Montrose, MN

Headache Relief Montrose, MN

Headache Relief in Montrose, MN. What do you do when you get crippling headaches and migraines? Immediately reach for the kitchen shelf for a fever reducing pill? Hope for it to pass? Try to power through and get through your day, knowing it's going to be hard for you to be productive? More and more people in the Montrose area and throughout the Country are finding chiropractic care to be their preferred method of treatment for headache relief. If headaches are not allowing you to feel like your true self, call us today at (763) 568-7869 or contact us online.

Types of Headache Relief in Montrose, MN

Headaches are classified in over 150 distinct ways. They're generally broken down into two categories: primary headaches, which are not related to an underlying health condition but are rather the condition itself, and secondary headaches, which are caused by health issues like a tumor, a blow to the head, high blood pressure, or an ear infection. Montrose, MN chiropractors generally focus headache relief for the first category. There are four common types of primary headaches:

Migraine Headaches

Most of the time migraines affect only part of the head. An estimated 12% of the population suffers from migraines, and a quarter of those cases are migraines with aura, which are severe headaches accompanied by sensory disturbances, including:

• Blind spots
• Seeing Shimmering spots or stars
• Partial loss of vision
• Tingling
• Muscle weakness
• Language difficulty

Once a migraine starts, symptoms include vomiting, sensitivity to light/sound, and pain in the face or neck. The level of pain can vary in severity, and a migraine can last just a few hours to 72 hours. People with frequent migraines know how debilitating they can be.

Migraines can cause vertigo, which is not only debilitating but increases possibility of injury because it leads to imbalance.

Tension Headaches

These are highly prevalent and are often associated with muscle tension in the neck. Also known as "hatband" headaches because the pain occurs where the band of a tight had would be, most people will experience a tension headache in their lifetime. They generally begin with a high-pressure on both sides of the head that develops into a nagging pain, and can last for a half hour, to hours, or even days. Beyond pressure, other symptoms can be tenderness around your upper body from the shoulders up, pain behind the eyes, and sensitivity to light and sound. Tension headaches are just as difficult to deal with as migraines, and a migraine will often become a tension headache, and vice versa.

Cluster Headaches

Cluster headaches are acute headaches and often come in 30 minute to two-hour episodes over a period of 24 hours. Some people experience up to eight clusters within 24 hours. Symptoms include:

• Intense piercing pain behind one eye
• Epiphora
• An inflamed eyelid
• A blocked nose
• Sensitivity to light/sound
• Restlessness

Hemicrania Continua

Hemicrania continua is a type of headache disorder that causes continual pain that varies in severity but always occurs on one half of the face. It is often felt as mild pain that is interrupted by periods of severe pain. They have symptoms very much like migraines, but also commonly include a blocked nose, ptosis, red eyes or tearing, and eye pain.

Other types of headaches are caused by outside factors, such as an exertion headache after physical activity, or a caffeine headache from suddenly stopping coffee intake. Other times headaches manifest themselves as symptoms of sinus or allergy issues. While chiropractic care is usually sought for primary headache relief in Montrose, MN, spinal adjustments and other chiropractic practices can be an essential part of overall health that diminishes the likelihood and severity of secondary headaches also.

What Causes Headaches? | Montrose, MN Headache Relief

Genetics are an important factor in migraines and other headaches. Lifestyle choices like intense physical exercise, inadequate sleep, posture, and insufficient nutrition can play a part in the frequency and severity of headaches. External factors like specific lights, noises, smells, emotional or mental tension, a whiplash injury from an auto crash, and even the weather also frequently cause headaches.

In contemporary society, most Montrose, MN residents are more sedentary than their ancestors. Many of us spend much of our day sitting down, looking at a phone, watching TV, or otherwise fixed in one position. We're bombarded with screens and other sensory overloads that can act as stressors that cause headaches.

But what does that do to our bodies internally to cause a headache? A sedentary lifestyle, and outside elements negatively affect the joints and soft tissue from your shoulders through your neck, and can cause our spine to go out of alignment. Bones that can become misaligned are the C1 and C2 vertebrae, the highest two vertebrae of our spines. This can cause cervicogenic headaches that affect the nerves that help your back, shoulders, neck, and face tissue communicate with each other, causing pain and leading you to look for headache relief.

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Total Spine MN's Approach to Headache Relief in Montrose, MN

As headaches are a dysfunction of the nervous system, chiropractic care provides effective headache relief by restoring normal function of your nervous system. Medications are what a lot of us Montrose, MN turn to for headache relief, but in fact overuse of headache medication can lead to medication overuse headaches.

More and more people are instead why chiropractic care is a great option for headache relief. One survey found that Almost 90% of chiropractic patients reported headache conditions. Our Montrose, MN chiropractic clinic can offer enduring headache relief with the following treatment methods:

• Your first visit— When we first see you, we'll carefully examine the very top of your neck and perform an X-ray to rule out other potential sources of your headaches and make sure chiropractic care is safe for you.
• Chiropractic adjustment — A spinal manipulation is the chief technique of any chiropractor in Montrose, MN. If chiropractic care is safe for you, our professional chiropractor will use their hands and small instruments to apply a small, controlled, sudden force to joints in your back or spine to improve your spine's alignment, your your posture, and allay any issues in your nervous system that we can.
• Message Therapy — A message of the upper portion of your body will further alleviate the tension at the root of your headaches and break down damaged soft tissue. Massage therapy also alleviates headaches through releasing dopamine, serotonin, endorphins, and oxytocin to reduce stress.
• Further Education — Chiropractors are trained to find the causes of headaches, in both your spinal cord and in your daily life. We'll give you lifestyle advice to use in between your chiropractic adjustments, such as a nutritious diet, improved posture, safe exercise you can do to correct imbalances, and educate you on ergonomics.

Our business is called Total Spine Health & Injury Center for good reason. We have a variety of techniques to get you living headache free.

Other conditions we treat in Montrose, MN include:

• Herniated Disc Treatment
• Work Injury Treatment
• Family Chiropractic
• Massage Therapy
• Auto Accident Chiropractors Near Me
• Chiropractor
• Chiropractic Adjustment
• Whiplash Treatment
• Migraine Treatment

Montrose, MN Headache Relief | Total Spine Health & Injury Center

Sometimes, we don't have a good grasp on how how debilitating headaches actually are until you receive professional chiropractic treatment in Montrose, MN. We take a comprehensive view of headache relief so that headaches do not have to be a part of your daily or weekly life. If you're seeking meaningful headache relief in Montrose, MN, or believe a chiropractor may be able to help you in other ways, give us a call today at (763) 568-7869 or contact us online.