Vancouver Chiropractic Care of Headache and Tips for Headache and Migraine Prevention
Headaches and migraines are never welcome. Headache sufferers are typically very open to tips on how to prevent them. Migraine (a primary headache) sufferers over the age of 50 find themselves part of a global community with migraine as a leading cause of disability. (1) Vancouver Disc Centers has some prevention tips and treatment relief suggestions especially for our Vancouver headache and migraine sufferers.
DIET AND WEIGHT
A healthy diet feeds the body and the mind. Researchers have discussed that migraine triggers appear in a variety of forms - environmental, hormonal, and dietary. A high-quality diet effectively helps control migraine. Additionally, and more specifically, women with chronic migraine ate a poorer quality diet than that of women who had episodic migraine. (2) A new study got even more specific with the kind of diet helpful to migraine patients, particularly overweight folks. A very low-calorie ketogenic diet was revealed to be episodic-migraine preventative. Usefulness was observed within one month of the diet change. (3) Vancouver Disc Centers is not suggesting that any of our patients try a certain type of diet now! If a Vancouver headache sufferer wishes to look into a new diet, Vancouver Disc Centers is here to discuss and decide which diet (if any special one) is proper.
NUTRITION: Vitamin D
The same goes for vitamin D supplementation. Vitamin D deficiency has been reported in 45% to 100% of migraine sufferers. The anti-inflammatory and antioxidant qualities of vitamin D have initiated a look at including it in the care and prevention of headache and migraine. One study reported that trial doses of 1000-4000 IU per day reduced the frequency of migraine including the routine drug therapy. More research needs to be done, but vitamin D supplementation appears encouraging. (1) Vancouver Disc Centers studies the nutrition of each individual Vancouver chiropractic patient and suggests supplementation when appropriate.
CHIROPRACTIC AND INTEGRATIVE CARE
Headaches of all types – primary headaches like migraine and tension-type headache – are everyday complaints brought to the Vancouver chiropractor. Research stated that complementary and integrative medicine - nutrition, movement (yoga), manual therapy, traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, massage, biofeedback, meditation, and mind-body strategies – was helpful. More specifically, spinal manipulation, chiropractic care, some supplements, diet change and hydrotherapy are reported helpful for migraine headache. (4)
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Mike Poulin on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson who discussed the treatment of headache with chiropractic care of the cervical spine featuring spinal manipulation in the form of Cox® Technic.
CONTACT Vancouver Disc Centers
Schedule a Vancouver chiropractic appointment with Vancouver Disc Centers today. Vancouver Disc Centers welcomes headache and/or migraine sufferers for preventive and relieving approaches like diet modification, supplementation, and Vancouver chiropractic spinal manipulation.
