West Des Moines Chiropractic Care of Headache and Tips for Headache and Migraine Prevention
Headaches and migraines are unwelcome visitors. Headache sufferers are typically very ready for tips on how to prevent them. Over 50 years of age, sufferers of migraine, a primary headache, find themselves part of a global community with migraine as a foremost cause of disability. (1) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa offers some prevention tips and treatment relief ideas just for our West Des Moines headache and migraine sufferers.
DIET AND WEIGHT
A healthy diet nourishes the body and the mind. Researchers have discussed that migraine triggers come in a variety of forms - environmental, hormonal, and dietary. A high-quality diet successfully helps manage migraine. Further, and more expressly, women with chronic migraine consumed a poorer quality diet than that of women with episodic migraine. (2) A new study got even more specific with the kind of diet beneficial to migraine patients, specifically those who are overweight. A very low-calorie ketogenic diet was found to be episodic-migraine preventative. Effectiveness was noted within one month of the diet change. (3) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is not urging that any of our patients begin a specific diet now! If a West Des Moines headache sufferer chooses to try a new diet, Executive Chiropractic of Iowa 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 opened its supplementation to considered inclusion in the care and prevention of headache and migraine. One study reported that trial doses of 1000-4000 IU per day decreased the frequency of migraine including the routine drug therapy. More research needs to be completed, but vitamin D supplementation seems encouraging. (1) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa explores the nutrition of each individual West Des Moines chiropractic patient and recommends supplementation when appropriate.
CHIROPRACTIC AND INTEGRATIVE CARE
Headaches of all varieties – primary headaches like migraine and tension-type headache – are frequent complaints brought to the West Des Moines chiropractor. Research reported that complementary and integrative medicine - nutrition, movement (yoga), manual therapy, traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, massage, biofeedback, meditation, and mind-body strategies – was helpful. In particular, 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 Executive Chiropractic of Iowa
Schedule a West Des Moines chiropractic appointment with Executive Chiropractic of Iowa today. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa welcomes headache and/or migraine sufferers for preventive and alleviating approaches like diet modification, supplementation, and West Des Moines chiropractic spinal manipulation.
