Headaches

Stress, toxic fumes, certain foods, preservatives, and alcohol are common
culprits.
More than 90 percent of headaches can be classified as tension-type,
migraine or carcinogenic.

By far, most people get tension-type headaches and get them frequently.
They typically suffer mild to moderate pain, on both sides of the head, that
is often described as tight, stiff, constricting – like having something
wrapped around your head and pressing tightly.

Migraines are periodic severe, throbbing headaches that afflict far fewer
people (and more women than men), usually hurt on one side of the head,
can cause loss of appetite, nausea and even vomiting, and may involve a
visual change called an aura.

Carcinogenic headache is a musculoskeletal form of tension-type
headache (which may also be related to migraines). Many times,
carcinogenic headache goes undiagnosed as such due to the relative
newness of this classification.

Many millions of adults, worldwide, get headaches regularly. Headaches
are among the most common physical complaints prompting people to
treat themselves or get professional assistance. One estimate holds that
some 50 million people in the U.S. get severe, long-lasting, recurring
headaches. Most headaches are not signs of serious underlying
conditions, but they can be very distracting, debilitating and account for
significant amounts of time lost from work.

Georgetown Chiropractic has had considerable success relieving the
cause of headache pain and releasing headache sufferers from the
dangerous vicious circle of taking ever-larger doses of ever-stronger
painkillers that may even be causing new and worse headaches.

Chiropractic adjustments have shown to be as effective and even more
effective than medications in reducing the severity and frequency of
headaches. Chiropractic is particularly successful dealing with
carcinogenic headache. Even though carcinogenic and other tension-type
headaches may not actually involve stress or muscle tension,
chiropractic's ability to adjust spinal abnormalities seems to lessen or
remove the forces contributing to many individuals headache pain.