Chiropractic Care for Headaches and Migraines

According to the World health organization, more than 50 percent of people globally are affected by headache disorders. However, most people don't know the difference between headaches and migraines. Here at Vaughn Chiropractic in Waterford, our team can help you understand and treat your headache or migraine. Headache and migraine treatment from our highly experienced chiropractor can decrease the pain and improve your life quality. We will perform a thorough assessment of your condition to develop a suitable treatment method.

The Difference Between Headaches and Migraines

When you feel pain in your head, it might be challenging to identify whether it's a headache or migraine. Headaches cause pressure and pain, usually on one side of the brain. They often affect the forehead, back of the head, or the temples. Common causes of headaches include anxiety, stress, and muscle tension.

However, migraines are intense pains in the head, often associated with other symptoms like nausea, light sensitivity, vomiting, and seeing flashlights. Migraines tend to have more severe symptoms than headaches and mostly affect both sides of your brain. Common causes of migraine include weather changes, hormonal fluctuations, and bright lights.

Treatment for Headaches and Migraines 

Our office uses diversified chiropractic techniques to treat headaches using a combination of chiropractic maneuvers on different parts of the body, spine, neck, arms, and legs. Our joint mobilization therapy helps realign joints that are out of place, causing pain and headaches. Spinal manipulation is effective for neck-related headaches using various hands-on techniques that adjust the neck, back, arms, legs, and spine. We also offer soft tissue therapy for headache treatment.

Migraine headache therapy often combines chiropractic care, massage, and nutritional counseling. Certain foods can easily trigger a migraine or headache, depending on the patient. They are caffeine, sugar, alcohol, chocolate, salt, cured meats, aged cheeses, fermented foods, and freezing foods. Our chiropractor can design a diet that will help you avoid these foods and include ones that do not aggravate migraines. We also offer neuromuscular management and multidisciplinary care treatment for migraines.

Contact Us for Headache and Migraine Treatment in Waterford, MI

At Vaughn Chiropractic in Waterford, we use a combination of treatment methods to help restore alignment, decrease irritation in the nerves, reduce muscle tension, restore blood flow, and identify triggers so that you can avoid headaches and migraines in the future. We will take a detailed medical history, perform a physical, and run blood and imaging tests to find the cause of your ailment. Once your tests are complete, we will design a customized program to treat your headache or migraine. Contact us to find out how we can help you live pain-free.