Enjoy Pain Relief For Migraine Without Pain Meds Thanks To Chiropractic

Migraine sufferers all around the world can relate to the fact that migraines can put a damper on your day as the pain can cause everything from nausea to disorientation depending on its severity.

Let’s zone into migraine headaches and the characteristics that make them unique from other headaches.

What is a migraine?

Migraines occur due to various aspects, which we will talk about later on. It can cause vomiting, interfere with speech, light and sound sensitivity as well as disrupt what could have been a rather fine day. Another bad thing about migraines is that they even affect children and for some, this may dissipate with early adulthood, however, for others, it could be part of their lives as they age.

Some patients describe the pain as:

• A throbbing sensation
• A pulsating sensation
• Pounding
• Having the ability to be debilitating

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How to recognize migraine symptoms

To understand a migraine, it’s essential to know the symptoms as well as migraine causes so that you can treat it more effectively for one, as well as to avoid it as best you can.

The following are some of the symptoms of this type of a headache:

• Depression and or anxiety
• Food cravings of some sort
• Feelings of agitation
•  Fatigue

Women are more likely to suffer from a migraine as opposed to men and this is also because of the hormonal fluctuations throughout their lives. As a young adult, women suffer from PMS, and moving into pre-menopausal stages and menopause, these are all as a result of ever-changing hormones. Women can also experience migraines during pregnancy.  

The Mayoclinic explains that there are prodrome and post-drome stages to migraines. This is the before and after effects that it has on a patient. Prodrome would occur a day or two before an actual headache occurs and the patient could experience a stiff neck, mood changes, food cravings and a feeling of lethargy. Post-drome is the period after a headache and the patient will then shift and experience dizziness, weakness, and sensitivity to light and or sound for that matter.

Migraine treatments with chiropractic

There is a variety of pain medications available, but sadly, this isn’t the best solution as many create a dependence. For this reason, patients are seeking a safer alternative to help them manage migraine pain whether ocular (patient experience seeing auras) or whether it is simply to combat the pain and reduce the experience.

Chiropractors may use the minimally invasive acupuncture on patients to help with the pain as well as formulate a program where patients can learn to relax from stress-related aspects. Chiropractic treatment is safe and effective for headaches of all types.

Do you suffer from migraines? Take the natural approach and start leading a more fruitful, pain–free life with the help of chiropractic treatment for migraines at our Pretoria or Centurion practice.