Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center Offers Chiropractic Care for Headache Relief

Pensacola headache. It’s a condition many people experience. Cervicogenic and tension-type headaches are a couple of the more commonly discussed types. The cervicogenic headache is associated with issues with the cervical disc, facets, and joints. The tension-type headache is linked to neck muscles caused by stress or odd head positioning. Both headache forms tend to respond to gentle, safe stretching type treatment like Cox® Technic used at Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center.

SOURCE OF TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE: Neck Muscle, Stress, Position

Tension type headache is described as the second most common health concern globally. A recent review of published papers for its treatment found that manual joint mobilization techniques, supervised physical therapy, acupuncture, psychological care, and patient education were as beneficial for decreasing headache frequency, enhancing quality of life, lessening pain intensity, and diminishing stress symptoms. (1) Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center welcomes Pensacola tension-headache sufferers as well as their fellow cervicogenic headache sufferers.

SOURCE OF HEADACHE: Cervical Joint

Pensacola chiropractic patients want to know why they have a headache. A current study detailed how researchers utilized diagnostic block testing to find the cervical spine joint source of the headache. In general, the C2-3 level was the most frequent source. In patients whose chief complaint was headache over neck pain, the C2-3 was the source for 62%, C1-2 for 7%, and C3-4 for 6%. For patients whose neck pain was greater than the headache, C2-3 was the source for 42%, lower cervical joints for 18%, and C3-4 for 7%. (2) Not that every Pensacola headache patient must experience this type of procedure to be helped, but the results were interesting for healthcare providers to aid make a diagnosis and treat headache patients more beneficially.

MANUAL TREATMENT FOR HEADACHE

In a review of published clinical trials, researchers stated that spinal manipulation was applied often to manage cervicogenic headache. Spinal manipulation was effective, supplied superior, small, short term benefits for decreasing pain, headache frequency, and related disability compared with other manual treatment. (3) One relieving treatment called SNAGs (sustained natural apophyseal glides) has been described in the medical literature. In a placebo vs SNAG study, researchers found that SNAGs were effective for pain reduction and neck disability decrease as well as range of motion improvement for women with cervicogenic headache. (4) Manual therapy approaches like this benefit headache. Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center provides Cox® Technic, a gliding, doctor-controlled neck treatment for such conditions as Pensacola headache and neck pain.

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Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. David Kulla on the Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares the effective, gentle treatment with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his patient with headache and neck pain and improved her quality of life.

Make your next Pensacola headache chiropractic appointment with Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center. Annoying, life-disrupting headaches may meet their match at Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center for relief of pain and disability.

 
Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center delivers chiropractic care from diagnosis to treatment and relief for cervicogenic and tension-type headaches.  
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