Tonawanda Chiropractic Care of Headache and Tips for Headache and Migraine Prevention
Headaches and migraines are unwelcome visitors. Headache sufferers are typically very ready for tips on how to prevent them. Over 50 years of age, sufferers of migraine, a primary headache, find themselves members of a global community with migraine being a leading cause of disability. (1) Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation has some prevention tips and treatment relief suggestions just for our Tonawanda headache and migraine sufferers.
DIET AND WEIGHT
A healthy diet nourishes the body and the mind. Researchers have discussed that migraine triggers appear in many different forms - environmental, hormonal, and dietary. A high-quality diet successfully helps manage migraine. Further, and more expressly, women with chronic migraine ate a poorer quality diet than that of women who experienced episodic migraine. (2) Another study was even more specific with the kind of diet helpful to migraine patients, specifically overweight folks. A very low-calorie ketogenic diet was found to be preventive of episodic migraines. Usefulness was noted within one month of the diet modification. (3) Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation is not telling that any of our patients start a specific diet now! If a Tonawanda headache sufferer chooses to look into a new diet, Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation is here to chat 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 opened its supplementation to considered inclusion 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 in addition to routine drug therapy. More research needs to be done, but vitamin D supplementation appears promising. (1) Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation surveys the nutrition of each individual Tonawanda chiropractic patient and recommends supplementation when appropriate.
CHIROPRACTIC AND INTEGRATIVE CARE
Headaches of all sorts – primary headaches like migraine and tension-type headache – are frequent complaints brought to the Tonawanda chiropractor. Research stated that complementary and integrative medicine - nutrition, movement (yoga), manual therapy, traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, massage, biofeedback, meditation, and mind-body strategies – was beneficial. More specifically, spinal manipulation, chiropractic care, some supplements, diet change and hydrotherapy are reported helpful for migraine headache. (4)
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Mike Poulin on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson who presented the treatment of headache with chiropractic care of the cervical spine featuring spinal manipulation in the form of Cox® Technic.
CONTACT Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation
Schedule a Tonawanda chiropractic appointment with Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation today. Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation welcomes headache and/or migraine sufferers for preventive and alleviating care like modifying your diet, supplementing with vitamin D, and treating with spinal manipulation.
