Nearly everyone gets headaches from time to time. However, they are recurrent or chronic for about 20 percent of the population. The causes of headaches are legion: trauma, irritation of nerves and muscles in the neck, drug side effects or withdrawal, bright lights, muscle tension, sinus trouble, certain foods and o whole host of other things.

    It is important to know that a headache is not an ache in the brain. The brain and skull do not feel pain. Surgeons can operate on the brain with the patient fully awake using only a local anesthetic on the scalp.

    The ache in a headache occurs when the pain sensitive parts of the head are injured or irritated. The pain sensitive parts are: the duramater covering the brain, the arteries of the skull, and cranial nerves. Irritation, compression, stretching, pulling, inflammation of any of these can produce a headache. These things can be caused by any of that long list above.

Headache Treatment
We need to treat the cases of our problems in order to effectively restore our well being. Tylenol. aspirin, etc. only mask the symptoms. Of course, headaches from eye problems need glasses; sinus and ear infection need medical treatment. However, Chiropractic treatment has been providing relief for headaches for most of the last hundred years. Chiropractic treatment helps eliminate spinal nerve stress.

    In the upper back and neck, there are small nerves and muscles that, when they are irritated, can contribute to headaches. Chiropractic treatment allows our bodies to restore themselves; to heal themselves. We can achieve a greater level of health and wellness.

    Chiropractic treatment is extremely important for anyone with recurring headaches particularly.