Woodland, MN

Headache Relief Woodland, MN

Headache Relief in Woodland, MN. What do you do when you get debilitating headaches and migraines? Immediately go to the bathroom shelf for Advil? Lie down? Try to battle through it and go about your day, knowing it's going to be hard for you to get your chores or work done? More and more people in the Woodland area and throughout the United States are turning to chiropractic care as their preferred method of treatment for headache relief. If headaches are making it impossible for you to feel like your true self, call us today at (763) 568-7869 or contact us online.

Headaches We Offer Relief For in Woodland, MN

Headaches are classified in over 150 distinct ways. They're generally broken down into two larger categories: primary headaches, wherein the headache itself is the pressing health concern, and secondary headaches, which are caused by health issues like a tumor, a brain injury, hypertension, or an infection. Woodland, MN chiropractors normally help find headache relief for headaches that are not caused by an underlying condition. There are four ordinary types of primary headaches:

Migraine Headaches

Most of the time migraines cause pain on only part of the head. Migraines affect approximately 12% of the population, 25% percent of whom experience a migraine with aura, which are severe headaches accompanied by visual disturbances, including:

• Blind spots
• Seeing Shimmering spots or stars
• Partial loss of vision
• Tingling
• Muscle fatigue
• Difficulty finding words

Once a migraine starts, symptoms include vomiting, extreme sensitivity to light/sound, and dull pain. 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 difficult they are to handle.

Migraines can cause vertigo, which is not only painful but heightens possibility of injury because of falling.

Tension Headaches

Most headaches that most people get are tension headaches, which muscle tension in the neck is a a telltale sign. Also known as "hatband" headaches because the pain occurs where the band of a tight had would be, and they affect up to 70% of the global population at least once. They typically onset with a high-pressure on both sides of the head that develops into a dull pain, and can last from 30 minutes, to hours, or even two or three days. In addition to pressure, other symptoms can be tenderness around your upper body from the shoulders up, pressure behind the eyes, and sensitivity to light and sound. Tension headaches are just as difficult to deal with as migraines, and often can originate as or lead to migraines.

Cluster Headaches

Cluster headaches are severe and often come in half-hour to two-hour "clusters" for around one full day. At their worst they can cause up to eight clusters within 24 hours. Symptoms include:

• Intense piercing sensation behind one eye
• Watering eyes
• An inflamed eyelid
• A runny nose
• Sensitivity to light/sound
• Agitation

Hemicrania Continua

Hemicrania continua is a category of primary headache disorder that causes persistent pain that can last for months and that can vary in severity but always occurs on one side of the face. It is often felt as mild pain with episodes of significant pain. They have symptoms very much like migraines, but also commonly include nasal congestion, a drooping eyelid, red eyes or watering eyes, and eye pain.

Secondary headaches are the result of specific events, like an exertion headache after physical activity, or a caffeine headache from suddenly stopping drinking coffee. Allergies or sinus infections also cause headaches. While chiropractic care is normally sought for primary headache relief in Woodland, MN, spinal adjustments and other chiropractic practices can be an essential part of complete health that can help dissuade secondary headaches also.

Why Do Headaches Happen? | Woodland, MN Headache Relief

Genetics are an important factor in migraines and other headaches. Lifestyle choices like excessive physical exercise, inadequate sleep, how you sit, stand, and move, and a poor diet can contribute to the frequency and severity of headaches. Outside factors like specific lights, commotion, odors, stress, a whiplash injury from an auto crash, and even the weather can also be common culprits.

In the modern world, most people in Woodland, MN live a more sedentary lifestyle than their ancestors. Many of us spend much of our day sitting down, pointing our necks down to look at a phone, laying down to watch TV, or otherwise keeping our bodies in unhealthy positions. We're bombarded with screens and other electronic instruments that can act as stressors that cause headaches.

But what is happening in the body to that makes these factors cause headaches? Unhealthy lifestyle habits, and outside stressors negatively affect the joints and soft tissue from your shoulders through your neck, and can cause our spine to be misaligned. Bones that can go out of alignment are the C1 and C2 vertebrae, the top two vertebrae of our spines. That irritation leads to cervicogenic headaches that affect the nerves that help your back, shoulders, neck, and face tissue communicate with each other, making headache relief necessary.

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

As headaches are chiefly a disorder of the nervous system, chiropractic care can provide headache relief by restoring normal function of your nervous system. Medications are what a lot of us Woodland, MN try for headache relief, but in actuality overuse of even over-the-counter drugs can lead to medication overuse headaches.

More and more people are instead why chiropractic care is a great option for headache relief. One survey reported that headache disorders are the third most common reason people seekout a chiropractor. Our Woodland, MN chiropractic clinic can offer significant headache relief through the following steps:

• 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 potential sources of your headaches and make sure chiropractic care is safe for you.
• Chiropractic adjustment — A spinal manipulation is the chief practice of any chiropractor in Woodland, MN. If we find an adjustment is safe for you, our licenses chiropractor will manipulate your spine's alignment with their hands and small instruments in order to correct your alignment, improve your body's physical function, and correct any issues in your nervous system that we can.
• Message Therapy — A message of your neck, upper back, and shoulders will further help provide headache relief and smooth out any damaged soft tissue. Massage therapy also helps in headache relief by releasing dopamine, serotonin, endorphins, and oxytocin to reduce stress.
• Further Instruction — Chiropractors know how to find the causes of headaches in the spine and elsewhere. We'll help you with lifestyle advice to use when you're not in our clinic, such as proper nutrition, improved posture, light exercise you can perform at home and work to correct imbalances, and educate you on ergonomics.

There's a reason we call ourselves Total Spine Health & Injury Center. We have a variety of techniques to get you living your best life.

Other conditions we treat in Woodland, MN include:

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

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

Often, we don't have a good grasp on how how debilitating headaches actually are until receiving the benefit of chiropractic treatment in Woodland, MN. We take a holistic view of headache relief so that you do not have to live with constant pain. If you're seeking meaningful headache relief in Woodland, MN, or are interested in any of our other services, give us a call today at (763) 568-7869 or schedule an appointment online.