Headache & Migraine Treatment in Bellevue
From pounding pain on one side of the head to feeling like your head is gripped in a vice, you know how debilitating chronic headaches or migraines can be. They disrupt your daily life, making it difficult to concentrate, work, or even enjoy time with family and friends. While medications can provide temporary relief, they just mask symptoms and often come with unwanted side effects.
Chiropractic care offers a natural, drug-free alternative that addresses the root cause of the pain, providing long-term relief and improving your overall well-being.
What Are Some of the Causes?
Many factors contribute to headaches and migraines. One of the most common types is cervicogenic ones, which are caused by poor posture and neck and upper back tension. When the muscles in the neck are strained from looking down at screens or sitting with poor posture, tension headaches that radiate from the neck to the head can occur.
Migraines, on the other hand, are more complex. They can be triggered by various factors, including stress, certain foods, weather changes, or even hormonal imbalances. While the exact cause of migraines is still being studied, chiropractic care has been shown to help reduce the frequency and intensity of migraines for many patients.
How Chiropractic Care Helps
Through spinal adjustments, Dr. Kara can relieve neck and upper back tension that often contributes to headaches. These adjustments help realign the spine, improve blood flow, and reduce muscle tension, alleviating tension headaches and reducing migraines frequency and intensity.
In addition to spinal adjustments, Dr. Kara will assess your posture, daily habits, and nutritional intake to identify potential triggers for your headaches. By addressing these lifestyle factors and providing personalized treatment, chiropractic care offers more than just symptom relief—it helps prevent headaches from occurring in the first place.
Prevention Tips
Some other things you can do to keep pain at bay are staying hydrated, managing stress, and maintaining good posture. If you spend a lot of time in front of a screen, take regular breaks to stretch and rest your eyes. Incorporating chiropractic care into your wellness routine can also help prevent headaches and migraines before they start.
Find Long-Term Relief, Starting Today
You don’t have to stay sidelined by headaches or migraines. Contact Endeavor Health and Pain Management today to schedule an appointment with Dr. Kara.