San Jose Chiropractic Care of Headache and Tips for Headache and Migraine Prevention
Headaches and migraines are unwelcome visitors. Headache sufferers are usually quite ready for tips on how to avoid them. Over 50 years of age, sufferers of migraine, a primary headache, find themselves members of a global community with migraine being a foremost cause of disability. (1) Chiropractic Solutions has some prevention tips and treatment relief suggestions especially for our San Jose headache and migraine sufferers.
DIET AND WEIGHT
A healthy diet nourishes the body and the mind. Researchers have described that migraine triggers come in many different forms - environmental, hormonal, and dietary. A high-quality diet successfully helps control migraine. Additionally, and more specifically, women with chronic migraine ate a poorer quality diet than that of women who experienced episodic migraine. (2) Another study got even more specific with the kind of diet helpful to migraine patients, specifically those who are overweight. A very low-calorie ketogenic diet was revealed to be preventive of episodic migraines. Usefulness was observed within one month of the diet modification. (3) Chiropractic Solutions is not telling that any of our patients start a specific diet now! If a San Jose headache sufferer chooses to explore a new diet, Chiropractic Solutions is here to discuss and decide which diet (if any special one) is proper.
NUTRITION: Vitamin D
In much the same way, vitamin D supplementation is presented. Vitamin D deficiency has been reported in 45% to 100% of migraine sufferers. The anti-inflammatory and antioxidant characteristics of vitamin D have initiated a look at including it in the care and prevention of headache and migraine. One study reported that trial doses of 1000-4000 IU per day reduced the frequency of migraine including the routine drug therapy. More analysis needs to be completed, but vitamin D supplementation appears encouraging. (1) Chiropractic Solutions explores the nutrition of each individual San Jose chiropractic patient and recommends supplementation when appropriate.
CHIROPRACTIC AND INTEGRATIVE CARE
Headaches of all sorts – primary headaches like migraine and tension-type headache – are common complaints brought to the San Jose 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 helpful. More specifically, 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 discussed the treatment of headache with chiropractic care of the cervical spine featuring spinal manipulation in the form of Cox® Technic.
CONTACT Chiropractic Solutions
Schedule a San Jose chiropractic appointment with Chiropractic Solutions today. Chiropractic Solutions welcomes headache and/or migraine sufferers for preventive and relieving care like diet modification, supplementation, and San Jose chiropractic spinal manipulation.
