Headache Clinic
Headaches affect about 12% of the population. Not all headaches are of the same intensity – they can range from mild twinges to being so severe the person is unable to function. Headaches are frequently an indication that something else is wrong so they should not be ignored.
Even though the types and causes of headaches can differ widely, there are some common threads that prevail throughout that makes some treatment approaches effecting in reducing them, if not eliminating them, which can greatly help a person to have some control over them. Regardless of the cause of headaches, neck muscles and movement are always affected and this should be treated.
With most pain, muscles in the area respond by tightening up as a protective mechanism. This causes more pain and loss of motion in the area. The muscles in the head and neck are especially susceptible to tension. A chiropractor can help to relieve that tension and thus break the pain-spasm cycle, which may relieve the headache.
If the headache is due to poor or sustained postures, or irritating movements of the neck, there is much that can and should be done by a chiropractor. First it needs to be determined if work postures or other activities are contributing to the headache in any way. Chiropractors are experts on what positions and postures have the least amount of stress on various parts of the body. They can look at the way your job site or home is set up and make recommendations, if necessary, to reduce or change harmful sustained work postures or repetitive motions that may be contributing to the headache.
Your head weighs about 15 pounds and is delicately balanced on top of the spinal column, held there by numerous muscles in the jaw, neck, shoulders and back. In addressing someone’s headache a chiropractor would work on relaxing the neck muscles with heat or ice and gentle stretching and massaging using various types of manual therapy techniques. Sometimes cervical traction, mobilisation and manipulations are used to gently stretch, increase range of motion and relieve any pressure in the joints of the spine.
The chiropractor would then assess the posture of the neck, shoulders and upper back. An exercise program would then be developed to change any harmful positions or motions that may cause pinching of the nerves in the neck.
Healthplus offers the opportunity to see the clinician of choice who can direct your migraine or headache treatment to resolution. Chiropractic is very effective in eliminating this problem. So why suffer when you don’t have to?
Health Plus Clinics Ilford IG11, South Woodford E18 and Hampstead Garden Suburb NW11 incorporates a team of chiropractors, physiotherapists, sports and remedial massage therapists, and neurologists with a specialist interest in the treatment and relief of head aches and migraines. Our specialist team allows patients to gain relief from headaches and migraine through:
• Consultation with Neurologist
• Appropriate scanning and investigation (MRI, CT, and Blood Tests)
• Appropriate specialist referral
• Chiropractic treatment
• Sports and Remedial Massage
When suffering with headaches and migraine the key to success is to form a correct diagnosis and develop a treatment plan best suited to provide relief. Should a diagnosis not be possible from history and examination, Healthplus Clinics have established referral processes to MRI, CT and x-ray departments to provide the diagnostic evaluations required to direct treatment.
Health Plus aims to provide the most efficient treatment service to relieve your headaches or migraines.
The majority of our patients attend from Essex and London.
Health Plus Specialist Headache Clinic, offers the opportunity for patients suffering with headache or migraine to attend a free consultation (with a chiropractor) to determine whether we can help.
The consultation includes:
• Private consultation with chiropractor
• Health Review
• Postural Assessment
• Lifestyle analysis
• Comprehensive headache and migraine advice
Consultations are strictly by appointment only with limited availability.
Links
City of London Migraine Clinic - www.migraineclinic.org.uk
Associated Consultants:
Dr O C Cockerell MD FRCP - Consultant Neurologist - www.drcockerell.co.uk
Dr Andy Dowson MB BS, MRCGP PhD - Headacheologist
If further information is requested regarding your case and whether Healthplus Chiropractors and Physiotherapists in Ilford, Chiropractors Hampstead Garden Suburb and Chiropractors South Woodford can help, please contact the clinic or email info@healthplusclinics.com
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HealthPlus Clinics are registered Chiropractors in Ilford, Physiotherapists in Hampstead Garden Suburb and South Woodford treating Back Pain in the Ilford area of Essex, Hampstead Garden Suburb and the South Woodford area of London
