Chiropractic Care:



A Proven Benefit for

 
Headaches

                                   
by Tracey Roizman, DC, DACBN

 
Cures from the Past
For some people headaches are an occasional annoyance, for others a disabling chronic condition. There have been many creative headache cures throughout history. In China around 200 a.d., Hua Tho, a famous surgeon and the discoverer of anesthesia offered to relieve the emperor’s headaches by removing a portion of his skull.
 
In medieval Europe headaches were treated by applying a solution of vinegar and opium to the scalp. And, in the late 1800’s William Gowers, an eminent physician and founder of modern neurology emphasized the importance of a healthy diet. Failing that he recommended nitroglycerin dissolved in alcohol.
 
The Sensible Solution
Fortunately, modern chiropractic care has a lot to offer headache sufferers. Chiropractic has proven through numerous studies to be highly effective and provide longer and more permanent relief for headaches than even some of the most highly touted wonder drugs.
 
Because headaches are a common problem, people often accept the idea that they are a normal, inevitable part of life. But headaches, particularly those that recur, are signs that something is wrong. Aspirin and other medications relieve the pain of tension headaches, migraines and cluster headaches without correcting the underlying causes. Moreover, analgesics often cover up the warning signs associated with neck, head and back pain.  When those causes are eliminated so also are the headaches that come from them.
 
 “Chiropractic has proven through numerous studies to be
 highly effective and provide longer and more permanent
 relief for headaches than even some of the most highly
     touted wonder drugs.”
 
An important study by Duke University compared a variety of methods for the treatment of muscle tension headaches. When chiropractic care was compared to the drug amitriptyline the results were greatly in favor of chiropractic therapy. During the six-week study the short-term effectiveness was similar for each type of therapy. It was the long-term benefits in the three months after treatments were discontinued that chiropractic care was shown to have a tremendous advantage over drug therapy.
 
 
Patients who had received chiropractic care continued to experience fewer and less severe headaches while patients who’d had drug therapy went back to their previous condition. Additionally, 82% of patients taking amitriptyline reported adverse side effects including fast heart rate, blurred vision, urinary retention, dry mouth, constipation, weight gain or loss, low blood pressure on standing, rash, hives, seizures, and hepatitis.
 
Another study, this one from Harvard, discovered that chiropractic care is the leading alternative therapy sought by patients seeking relief for headaches. Could it be a healthcare revolution in the making? Let’s hope so.
 
How it Works
The reason chiropractic care outperforms drug therapy for headaches is simple. Chiropractic care provides lasting relief by removing the causes of headaches and it does so safely. Drugs, on the other hand are designed to put out fires once they’ve started. The preferable solution is obvious and that is why studies and patients support chiropractic for the care and cure of headaches.
 
Headaches have a spectrum of causes or triggers. One of the most common triggers for headaches is cervicogenic problems, meaning ‘arising from the neck’. It’s possible to have a cervicogenic headache in the absence of neck pain.
 
One of the ways chiropractic treatment helps decrease the occurrence of headaches is by improving the balance of the upper neck. Postural strain is one reason for the neck to become misaligned. Stress from sitting at a desk or computer or from driving accumulates quickly because these are activities we spend a lot of time doing. Traumatic injuries such as slip and fall accidents, auto accidents or athletic injuries cause misalignments in the spine and tension in muscles that get set in.
 
In many cases the original injuries go back to childhood. These persist and cause a domino effect of underlying weakness that makes the headache sufferer vulnerable to other stressors in the environment. Sinus headaches, which are generally associated with allergies or weather patterns often have a structural component of spinal imbalance together with muscle tension. Your food sensitivity headache, in fact, might respond very well to chiropractic care.
 
Helping headache sufferers is a daily occurrence in chiropractic clinics. In my practice I see patients whose primary complaint is headaches and I also see patients who come in for general health care and remark that their headaches have vanished since the start of their chiropractic treatments. In all cases the result is less pain and greater health. Certainly, that is preferable to pain pills with their temporary relief and associated side effects. And, best of all, you can keep your cranium intact.
 
