November 2018 Healthy News: Chiropractic for Headache & Vitamin D for Migraine
Headaches are not unusual! Many McHenry headache sufferers get headache relief with McHenry chiropractic care. One in 5 new chiropractic patients visit to a chiropractor’s office like OrthoIllinois Chiropractic with a complaint of headache. Headache patients make up a significant part of the chiropractic practice, and that’s true for OrthoIllinois Chiropractic. Chiropractors many times identify and co-manage headache patients with other healthcare providers. (1) Spinal manipulation therapy (SMT) for cervicogenic headache is written to be quite successful. For the most benefit, a new study discovered that 18 SMT visits compared with 1, 6, and 12 visits, is most effective, decreasing cervicogenic headache days by half. Compared with slight massage, SMT also brought about 3 more cervicogenic headache-free days a month. (2)
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Mike Poulin on The Back Doctor’s Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about headache and its effective McHenry chiropractic care using the Cox® Technic System.
TIP OF THE MONTH: Vitamin D for Reduced Migraines
It’s been said that the inflammation and a reduced immune system may have a role in migraine headache. The role of nutrients – vitamin D, vitamin B12, alpha lipoic acid, CoQ10, magnesium, niacin, riboflavin, and riboflavin - in the supportive care of migraines is said to be therapeutic. (3) A new study writes that better levels of serum Vitamin D (50 to less than 100 ng/mL) lessens the odds of having a migraine headache by 80% to 83% as opposed to levels below 20 ng/mL. (4) McHenry migraine sufferers may want to consider improving their Vitamin D status in addition to their McHenry chiropractic care plan.
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