About Headaches 
Depending on the type of headache you suffer from and various other factors, they may only last for a brief time or they may linger for days at a time. Some people experience them more frequently than others, and for a select minority they suffer from that pain in their heads more than once a week or possibly everyday.
Though, for headache sufferers, knowing more about headaches is a first step in knowing what type of headache might be affecting them. Then, once they know that information, they can take the steps the need to, to find relief from that pain in their heads.
Two main types of headaches
- Tension: 10-65% of all headaches fall into this category.1 They may go away within 30 minutes or they may linger for up to a week. A sufferer of this aching or pressing in their head may also experience nausea, vomiting, or sensitivity to light or sound.
- Cervicogenic: 10-20% of all headaches fall into this category. These may cause pain in the neck and or head.2
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Well, here are some of the symptoms:
Headache Remedies
Now, people have used everything from home remedies to both over-the-counter and prescription medications and surgery to try to find and alleviate the source of their headaches. Though, these do not often deal with the underlying cause of the headaches, so they do not lead to the results the sufferer seeks.
Though, upper cervical chiropractic has been shown to alleviate, and in many cases eliminate, the frequency of headaches in many people by focusing on their underlying cause. That underlying cause is often times a misalignment in the upper cervical spine, which causes pressure on the nerves and blood vessels. That pressure then leads to dysfunction within the brain and frequently headaches and other symptoms.
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References:
- Humphreys BK, Vernon H. “Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain in Adults Treated by Manual Therapy: A Systematic Review of Change Scores in Randomized Controlled Trials of a Single Session.” The Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy 16.2 (2008):E42-52.
- Alix, ME, Bates DK. “A Proposed Etiology of Cervicogenic Headache: The Neurophysiologic Basis and Anatomic Relationship Between the Dura Mater and the Rectus Posterior Capitis Minor Muscle.” Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 22.8 (1999): 534-39.