lifestyle recommendations. You will be pleasantly surprised by what a few days or weeks of getting enough sleep, drinking enough water, managing your stress better, and changing your diet can do.

Finding the right combination of therapies and lifestyle changes is the key to long-term results. To that end, speak to your chiropractor about your headache patterns and whether or not there has been a change to this pattern over time.