McHenry Headache Relief with Exercise and Chiropractic

April 18, 2017

Headache. Doesn’t the word make your head ache?!

Today’s busy world, its stress and fast pace, leaves many McHenry folks struggling with headache. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic sees it every day. Many of our McHenry chiropractic patients pursue alleviation of their headache pain with McHenry chiropractic care. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic mixes chiropractic treatment with recommended exercise to many headache sufferers to cope with and find a break from headache pain.
 
Causes 

First, what triggers a chronic tension-type headache? Emotional and physical issues but not necessarily depression or anxiety proposes one article. (1) McHenry friends and family can see how physical and emotional issues affect headaches. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic always has time to listen when a McHenry chiropractic patient needs to talk about life and its many changes and challenges. Life has a huge effect on how we all function in our McHenry intertwined lives. Tension headaches are even seen in McHenry young people. Tension headaches in girls aged 9 to 18 years unsettle the girl’s life and raise concerns for her family and healthcare givers. (2) All McHenry headache sufferers seek one thing: help for headache pain relief.

Approaches to Relief 

Sadly, chronic daily headache sufferers – including many McHenry headache sufferers – pursue help that results in not helping them. One study presented that many headache sufferers undergo unnecessary additional diagnostic exams and ineffective treatment that contribute to their not understanding their condition. (3) And, oddly, researchers discover more fatty infiltration in older ladies’ upper cervical spine muscles who report cervicogenic headache. (4) So may exercise help in decreasing these types of McHenry headaches? Great question!

OrthoIllinois Chiropractic sees the frustration of McHenry headache sufferers who seek but don’t get headache pain relief. Research reports that cognitive behavioral therapy helps some with chronic daily headache. (3) Mindfulness meditation is another approach. Those who use this also use moderate exercise, have low back pain, neck pain and headache, and report being sad, nervous and/or frequently stressed. (5) Exercise extends more benefits. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic combines gentle McHenry chiropractic Cox Technic treatment to the cervical spine with neck exercises to enhance the relief. .

Simple Exercise 

OrthoIllinois Chiropractic comforts our McHenry headache patients that the exercises may be simple yet valuable. Cervico-scapulothoracic strengthening and endurance exercises including pressure biofeedback for chronic headache allowed small to moderate improvement of pain, function and overall help. (6) Strength training and counseling for these headaches helped reduce the headaches’ frequency and enhanced other factors like muscle balance and shoulder strength. (2) Strengthening exercises are beneficial! OrthoIllinois Chiropractic will demonstrate to you some simple strengthening exercises to relieve headache pain.

Schedule an Appointment 

Schedule a McHenry chiropractic headache relieving visit today, so that the word headache doesn’t cause your head ache any longer!