Most people have experienced some type of headache pain at some point in their life. There are many different types of headaches and each type of headache affects everyone differently, making them a very complex condition!
Most of the structures surrounding the head and neck such as eyes, ears, nasal sinuses, muscles, joints, and arteries are highly pain sensitive. This means that dysfunction and disorders relating to these structures have the capacity to transmit pain and express itself as a headache. Irritation of these structures through mechanical, chemical or inflammatory mechanisms can cause pain.
Headaches are one of the more common symptoms presenting to Impulse Chiropractic. Chiropractic treatment can be effective in the management of certain types of headaches. These types of headaches include tension-type headaches, migraine headaches and cervicogenic headaches.
Tension headaches typically present as:
Migraines are thought to be a type of neurovascular headache. It is a complex, recurrent headache disorder that is one of the most common complaints in medicine.
Although a benign type of headache it has the capacity to cause severe and debilitating pain that can last for days.
Migraines typically present as:
Migraines typically occur after exposure to a trigger. There can be many different triggers of migraines and they differ from person to person. Common triggers include:
Cervicogenic headache refers to a headache that originates from the upper cervical joints (C1-C4). Multiple structures in this area can be responsible for referring pain into the head. These structures may be the joints, muscle, ligaments and intervertebral discs at these levels.
Cervicogenic headaches typically present as one-sided pain at the base of the skull and/or a referred pain to the front/side of head and face. Pain is often exacerbated by neck movement, sustained awkward head position or external pressure over these areas.
Some causes of cervicogenic headaches are:
Chiropractic treatment can help provide relief from headache pain, as well as assisting in the long-term management of headaches.
At Impulse Chiropractic, we use several different treatment techniques, that are tailored to each individual and their type of headache.
Our management techniques for headaches include:
For further information, or to consult with one of our skilled Chiropractors you can use the Contact or Book Online now buttons at the top of this page, call our North Curl Curl practice on (02) 9939 8817, or visit Impulse Chiropractic & Natural Therapies‘ state of the art Chiropractic clinic at 15/64 Pitt Road in North Curl Curl.
Low back pain is our most common complaint presenting to Impulse Chiropractic. Low back pain affects approximately 60-80% of people throughout their lifetime.
Increased usage of technology, increased sedentary lifestyles, working from home and adoption of poor postures has contributed to more people suffering from thoracic and rib pain.
Coccyx/tailbone pain can be an extremely painful and debilitating condition. Females are 5 times more likely to experience this pain than males.
The shoulder is a complex, mobile and dynamic joint! Most shoulder conditions involve the muscles, tendons, ligaments, and bursa.
The temporomandibular joint (jaw joint) or TMJ is one of the most heavily used joints in the body. It therefore can be a common source of pain and dysfunction.
Plantar fasciitis is a common, painful foot condition that can affect people of all ages and activity levels.
Our chiropractors are well trained in the specific mechanisms involved in sports injuries as well as having backgrounds participating in high level sports themselves.
Osteoarthritis can affect any joint in the body, but it most commonly affects the knees, hips, low back, neck, and fingers/hands.
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