Tracey Roizman, DC, DACBN is a chiropractic neurologist offering headache relief  through traditional natural chiropractic structural corrections along with modern  neurology techniques, kinesiology testing and nutritional therapies. Contact Dr. Roizman for chiropractic treatments and health consultations at 828 225-5575. www.DrRoizman.com  or email: tracey@drroizman.com.

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Ouch! Does it seem like every note you play on your guitar or musical instrument results in pain? Maybe it?s a nagging ache in your neck and shoulder. Perhaps you?ve had long rehearsals for that important gig or recital, and now you notice severe pain and loss of strength in your elbow and wrist. Or maybe you are trying to cope with hands that are increasingly numb and clumsy. Well it?s all part of being a serious musician, right? You?ve got to keep practicing ? too much depends on it! Sound familiar?
Guitarists and instrumental musicians are a special risk group for repetitive strain injuries, with sizable percentages of them developing physical problems directly related to playing their instruments. In fact, ?RSI? or repetitive strain injury in musicians was around centuries before the term was recently coined for computer injuries. Incorrect posture, overuse, stress, insufficient rest, excessive force and incorrect ergonomic technique all contribute to chronic pain and injuries that spell the end to careers. For many musicians, repetitive strain injuries are more feared than stage fright or an unresponsive audience. If they are also heavy computer users (my category of experience!), their risks are further compounded.
Doctors and therapists have long known that musicians are notoriously hard to convince that playing should be reduced or stopped to allow time for injuries to heal. Many guitarists and musicians are afraid to find out they might have a severe injury, and much prefer the head-in-sand approach of ignoring the pain and pushing on. This is a disastrous policy for a musician ? if it hurts, it should be checked out!
As a systems accountant consulting to small business, I spend most hours of my working in front of a computer. Not surprisingly, this has resulted in several serious repetitive strain injuries over the years. In similar fashion to the approach of many guitarists and musicians, I spent a long time trying to ?ignore the pain and push on?. It is only in recent years that I have discovered the optimum program for managing the injuries and avoiding future repeats, with regular chiropractic care well and truly established at number one on my list of priorities.
WHAT IS CHIROPRACTIC?
Meaning ?done by hand?, chiropractic is a method of restoring good health through adjustments of the spine. The basic chiropractic premise is that the spine and nervous system control the body completely. Any interference to nerve function by spine misalignments can therefore result in poor organ function, resulting in any number of seemingly unrelated diseases and ailments. Chiropractors generally subscribe to the theory that technically, they don?t ?cure? anybody, but simply help the body to heal itself.
In the past, chiropractors traditionally had trouble gaining the respect of medical doctors. Although basic philosophical differences between medicine and chiropractic still exist, chiropractic care is now considered mainstream and is routinely recommended by members of the medical profession.
WHAT TREATMENT DO CHIROPRACTORS GIVE?
Ever wondered what happens at the chiropractor? Perhaps you?ve heard they?re just ?bonecrackers, not doctors!?. Not so.
In the US and many other countries, the educational program for chiropractors includes training in the basic medical sciences, including anatomy with human dissection, physiology, and biochemistry. Thorough training is also obtained in differential diagnosis, radiology and therapeutic techniques. This means, a doctor of chiropractic can both diagnose and treat patients. (This separates them from non-physician status providers, like physical therapists.)
As with all healthcare practitioners, chiropractors follow a standard routine to secure the information needed for diagnosis and treatment. When the source of pain involves musculoskeletal structures, chiropractors manually manipulate or adjust the spinal column. This typically requires the chiropractor to bend and twist the patient into various positions, which may cause some patients (myself included!) to tense up. Other more gentle methods, such as the activator method, deliver a high-speed, gentle, thrust to the vertebrae via a small rubber tip.
Atlas orthogonal chiropractors focus on the atlas bone (the first bone that the spinal cord passes through). Using x-rays and precision measuring equipment, the atlas bone is gently realigned without using manipulation techniques. I can personally vouch for this chiropractic specialty, which worked like magic on the most recent and severe of my repetitive neck injuries.
Many chiropractors also use water, light, massage, ultrasound, electric, and heat therapy and may apply supports such as straps, taping and braces. They may also counsel patients about wellness concepts such as nutrition, exercise, lifestyle changes, and stress management, but do not prescribe drugs or perform surgery. Some chiropractors also specialise in orthopedics, sports and musician injuries, neurology, nutrition, internal disorders, and/or diagnostic imaging.
HOW CAN MUSICIANS BENEFIT FROM CHIROPRACTIC CARE?
The benefits of chiropractic care for guitarists and musicians are widespread and numerous. Chiropractors can help with relief of specific pain being experienced at the moment, or as part of an overall wellness program, which also includes exercise, proper nutrition and rest. Many musicians understand that the position they assume while playing stresses their body, and are seeking to offset this stress and prevent further problems from developing.
Chiropractors evaluate and analyse the spine with an understanding of physics and how gravity and distorted postures can stress areas of the spine, ribs, neck, shoulders and hips. Specific adjustments are used to offset these distortions.
Chiropractors who specialise in helping musicians repetitive injury problems usually examine the musician patient and the instrument together. By thoroughly analysing their patient's posture, movement patterns and range of motion with the instrument, the chiropractor can detect areas of dysfunction in and around the spine. They also make recommendations as to what guitarists can do, both while playing and before and after playing, to keep the stress from returning. They teach their musician clients exercises to offset the repetitive stress placed on certain joints while playing a particular instrument.
Chiropractic care is reportedly simple, yet it is profound in its ability to help the body regain and maintain its health. Bob Birch, Elton John?s bass player and background vocalist said his chiropractor showed him pictures and told him ?muscle stuff? that no other doctors ever did. Certain things that he had wrong with him, like the extensive pain in the left shoulder blade that shot up the side of his head (which other doctors pooh-poohed) were explained and put right with chiropractic adjustments.
Make no mistake about it, regular chiropractic care for guitarists and musicians is the way to go. If you play and instrument, and want to avoid repetitive strain injuries for good, go find a musician-friendly chiropractor now!. Scores of famous musicians agree with me!
Jean Littman is co-owner of the popular guitar resource site, GuitaroJam.com Learn the essential keys to musicians' health and injury prevention. Subscribe to your free newsletter by visiting: http://www.guitarojam.

