Apple Country Chiropractic Offers Chiropractic Care for Headache Relief
Williamson headache. It’s a condition many people experience. Cervicogenic and tension-type headaches are two of the more commonly talked about ones. The cervicogenic headache is linked to issues with the cervical disc, facets, and joints. The tension-type headache is related to 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 Apple Country Chiropractic.
SOURCE OF TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE: Neck Muscle, Stress, Position
Tension type headache is noted as the second most common health concern around the globe. A new 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, lessening pain intensity, and decreasing stress symptoms. (1) Apple Country Chiropractic welcomes Williamson tension-headache sufferers and their fellow cervicogenic headache sufferers.
SOURCE OF HEADACHE: Cervical Joint
Williamson chiropractic patients want to understand the source of their headache. A current study detailed how researchers utilized diagnostic block testing to find the cervical spine joint source of the headache. Generally, the C2-3 level was the most common source. In patients whose chief 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 Williamson headache sufferer must undergo this type of procedure to be helped, but the results were interesting for healthcare providers to aid diagnose and treat headache patients more beneficially.
MANUAL TREATMENT FOR HEADACHE
In a review of published clinical trials, researchers noted that spinal manipulation was used often to manage cervicogenic headache. Spinal manipulation was effective, supplied superior, small, short term benefits for reducing 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 described in the medical literature. In a placebo vs SNAG study, researchers explained how SNAGs were effective for pain reduction and neck disability drop and range of motion improvement for women with cervicogenic headache. (4) Manual therapy approaches like this benefit headache. Apple Country Chiropractic provides Cox® Technic, a gliding, doctor-controlled neck treatment for such conditions as Williamson headache and neck pain.
CONTACT Apple Country Chiropractic
Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. David Kulla on the Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the effectiveness and gentleness of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his patient with headache and neck pain and enhanced her quality of life.
Schedule your next Williamson headache chiropractic appointment with Apple Country Chiropractic. Bothersome, life-disrupting headaches may meet their match at Apple Country Chiropractic for relief of pain and disability.
