November 2018 Healthy News: Chiropractic for Headache & Vitamin D for Migraine

Headaches are not unusual! Many St Peters headache sufferers get headache relief with St Peters chiropractic care. One out of every 5 new chiropractic patients come to a chiropractor’s office like Old Mill Chiropractic because of headache. Headache patients make up a large portion of the chiropractic practice, and that’s true for Old Mill Chiropractic. Chiropractors often identify and co-manage headache patients with other healthcare providers. (1) Spinal manipulation therapy (SMT) for cervicogenic headache is reported to be quite successful. For the most benefit, a new study reported that 18 SMT visits in contrast to 1, 6, and 12 visits, is most effective, reducing cervicogenic headache days by half. Compared with slight massage, SMT also produced 3 more cervicogenic headache-free days a month. (2)

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Mike Poulin on The Back Doctor’s Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about headache and its relieving St Peters chiropractic care using the Cox® Technic System.

 

TIP OF THE MONTH: Vitamin D for Reduced Migraines

It has been proposed that the inflammation and a reduced immune system may have a role in migraine headache. The role of nutrients – vitamin D, vitamin B12, alpha lipoic acid, CoQ10, magnesium, niacin, riboflavin, and riboflavin - in the supportive care of migraines is said to be therapeutic. (3) A recent study reports that better levels of serum Vitamin D (50 to less than 100 ng/mL) lessens the odds of having a migraine headache by 80% to 83% versus levels below 20 ng/mL. (4) St Peters migraine sufferers may want to consider improving their Vitamin D status alongside their St Peters chiropractic care plan.

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