November 2018 Healthy News: Chiropractic for Headache & Vitamin D for Migraine
Headaches are not uncommon! Many San Jose headache sufferers get headache relief with San Jose chiropractic care. One out of every 5 new chiropractic patients visit to a chiropractor’s office like Chiropractic Solutions with a complaint of headache. Headache patients comprise a sizeable part of the chiropractic practice, and that’s true for Chiropractic Solutions. Chiropractors many times diagnose and co-manage headache patients with other healthcare providers. (1) Spinal manipulation therapy (SMT) for cervicogenic headache is written to be quite successful. For the most benefit, a new study reported that 18 SMT visits compared with 1, 6, and 12 visits, is most effective, lowering cervicogenic headache days by half. Compared with slight massage, SMT also resulted in 3 more cervicogenic headache-free days a month. (2)
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Mike Poulin on The Back Doctor’s Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about headache and its relieving San Jose chiropractic care with the Cox® Technic System.
TIP OF THE MONTH: Vitamin D for Reduced Migraines
It has been offered that the inflammation and a reduced immune system may have a role in migraine headache. The role of nutrients – vitamin D, vitamin B12, alpha lipoic acid, CoQ10, magnesium, niacin, riboflavin, and riboflavin - in the supportive care of migraines is said to be therapeutic. (3) A recent study writes that higher levels of serum Vitamin D (50 to less than 100 ng/mL) reduces the odds of suffering a migraine headache by 80% to 83% versus levels below 20 ng/mL. (4) San Jose migraine sufferers may want to consider improving their Vitamin D status in addition to their San Jose chiropractic care plan.
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