November 2018 Healthy News: Chiropractic for Headache & Vitamin D for Migraine
Headaches are not unusual! Many Sitka headache sufferers get headache relief with Sitka chiropractic care. One in 5 new chiropractic patients come to a chiropractor’s office like Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka because of headache. Headache patients comprise a large part of the chiropractic practice, and that is true for Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka. Chiropractors often identify and participate in interdisciplinary care of headache patients with other healthcare providers. (1) Spinal manipulation therapy (SMT) for cervicogenic headache is reported to be quite helpful. For the most benefit, a new study reported that 18 SMT visits in contrast to 1, 6, and 12 visits, is most effective, reducing cervicogenic headache days by 50%. Compared with slight massage, SMT also produced three more cervicogenic headache-free days a month. (2)
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Mike Poulin on The Back Doctor’s Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about headache and its effective Sitka chiropractic care using the Cox® Technic System.
TIP OF THE MONTH: Vitamin D for Reduced Migraines
It has been offered that the inflammation and a reduced immune system may have a role in migraine headache. The role of nutrients – vitamin D, vitamin B12, alpha lipoic acid, CoQ10, magnesium, niacin, riboflavin, and riboflavin - in the supportive care of migraines is said to be therapeutic. (3) A recent study reports that better levels of serum Vitamin D (50 to less than 100 ng/mL) reduces the odds of having a migraine headache by 80% to 83% versus levels below 20 ng/mL. (4) Sitka migraine sufferers may want to consider improving their Vitamin D status alongside their Sitka chiropractic care plan.
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