It is difficult to not know someone who suffers from chronic headaches or migraines. The percentage of adults who experience a severe headache or migraine during the preceding 3 months is estimated at 12 to 18%. Migraine headaches, which are characterized by painful, disabling, and recurring symptoms, have no known proven cause, treatment, or cure. They occur more often in women than men and in one ten year period, the proportion of adults with...

It’s remarkable how many different types of pain relievers there are for headaches. Aspirin, acetaminophen, and ibuprofen are consumed daily in America by the truckloads. Not just the corner drug stores but also supermarkets, convenience stores, and gas stations keep an abundant supply. Have you ever thought about how we approach a health problem or symptom? Too often it’s a knee-jerk reaction where we pop a pill for whatever ill....

More common, neck injuries from whiplash or sporting accidents can cause headaches. This is because the spinal joints have been sprained and the nerves are irritated. There may also be some stretch to the tough linings around the spinal cord. Because mechanical neck and back problems can cause referred pain to the head, treating the headache with pills does not get to the root cause of the problem. Many headache sufferers understand that neck...

What is chiropractic? Chiropractic is a branch of the healing arts based upon the understanding that good health depends, in part, upon a normally functioning nervous system (especially the spine, and the nerves extending from the spine to all parts of the body). “Chiropractic” comes from the Greek word chiropraktikos, meaning “effective practice by hand.” Chiropractic stresses the idea that the cause of many disease...