There is a Better Alternative for Headaches

March 28, 2012 - PRLog -- If you have a headache, it’s not as uncommon as you would think. Did you know that nine out of ten Americans suffer from headaches? Some are sporadic, some recurrent, some are dull and throbbing, and some cause unbearable pain and nausea.

What do you do when you suffer from a throbbing headache? Ignore it and hope that it will soon go away? Take a nap?  Take tablets? There is a better alternative.

Research shows that spinal manipulation – the primary form of care provided by doctors of chiropractic – may be an effective treatment option for tension headaches and headaches that originate in the neck.1.2.

1. A report released in 2001 by researchers at the Duke University Evidence-Based Practice Center in Durham, NC, found that spinal manipulation resulted in almost immediate improvement for those headaches that originate in the neck, and had significantly fewer side effects and longer-lasting relief of tension-type headache than a commonly prescribed medication.

2. 1995 study in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics found that spinal manipulative therapy is an effective treatment for tension headaches and that those who ceased chiropractic treatment after four weeks experienced a sustained therapeutic benefit in contrast with those patients who received a commonly prescribed medication.