November 2018 Healthy News: Chiropractic for Headache & Vitamin D for Migraine

West Des Moines chiropractic care at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa may reduce headache days each month.

HEADACHES AND CHIROPRACTIC CARE

Headaches are not uncommon! Many West Des Moines headache sufferers get headache relief with West Des Moines chiropractic care. One in 5 new chiropractic patients come to a chiropractor’s office like Executive Chiropractic of Iowa because of headache. Headache patients comprise a significant portion of the chiropractic practice, and that is true for Executive Chiropractic of Iowa. Chiropractors many times identify and participate in interdisciplinary care of headache patients with other healthcare providers. (1) Spinal manipulation therapy (SMT) for cervicogenic headache is written to be quite effective. For the most benefit, a new study discovered that 18 SMT visits in contrast to 1, 6, and 12 visits, is most effective, lowering cervicogenic headache days by half. Compared with slight massage, SMT also resulted in 3 more cervicogenic headache-free days a month. (2)

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Mike Poulin on The Back Doctor’s Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about headache and its relieving West Des Moines chiropractic care using the Cox® Technic System.

Executive Chiropractic of Iowa shares a new report that higher Vitamin D levels may reduce migraine headache incidence.

TIP OF THE MONTH: Vitamin D for Reduced Migraines

It’s been proposed that the inflammation and a diminished immune system may play a role in migraine headache. The role of nutrients – vitamin D, vitamin B12, alpha lipoic acid, CoQ10, magnesium, niacin, riboflavin, and riboflavin - in the supportive care of migraines is seemingly therapeutic. (3) A new study writes that better levels of serum Vitamin D (50 to less than 100 ng/mL) reduces the odds of having a migraine headache by 80% to 83% versus levels below 20 ng/mL. (4) West Des Moines migraine sufferers may want to consider enhancing their Vitamin D status alongside their West Des Moines chiropractic care plan.

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