Chiropractic Solutions Offers Chiropractic Care for Headache Relief
San Jose headache. It is a condition from which many people suffer. Cervicogenic and tension-type headaches are a couple of the more often discussed types. The cervicogenic headache is associated with issues with the cervical disc, facets, and joints. The tension-type headache is associated with neck muscles generated by stress or odd head positioning. Both headache types tend to respond to gentle, safe stretching type treatment like Cox® Technic used at Chiropractic Solutions.
SOURCE OF TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE: Neck Muscle, Stress, Position
Tension type headache is reported as the second most common health concern around the globe. A recent review of published papers for its care explained that manual joint mobilization techniques, supervised physical therapy, acupuncture, psychological care, and patient education were as beneficial for reducing headache frequency, improving quality of life, reducing pain intensity, and diminishing stress symptoms. (1) Chiropractic Solutions welcomes San Jose tension-headache sufferers as well as their fellow cervicogenic headache sufferers.
SOURCE OF HEADACHE: Cervical Joint
San Jose chiropractic patients want to understand the source of their headache. A current study detailed how researchers utilized diagnostic block testing to pinpoint the cervical spine joint source of the headache. In general, the C2-3 level was the most frequent 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%. In 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 San Jose headache patient must undergo this type of procedure to be taken care of, but the results were interesting for healthcare providers to aid diagnose and treat headache patients in a better way.
MANUAL TREATMENT FOR HEADACHE
In a review of published clinical trials, researchers noted that spinal manipulation was employed often to manage cervicogenic headache. Spinal manipulation was effective, supplied superior, small, short term benefits for decreasing 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 explained in the medical literature. In a placebo vs SNAG study, researchers found that SNAGs were good for pain reduction and neck disability drop as well as range of motion improvement for women with cervicogenic headache. (4) Manual therapy treatments like this benefit headache. Chiropractic Solutions provides Cox® Technic, a gliding, doctor-controlled neck treatment for such conditions as San Jose headache and neck pain.
CONTACT Chiropractic Solutions
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 San Jose headache chiropractic appointment with Chiropractic Solutions. Annoying, life-disrupting headaches may meet their match at Chiropractic Solutions for relief of pain and disability.
