St Peters Chiropractic Care of Headache and Tips for Headache and Migraine Prevention
Headaches and migraines are never welcome. Headache sufferers are usually quite ready for tips on how to prevent them. Over 50 years of age, sufferers of migraine, a primary headache, find themselves part of a global community with migraine being a leading cause of disability. (1) Old Mill Chiropractic offers some prevention tips and treatment relief suggestions especially for our St Peters headache and migraine sufferers.
DIET AND WEIGHT
A healthy diet feeds the body and the mind. Researchers have discussed that migraine triggers come in many different forms - environmental, hormonal, and dietary. A high-quality diet effectively helps manage migraine. Further, and more expressly, women with chronic migraine consumed a lower diet quality than that of women who had episodic migraine. (2) A new study got even more specific with the kind of diet beneficial to migraine patients, specifically those who are overweight. A very low-calorie ketogenic diet was found to be preventive of episodic migraines. Usefulness was observed within one month of the diet modification. (3) Old Mill Chiropractic is not telling that any of our patients try a specific diet now! If a St Peters headache sufferer wishes to explore a new diet, Old Mill Chiropractic 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 qualities 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 study needs to be done, but vitamin D supplementation appears promising. (1) Old Mill Chiropractic surveys the nutrition of each individual St Peters chiropractic patient and recommends supplementation when applicable.
CHIROPRACTIC AND INTEGRATIVE CARE
Headaches of all varieties – primary headaches like migraine and tension-type headache – are frequent complaints brought to the St Peters 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 beneficial. In particular, spinal manipulation, chiropractic care, some supplements, diet change and hydrotherapy are reported beneficial 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 Old Mill Chiropractic
Schedule a St Peters chiropractic appointment with Old Mill Chiropractic today. Old Mill Chiropractic welcomes headache and/or migraine sufferers for preventive and relieving approaches like diet modification, supplementation, and St Peters chiropractic spinal manipulation.
