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Types of Migraines

Migraine Treatment

Migraines are types of headaches that last for hours and cannot be relieved by traditional methods. If you are a person who struggles with migraine headaches, chances are you have tried many things in order to achieve pain relief. You may have taken over the counter medications or prescriptions and have probably been advised to try and recognize your personal migraine triggers in an attempt to avoid the symptoms of a migraine, including pain, light sensitivity, nausea, communication troubles, tingling, clumsiness, and visual disturbances. Specific triggers vary and may include things like stress, bright lights, noise, certain foods, smoke, changes in head or neck position, or even the weather. All too often people spend too much energy trying to chase down triggers they are supposed to avoid when in reality these things are not actually causing their headaches. Here at Health First Chiropractic, we’re here to help.

Why Migraines Happen

While various triggers are associated with a migraine, the cause has more to do with the brain stem, which is found near the top of the neck. For some people, the brain stem malfunctions and causes blood vessels to swell. This triggers various other things which ultimately results in a migraine.

Misalignments can happen due to sleeping wrong, moving wrong, stress, sports injuries, car accidents, or even as a result of being born. Whether or not they ultimately cause a migraine, they are likely to cause discomfort.

Types of Migraines 

Status migrainosus is a migraine that lasts longer than 72 hours. Overusing migraine medication can lead to status mirgrainosus. Triggers for this type of migraine can also be due to changes in food, sleep, medication, and weather. Illnesses, hormones, and head and neck traumas can also cause status migrainosus.

Abdominal migraines cause extreme pain in your abdomen as opposed to the head. This type of migraine is more common in children than in adults. Abdominal migraines cause pain near the belly button, and can also make you feel nauseous, give you no appetite, cause vomiting, and make you look pale. These migraines can be triggered by things like stress, bright lights, and food additives like MSG.

Vestibular migraines can give you sudden bouts of vertigo. Sometimes this happens when you move your head, or when you see something particularly stimulating. The vertigo attacks might not always occur right before a headache sets in. In fact, vestibular migraines might last for just a few seconds or even for a few days.

Menstrual migraines are triggered by hormonal changes in the body. These migraines can strike just before or at the beginning of your period. If you get migraines during two out of three periods, they might be menstrual migraines.

How a Chiropractor Can Help

Because migraine headaches can be associated with misalignments, many people who have not had satisfactory results with medications seek out chiropractic care in order to achieve pain relief. We focus on the vertebrae at top of the neck near the brain stem, which is the source of most problems. By working to correct the problem at the source, the rest of the spinal column is granted to opportunity to heal itself naturally, which is the philosophy at the core of chiropractic care. Contact us today at Health First Chiropractic in Marysville to see how we can help you live migraine-free.

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