Fort Wayne Chiropractic Care of Headache and Tips for Headache and Migraine Prevention
Headaches and migraines are never welcome. Headache sufferers are usually very ready for tips on how to avoid them. Over 50 years of age, sufferers of migraine, a primary headache, find themselves members of a global community with migraine as a leading cause of disability. (1) Aaron Chiropractic Clinic has some prevention tips and treatment relief suggestions just for our Fort Wayne headache and migraine sufferers.
DIET AND WEIGHT
A healthy diet feeds the body and the mind. Researchers have noticed that migraine triggers appear in many different forms - environmental, hormonal, and dietary. A high-quality diet effectively helps manage migraine. Additionally, and more expressly, women with chronic migraine had a poorer quality diet than that of women who experienced episodic migraine. (2) A new study got even more specific with the type of diet beneficial to migraine patients, particularly overweight folks. A very low-calorie ketogenic diet was found to be preventive of episodic migraines. Usefulness was noted within one month of the diet modification. (3) Aaron Chiropractic Clinic is not urging that any of our patients start a specific diet now! If a Fort Wayne headache sufferer chooses to try a new diet, Aaron Chiropractic Clinic is here to talk and decide which diet (if any special one) is appropriate.
NUTRITION: Vitamin D
The same goes for vitamin D supplementation. Vitamin D deficiency has been found in 45% to 100% of migraine sufferers. The anti-inflammatory and antioxidant characteristics of vitamin D have opened its supplementation to considered inclusion in the care and prevention of headache and migraine. One study reported that trial doses of 1000-4000 IU per day decreased the frequency of migraine including the routine drug therapy. More research needs to be completed, but vitamin D supplementation appears encouraging. (1) Aaron Chiropractic Clinic studies the nutrition of each individual Fort Wayne chiropractic patient and recommends supplementation when appropriate.
CHIROPRACTIC AND INTEGRATIVE CARE
Headaches of all sorts – primary headaches like migraine and tension-type headache – are everyday complaints brought to the Fort Wayne chiropractor. Research reported that complementary and integrative medicine - nutrition, movement (yoga), manual therapy, traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, massage, biofeedback, meditation, and mind-body strategies – was helpful. In particular, spinal manipulation, chiropractic care, some supplements, diet change and hydrotherapy are reported helpful for migraine headache. (4)
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Mike Poulin on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson who discussed the treatment of headache with chiropractic care of the cervical spine featuring spinal manipulation in the form of Cox® Technic.
CONTACT Aaron Chiropractic Clinic
Schedule a Fort Wayne chiropractic appointment with Aaron Chiropractic Clinic today. Aaron Chiropractic Clinic welcomes headache and/or migraine sufferers for preventive and alleviating approaches like diet modification, supplementation, and Fort Wayne chiropractic spinal manipulation.
