Victoria, MN

Headache Relief Victoria, MN

Headache Relief in Victoria, MN. How do you usually manage crushing headaches and migraines? Immediately reach for the bathroom shelf for a fever reducer? Hope for it to pass? Try to power through and get through your day, knowing it's going to be quite the task to focus or do anything? Increasingly more Victoria residents are finding chiropractic care to be their go-to option for headache relief. If headaches are not allowing you to live the life you want to, feel free to give us a call today at (763) 568-7869 or contact us online.

Types of Headache Relief in Victoria, MN

There are more than 150 types of headaches. Those 150 are divided into two categories: primary headaches, wherein the headache itself is the pressing health concern, and secondary headaches, which are caused by underlying conditions like cancer, a blow to the head, hypertension, or dehydration. Victoria, MN chiropractors normally provide headache relief for headaches that are not caused by an underlying condition. There are four common types of primary headaches:

Migraine Headaches

Typically, but not always, migraines affect only part of the head. Migraines affect approximately just over one-tenth of the population, and one-fourth of those cases are migraines with aura, which are visual interferences that are warning signs that a migraine is about to onset. Aura's can last between 5 and 60 minutes and can include:

• Blind spots
• Seeing Shimmering spots or stars
• Partial loss of vision
• Tingling
• Muscle weakness
• Difficulty speaking

Once a migraine starts, symptoms include nausea, sensitivity to light/sound, and throbbing pain. The level of pain can vary in severity, and symptoms last between 2 and almost three days. Anyone who's suffered from migraines knows how debilitating they can be.

Migraines are a frequent cause of vertigo, which makes migraines dangerous because it increases chance of injury because it leads to imbalance.

Tension Headaches

Most headaches that most people experience are tension headaches, which are often associated with muscle tension in the neck. Also known as "hatband" headaches because the pain occurs around the back of the head, forehead, and around the temples, and they affect up to 70% of the global population at least once. They typically onset with a pressure-like symptom that devolves into a dull pain, and can last from 30 minutes, to hours, or even two or three days. In addition to pressure, other symptoms include tenderness around your upper body from the shoulders up, pain behind the eyes, and fear of loud sounds. Tension headaches can be equally debilitating as migraines, and a migraine will often turn into a tension headache, as well as the other way around.

Cluster Headaches

Cluster headaches are acute headaches come and go quickly over a period of 24 hours. At their worst they can cause as many as eight episodes within 24 hours. Common symptoms are:

• Intense burning pain behind one eye
• Crying
• A swollen eyelid
• Nasal discharge
• Sensitivity to light/sound
• Restlessness

Hemicrania Continua

Hemicrania continua is a category of primary headache condition that causes constant pain that can last for weeks and months and that can vary in severity but is only felt on one side 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 can also cause a runny nose, a drooping eyelid, red eyes or tearing, and eye pain.

Secondary headaches are caused by outside factors, like an exertion headache after physical activity, or a caffeine headache from suddenly stopping drinking coffee. Other times headaches manifest themselves as symptoms of sinus or allergy issues. While chiropractic care is normally used for primary headache relief in Victoria, MN, spinal adjustments and other chiropractic treatments can contribute to your complete health that reduces the likelihood and severity of secondary headaches also.

Why Do Headaches Happen? | Victoria, MN Headache Relief

An estimated 60% of people with migraines have at least one parent who also had the condition. Lifestyle factors like intense physical exercise, inadequate sleep, how you sit, stand, and move, and insufficient nutrition can play a part in the frequency and severity of headaches. Outside factors like specific lights, commotion, certain aromas, stress, a whiplash injury from an auto wreck, and even the weather also frequently cause headaches.

In the modern world, most people in Victoria, MN are more sedentary than previous generations. A lot of us have to be seated for long periods at work, looking at a phone, sitting up in bed to watch TV, or otherwise not moving around to much. We're always looking at screens and other sensory overloads that can act as stressors that cause headaches.

But what is happening in the body to that makes these factors cause headaches? A sedentary lifestyle, and external factors cause increased tension in the joints and muscles of the neck, shoulders, and upper back, and can result in the bones and joints of our spine being out of place. This creates havoc for the the C1 and C2 vertebrae, the highest two vertebrae of our spines. That misalignment leads to cervicogenic headaches that affect the nerves that run through the base of your head, your temples, and behind your eyes, making headache relief necessary.

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

As headaches are a dysfunction of the nervous system, chiropractic care provides effective headache relief by helping your nervous system function more smoothly. Over-the-counter medications are what a lot of us Victoria, MN try for headache relief, but in actuality overuse of even over-the-counter drugs can cause medication overuse headaches.

More and more people are instead why chiropractic care is a great option for headache relief. One survey reported that 87.2% of chiropractic patients reported headache conditions. Our Victoria, MN chiropractic clinic can help you find meaningful headache relief with the following treatment modalities:

• Your first visit— When we first see you, we'll carefully examine the very top of your neck and take an X-ray to eliminate other possible causes of your headaches and check for possible complications.
• Chiropractic adjustment — A spinal manipulation is the main practice of any chiropractor in Victoria, MN. If there are no complications causing an adjustment to be unsafe 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 correct any issues in your nervous system that we can.
• Message Therapy — A message of your neck, upper back, and shoulders will further alleviate the tension at the root of your headaches and break down scar tissue. Massage therapy also alleviates headaches by releasing "feel good" chemical messengers to reduce tension.
• Patient Instruction — Chiropractors are able to find the causes of headaches in the spine and elsewhere. We'll offer you lifestyle advice to use outside of your chiropractic appointments, such as proper nutrition, better posture, light exercise you can perform at home and work to correct imbalances, and teach you healthy ergonomics.

There's a reason we call ourselves Total Spine Health & Injury Center. We have a variety of abilities to get you living headache free.

Other services we offer in Victoria, MN include:

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

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

Sometimes, it is difficult for us to understand how good you are really capable of feeling until receiving the benefit of chiropractic treatment in Victoria, MN. We offer comprehensive 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 Victoria, MN, or believe a chiropractor may be able to help you in other ways, reach out to us today at (763) 568-7869 or schedule an appointment online.