Migraines

A study was preformed in Australia at the Chiropractic Research Center of Macquarie University that proved that chiropractic care helps migraines. One hundred seventy-seven volunteers who had migraines for over eighteen years on average were used. The volunteers who received chiropractic care showed a statistically significant improvement in migraine frequency, duration, and disability! Those who received chiropractic care were also able to considerably reduce the amount of medication they were taking, some eliminating the use of medication altogether.

Migraine headaches are vascular in nature and chiropractic care cannot help specifically with this part of the symptoms, but studies have shown that a significant amount of the symptoms associated with migraine (vascular), are related to muscle tension and cervicogenic headache. These type of headaches co-exist with migraine and have been shown to represent 30 to 40% of the symptoms associated with migraine patients. This is why it is important for migraine patients to be co-managed with the medical community with some sort of medication, and with a nutritionist or like-professional in an attempt to minimize headache triggers.