Migraine sufferers are not by
themselves. Approximately 15% of US adults get migraine. More often, women more so than men are troubled by migraine. Women are more likely
to suffer migraine three times as often as men do. (1)
Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka is not alone in the desire to help migraine
sufferers get relief. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka is delighted to contribute to the migraine relief effort with its gentle
Sitka chiropractic care.
TREATMENTS FOR MIGRAINE: MEDS & CHIROPRACTIC & MORE
What do migraine
sufferers do about their migraine? They use medications.
Meds are first line treatment options while around 50% of migraine
sufferers are recently using complementary and
integrative medicine. One research team has organized a study of the chiropractic care of migraine
since migraine and musculoskeletal tension and pain often go
together. They called their study the “Integrative Migraine Pain Alleviation through
Chiropractic Therapy (IMPACT).” (1) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka anticipates their outcomes as they plan
to assess multimodal chiropractic care along with
usual care and usual care but itself for adult women with episodic
migraine.
MIGRAINE TREATMENT OUTCOMES
Non-pharmacological interventions for migraine are customary.
To find out if an intervention is “clinically
meaningful,” researchers look for a 50% reduction in headaches. A group
of researchers who reviewed many published
studies suggested that associated
symptoms and fear of attacks would also be appropriate outcome
measures in addition to the 50% reduction in migraines. They
also said that the level of effectiveness for non-pharmacological
interventions – particularly used in addition to
medication – should be lower if beneficial. (2) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka is
pleased to play a role in our Sitka
migraine sufferers’ healthcare team for migraine relief. The 50% Rule has governed the outcomes of Cox Technic.
CHIROPRACTIC APPROACH TO MIGRAINE
Chiropractic is known for its approach to
musculoskeletal pain and its relief. Since research suggested that
musculoskeletal tension may have a role in migraine, chiropractic
may have a role in its relief. Researchers collected
details from lots of randomized control trials of spinal manipulation
for migraine relief. Treatment with spinal manipulation varied
from 2 to 6 months. Preliminarily, spinal manipulation was written to
be an effective therapeutic treatment to reduce migraine days
and migraine intensity and pain. (3) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka performs extremely
gentle spinal manipulation from the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management to relieve pain and ease any
migraine-related musculoskeletal pain issues.
CONTACT Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Jeremy Heidt on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr.
Michael Johnson as he details treatment of migraine and
related neck pain with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Manipulation for a
patient who was helped by his chiropractic care.
Schedule a Sitka chiropractic
appointment with Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka for additional
relief and care of migraine pain. Sitka migraine sufferers don’t have to suffer alone, do not have
to cope with migraine alone.
Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka offers spinal manipulation and Sitka chiropractic
services for some relief.