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New Roads Chiropractic Center Offers Chiropractic Care for Headache Relief

New Roads headache. It is a condition from which many people suffer. Cervicogenic and tension-type headaches are two of the more often discussed ones. The cervicogenic headache is associated with issues with the cervical disc, facets, and joints. The tension-type headache is related to neck muscles caused by stress or peculiar head positioning. Both headache forms are responsive to gentle, safe stretching type treatment like Cox® Technic used at New Roads 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 papers 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, enhancing quality of life, lessening pain intensity, and decreasing stress symptoms. (1) New Roads Chiropractic Center welcomes New Roads tension-headache sufferers and their fellow cervicogenic headache sufferers.

SOURCE OF HEADACHE: Cervical Joint

New Roads chiropractic patients want to know why they have a headache. A current study described how researchers used diagnostic block testing to find the cervical spine joint source of the headache. Generally, the C2-3 level was the most common 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 New Roads headache sufferer must undergo this type of procedure to be helped, but the results were enlightening for healthcare providers to aid make a diagnosis and treat headache patients in a better way.

MANUAL TREATMENT FOR HEADACHE

In a review of published clinical trials, researchers stated that spinal manipulation was applied often 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 approaches. (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 good 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. New Roads Chiropractic Center uses Cox® Technic, a gliding, doctor-controlled neck treatment for such conditions as New Roads 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 improved her quality of life.

Schedule your next New Roads headache chiropractic appointment with New Roads Chiropractic Center. Bothersome, life-disrupting headaches may meet their match at New Roads Chiropractic Center for relief of pain and disability.

 
New Roads Chiropractic Center provides chiropractic care from diagnosis to treatment and relief for cervicogenic and tension-type headaches.  
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