It occurs to me that most people don’t know what actually causes a headache. As a chiropractor who has been in practice here in Orange, California for 20 years, I get asked if chiropractic can help a headache. I guess people associate chiropractic with back pain so I’d let to talk about headaches for a moment.
The fact is 90% of headaches are caused by problems in the neck. These are called “Cervicogenic” which means arising from the neck. The bones of the neck can get out of place and stop moving properly. When this happens, nerves that are in that area that go up to the head can get stretched or irritated and cause headache.
So what do most people do for the common tension headache? They take a couple of pills which usually works to relieve the pain until the next day when the headache returns again. A Chiropractor will fix the problem at its source by working on the spinal bones directly to take the irritation off the nerves that are causing the headache in the first place. No more nerve irritation, no more headache.
Anyway, I thought I would put this idea out there. If you or someone you know suffers from headaches all the time, try Chiropractic care for the problem.