HEADACHES AND MIGRAINES

Approximately 45 million Americans (about 1 in every 6) suffer from headaches yearly.  28 million experience migraines and approximately 20% of children and adolescents also have significant headaches. Migraines and other types of headaches, such as tension and sinus headaches, can be debilitating and rob you of your quality of life. In fact, over 150 different diagnostic headache categories have been established. 

What is the cause of headache pain? Headache pain results from abnormal signals interacting between the brain, blood vessels, and surrounding nerves. During headaches, specific nerves to the blood vessels and head muscles are activated and send pain signals to the brain. A migraine begins when malfunctioning nerves send out impulses to the blood vessels, causing constriction, then expansion of these vessels and the release of serotonin and other inflammatory substances that are the source of your pain.

Because headaches are generated from the brain stem and surrounding areas, the gentle and specific Advanced Orthogonal (AdvO) corrections in the upper neck (C1 Atlas) can effectively remove the nerve interference associated with the malfunctioning nerves that cause these pain signals. Ultimately, this correction provides lasting headache relief to people who have, many times, dealt with painful headaches their entire lives. Many studies have noted significant improvements in headache patients who received specific realignment of the upper cervical (neck) structures. 

Patients with headaches of all varieties have experienced long lasting and consistent results from Advanced Orthogonal (AdvO) care at the Pierce Clinic of Chiropractic.