One of the most disheartening conditions I encounter in clinical practice is migraines.
If you have ever known a child who suffers from migraines you will see someone with intense pain who spends hours in a dark room crying out, completely debilitated and unable to function.
These kids are often forced to miss school, they can’t participate in sports or even go outside to play. Meanwhile, parents do the best they can to make their child more comfortable in between episodes.
Migraines are vascular headaches that stem from the large blood vessels around the brain. They are throbbing headaches usually accompanied by nausea, vomiting, light and sound sensitivity. Unfortunately, this is an all too common problem with 10% of migraine sufferers under the age of 15.
A recent study found that there was good news for child migraine sufferers — symptoms for half of all sufferers generally disappear after 10 years.
Unfortunately, these children had to suffer for more than 10 years with one of the worst pains imaginable, heavily medicated, often fighting side effects of those medications and these so-called experts said: “Don’t worry, half of you will feel better in 10 years.”
In my opinion, that is not good enough, especially when you consider chiropractors have been successfully treating migraines for more than a hundred years. I have had countless cases where children and adults alike have suffered for years with migraines, seen every specialist in town, taken all the drugs and have had zero results until chiropractic.
The reason for this is simple: I have observed that the vast majority of these children have had some type of head or neck trauma early on, which misaligns the upper part of the spine. The resulting pressure on the delicate nerves in the upper neck cause blood vessels around the brain to spasm. In these cases, other treatments did not work because the underlying cause, the misalignment, was corrected.
Chiropractors use gentle adjustments to provide relief to migraine sufferers. If you haven’t already, you need to try chiropractic. The results speak for themselves.
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Chiropractic care is generally safe if it can be applied skillfully and appropriately. I have to like this natural method because it has no side effect as traditional treatment methods.
Getting to the cause of the problem is far superior to masking symptoms with medication.