Chandler Headache Treatment

Have you ever been working at the computer for long hours and started to feel tightness in the neck that eventually led to a headache? Are your headaches worse with working on the computer or with your head down? If so, your headaches could be a tension or migraine headache, and have a cervicogenic aspect to them.

A tension headache may cause you to experience a dull, achy pain or sensation of tightness in your forehead. It may wrap from around the back to the front of your head. Many people liken the feeling to having a tight band of pressure encircling their heads, like a head band. The severity of the pain varies from a constant dull ache to a severe pain. Many headaches occur during times of heightened stress and anxiety.

Migraines are a severe type of headache that commonly involve a pounding or throbbing pain. It can occur on only one side of the head, and is usually consistently on that side. Some people are sensitive to light and may experience nausea or vomiting. A migraine forces many people to seek a dark room and sleep.

Headaches can be caused or aggravated by physical stress to the neck. Muscles spasms put stress on the neck joints by jamming them together, which signals pain to the body. This cycle of muscle spasms and joint stress produces a cascade of events that lead to some headaches. Over time, the spasms can become chronic and cause multiple headaches in a month or week.

Treatment that reduces the muscles spasms and joint stress will decrease the frequency, intensity, and duration of headaches.

Our clinic specializes in decreasing the muscle spasms that cause headaches. We combine physical therapy, chiropractic, and massage therapy in our office to treat your headaches.

Physical therapy decreases the muscle spasms and strengthens the muscles. Stretching improves the flexibility and range of motion of neck muscles. Chiropractic helps by decreasing the pressure on the nerves in the neck that trigger headaches. We accomplish this by adjusting "stiff" joints that have been "jammed together" to improve joint motion and decrease joint pain. We combine this treatment with massage therapy and Graston Technique to further relax muscles and remove chronic muscle spasms.

Graston Technique breaks muscle adhesions that prevent flexibility. Muscle adhesions or scar tissue is often the "knots" people feel in their neck and shoulders. Graston Treatment has helped many headache suffers.

Tension and Migraine headaches with a cervicogenic component can be treated with proper therapy and a combination of treatments. If you have further questions or would like to find out how this therapy could improve your headaches please call (480) 812-1800.

Physical Therapy, Massage Therapy, and Chiropractic Treatments for Migraine and Tension Headaches

Treatment for headaches is a combination of physical therapy, massage therapy, and chiropractic treatments. We combine the best of all disciplines to treat your headaches.

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Headaches and Posture

Headaches can be caused or aggravated by physical stress to the neck. Muscles spasm place stress on the neck joints by jamming them together, which signals pain to the body. This cycle of muscle spasms and joint stress produces a cascade of events that lead to some headaches. Over time, the spasms can become chronic and cause multiple headaches in a month or week.

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Headache Treatment Success Story #1

A 46 year old woman had suffered from headaches for over 6 years. She was involved in a motor vehicles accident and injured her neck and shoulder. She denied headaches prior to the accident. Over several years, her headaches began happening more often and were getting worse. When she came to our office, she was experiencing 3 to 4 headaches a week. The headaches occurred mostly during the work week.

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Headache Treatment Success Story #2

A 35 year old Gilbert woman comes into the office with daily headaches. Her headaches had been getting worse over the last 18 months, since she started her new job (at a local technology company). She would spend 40 to 50 hours a week at a computer or sitting in meetings. She was having 4 to 6 headaches a week. She described them as moderate to severe. When she was lucky, she would have a mild headache. And she wasn't very lucky lately.

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Headache Treatment Success Story #3

A 26 year old comes into the office with migraine headaches. She began experience migraine headaches since she was 15. Over time, the headaches began happening more often, were lasting for longer, and with increased intensity of pounding. Over the last year, she began having more mild headaches, that she described as tolerable but very annoying. She often felt like a zombie walking through the day.

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Headache Treatment Success Story #4

She was an elementary school teacher who began getting headaches in college. Over ten years the headaches had become more common. She had tried multiple treatments to reduce her headache pain. She started to think headaches as a normal part of life. She figured she would always have headaches. A friend talked her into coming to our office. She was hesitant, but didn't have anything to loose.

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Dr. Carson Robertson is in private practice at Alpha Chiropractic. His clinic services the chiropractic, massage therapy, and physiotherapy needs of the Chandler, Ahwatukee, and Gilbert area. He has a special interest in athletics, running, and soft tissue injuries. Carson Robertson DC can be reached at (480) 812-1800.