November 2018 Healthy News: Chiropractic for Headache & Vitamin D for Migraine

Manchester chiropractic care at Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries may reduce headache days each month.

HEADACHES AND CHIROPRACTIC CARE

Headaches are not unusual! Many Manchester headache sufferers attain headache relief with Manchester chiropractic care. One in 5 new chiropractic patients come to a chiropractor’s office like Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries with a complaint of headache. Headache patients make up a large portion of the chiropractic practice, and that is true for Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries. Chiropractors often diagnose and co-manage headache patients with other healthcare providers. (1) Spinal manipulation therapy (SMT) for cervicogenic headache is written to be quite effective. For the most benefit, a new study found that 18 SMT visits compared with 1, 6, and 12 visits, is most effective, reducing cervicogenic headache days by 50%. 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 Manchester chiropractic care using the Cox® Technic System.

Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries shares a new study that higher Vitamin D levels may reduce migraine headache incidence.

TIP OF THE MONTH: Vitamin D for Reduced Migraines

It’s been offered that the inflammation and a diminished immune system may play 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 reportedly therapeutic. (3) A recent study writes that higher levels of serum Vitamin D (50 to less than 100 ng/mL) lessens the odds of having a migraine headache by 80% to 83% versus levels below 20 ng/mL. (4) Manchester migraine sufferers may want to consider improving their Vitamin D status in addition to their Manchester chiropractic care plan.

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