Chiropractic Reduces Headache Frequency

Chiropractic Helps Chronic Headache Sufferers.

A recent study in The Journal of the North American Spine Society, researchers looked at Chiropractic treatment’s effect on ongoing headaches that were classified as cervicogenic compared to massage.

The researchers wanted to determine what was the optimal number of treatments to help these chronic headache patients.

Researchers divided the chronic headache sufferers randomly into 4 groups. 

• They were treated 3 times per week for 6 weeks.
• Group 1 received light massage during the treatment period.
• Groups 2, 3, and 4 received 6, 12, or 18 spinal manipulations during the 6 weeks.
• Light massage was done when spinal manipulation was not performed. 
• Participants were reevaluated at 6, 12, 24, 39 and 52 weeks.

Results showed an improvement in number of headaches that broke down as… 

Those who received the highest number of chiropractic manipulations (18 treatments) over the 6 week period had a 50% less headaches going from 16 headaches to 8 in a month.

The people that received fewer chiropractic manipulations improved to a lesser degree. On average, these people experienced one less headache a month for every 6 chiropractic adjustments they received over 6 weeks.

So many people suffer needlessly with headaches that could be helped with the right chiropractic care.

This is great news for people with chronic headaches. 

Often people are relying on pain medications in an attempt to improve their headaches.

For far too many this approach doesn’t work.

Medications can also cause unwanted side effects… and many people can’t take certain medications due to other health problems or drug interactions.

This research adds to a growing body of evidence that there is another way to help many headache sufferers.

If you or or someone you love in the Texarkana area suffers from chronic headaches, contact us at our Texarkana Clinic.

Dr. Hagebusch has helped thousands of Texarkana area residents sufferering with headaches.

We’re here to help you too!

Reference: 

“Dose-response and efficacy of spinal manipulation for care of cervicogenic headache: a dual-center randomized controlled trial.” The Spine Journal. 

Mitchell Haas, DC, MA; Gert Bronfort, DC, PhD; Roni Evans, DC, PhD; Craig Schulz, DC, MS; Darcy Vavrek, ND, MS; Leslie Takaki, MA; Linda Hanson, DC, MS; Brent Leininger, DC, MS; Moni B. Neradilek, MS.