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

Carrolltown chiropractic care at Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation may reduce headache days each month.

HEADACHES AND CHIROPRACTIC CARE

Headaches are not uncommon! Many Carrolltown headache sufferers attain headache relief with Carrolltown chiropractic care. One out of every 5 new chiropractic patients visit to a chiropractor’s office like Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation because of headache. Headache patients make up a large part of the chiropractic practice, and that’s true for Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation. Chiropractors many times identify 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 reported that 18 SMT visits compared with 1, 6, and 12 visits, is most effective, lowering cervicogenic headache days by 50%. Compared with slight massage, SMT also resulted in three 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 relieving Carrolltown chiropractic care with the Cox® Technic System.

Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation shares a new report that higher Vitamin D levels may reduce migraine headache incidence.

TIP OF THE MONTH: Vitamin D for Reduced Migraines

It’s been said that the inflammation and a reduced 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 seemingly therapeutic. (3) A new study reports that higher levels of serum Vitamin D (50 to less than 100 ng/mL) reduces the odds of having a migraine headache by 80% to 83% versus levels below 20 ng/mL. (4) Carrolltown migraine sufferers may try to enhance their Vitamin D status alongside their Carrolltown chiropractic care plan.

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