Surviving a Migraine: Coping with the Physical Toll on Your Body
What is a migraine?
Migraine headache is a PRIMARY HEADACHE, that has reversible symptoms
Migraine Headaches are one of the world's most debilitating headaches and currently rank 7th among the 10 LEADING CAUSES of years lived with DISABILITY worldwide
Who is likely to get Migraines?
There is 3 times the chance the migraine will be in females and people aged 25-55
Migraines are likely to last from 4 hours up to 72 hours. The average attack lasts 24 hours
Migraines with AURA present with reversible visual and sensory changes and are usually followed by headaches. The AURA may last from 5 minutes to 60 minutes
What are the physical things a Chiropractor looks for, and how do we treat your migraines?
Migraines present with NECK PAIN and pain in the back of the neck and the TRAPEZIUS muscle
Physical symptoms that may be present are
Nausea
Dizziness
Disrupted sleep patterns
loss of appetite
tingling
sleepiness
ringing in the ears
reduced concentration
Often after a migraine, patients feel lethargic and feel groggy.
What can trigger a migraine?
Stress
Misalinged Spine
Tight Muscles
Hormonal changes (menstruation)
Oral contraceptive use
When we look at a persons body, we usually see the following in migraine patients
Poor Posture
Forward Head Posture
Poor ergonomics
Physically demanding work
Bruxism, Jaw Problems
Sitting for longer than 6 hours a day
Migraines are often aggravated by physical activity like walking and climbing stairs.
How diets can trigger a migraine
Cheese
Chocolate
Pungent food
Caffeine
Dehydration
Inconsistent eating habits
How Health Wise Chiropractic Helps
Chiropractic treatment reduces migrane frequency, reduces migraine duration, reduces migraine intensity and Chiropractic can reduce medication use and frequency.
Here's a special treat! One of our many videos about stretching from our STAND CORRECTED online pain management programs, we hope it helps. ENJOY!
If you want more information about how we can help . Please call Health Wise Chiropractic 03 9467 7889 or book online to see one of our Chiropractors in Sunbury or Melton/Strathtulloh Today!
Chiropractic has moved online. We offer our online programs -STAND CORRECTED- To help you through the day. They contain health advice for your conditions, nutritional advice and exercises for you to do at home or at the workplace to help you achieve your health goals. We understand that coming to the Chiropractic clinic maybe costly and time consuming. This way if you cant make it into the chiropractic office, you can do any of our 20+ online health programs at your leisure.
Enjoy and we hope they spark a little bit of joy and help you achieve your health goals. Each program contains - Information about the conditions - things to do and things to avoid - nutrition advice - all the stretches that are needed to help The following conditions are now available for online sessions
migraine
cervicogenic headaches
cervical facet neck pain
tension headaches
cervical radiculopathy (pins and needles in the arm originating from the neck)
shoulder impingement relief
thoracic outlet syndrome
frozen shoulder
rotator cuff
chronic lumbar (Low Back) disc pain
acute Lumbar(low back) disc pain
Lumbar facet pain
sciatica and piriformis syndrome
meniscus (knee pain)
Plantar fasciitis (Foot Pain)
Shin Splints
Tennis Elbow/Golfers elbow
Carpal tunnel Syndrome
Upper Crossed Syndrome( Poor Posture)
Lower Crossed Syndrome ( Poor Posture)
Dizziness-Vertigo
Arthritis
Welcome To Chiropractic
TMJ (Jaw Pain)
Reference
Health SA. 2023; 28: 2283. Published online 2023 Oct 25. doi: 10.4102/hsag.v28i0.2283 PMCID: PMC10623481 PMID: 37927942
The physical impact of migraines on female chiropractic patients: A qualitative study
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