168 Karrinyup Road, Karrinyup WA 6018
Monday - Friday: 7.30am to 6.30pm
Saturdays: 7.30am - 2.30pm
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168 Karrinyup Road, Karrinyup WA 6018 | Monday – Friday: 7.30am to 6.30pm & Saturdays: 7.30am – 2.30pm
If you are a sufferer of headaches you are not alone; it is estimated that almost half of the adult population of Australians have suffered from a headache at least once in the last year (with females being a higher concentration of that percentage)1.
One Melbourne study found that 87% of it’s participants had suffered from a headache in the past year1.
Some headaches are intense, some are dull, some people get them frequently, some only occur during times of stress and some can be debilitating with symptoms of pain and nausea.
When we get these headaches we are often influenced by the countless adverts pushing painkillers and anti-inflammatory medication to dampen those pain signals – but there ARE alternative ways to ease the pain of a headache.
Getting a complete assessment by your chiropractor is always my first piece of advice when discussing headache symptoms with family or friends. It is during an assessment that your chiro can elicit potential causes or triggers for your headaches, and even certain physical deficits or compensations that might make you more prone to suffering from headache symptoms.
Once you have been assessed, and deemed to be a suitable candidate for chiropractic care, it can be reassuring to know that recent studies have shown that chiropractic adjusting is in fact a recommended therapy for headaches due to its efficacy in reducing the painful symptoms (for migraines and cervicogenic headaches in particular)2.
As well as providing in-room care to correct and support the function of your spine and nervous system, your chiropractor will also likely discuss other ways you can adapt or change your daily habits to decrease the undesirable effects that some activities can have on the body.
Some of the more common causes of neck pain and headaches are listed below.
How many of these bad habits do you do that you can change about your day-to-day activities?
If you can identify with any, or ALL of these habits – which can be the case for some people, that apply to your daily life then it is a good idea to chat to your chiro about strategies to minimise their impact on you and your health.
As we deal with the effects of these stressors with our patients every day, we can often drastically decrease the frequency and intensity of various headaches with skilful adjusting coupled with daily at-home/at-work strategies and exercises.
Dr Sean Laurie
Chiropractor
REFERENCES
Prevalence of headache and migraine in an Australian city- J. Heywood, T. Colgan, and C. Coffey- Journal of Clinical Neuroscience (1998) 5(4), 485.
Bryans R, Descarreaux M, Duranleau M, et al. Evidence based guidelines for the chiropractic treatment of adults with headache. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 2011; 34: 274-89.
B.Sc. (Chiro), B. Chiro DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC
Dr Sean has completed training in the Sympathetic Dominance protocol that deals particularly with people who suffer from ongoing stress, and as part of that has had extensive dealings with issues relating to jaw function. In practice Dr Sean is able to perform both gentle and firm manual adjustments, as well as pelvic blocking, NOT, Thompson Drop-piece, Activator, Dry Needling and soft-tissue release techniques.
Graduating in 2012, Dr Sean completed his 5 years of Chiropractic training locally at Murdoch University.
Mon - Fri: 7.30am - 6.30pm
Sat: 7.30am - 2.30pm
168 Karrinyup Road
Karrinyup WA 6018
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