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Ouch! Does it seem like every note you play on your guitar or musical instrument results in pain? Maybe it?s a nagging ache in your neck and shoulder. Perhaps you?ve had long rehearsals for that important gig or recital, and now you notice severe pain and loss of strength in your elbow and wrist. Or maybe you are trying to cope with hands that are increasingly numb and clumsy. Well it?s all part of being a serious musician, right? You?ve got to keep practicing ? too much depends on it! Sound familiar?
Guitarists and instrumental musicians are a special risk group for repetitive strain injuries, with sizable percentages of them developing physical problems directly related to playing their instruments. In fact, ?RSI? or repetitive strain injury in musicians was around centuries before the term was recently coined for computer injuries. Incorrect posture, overuse, stress, insufficient rest, excessive force and incorrect ergonomic technique all contribute to chronic pain and injuries that spell the end to careers. For many musicians, repetitive strain injuries are more feared than stage fright or an unresponsive audience. If they are also heavy computer users (my category of experience!), their risks are further compounded.
Doctors and therapists have long known that musicians are notoriously hard to convince that playing should be reduced or stopped to allow time for injuries to heal. Many guitarists and musicians are afraid to find out they might have a severe injury, and much prefer the head-in-sand approach of ignoring the pain and pushing on. This is a disastrous policy for a musician ? if it hurts, it should be checked out!
As a systems accountant consulting to small business, I spend most hours of my working in front of a computer. Not surprisingly, this has resulted in several serious repetitive strain injuries over the years. In similar fashion to the approach of many guitarists and musicians, I spent a long time trying to ?ignore the pain and push on?. It is only in recent years that I have discovered the optimum program for managing the injuries and avoiding future repeats, with regular chiropractic care well and truly established at number one on my list of priorities.
WHAT IS CHIROPRACTIC?
Meaning ?done by hand?, chiropractic is a method of restoring good health through adjustments of the spine. The basic chiropractic premise is that the spine and nervous system control the body completely. Any interference to nerve function by spine misalignments can therefore result in poor organ function, resulting in any number of seemingly unrelated diseases and ailments. Chiropractors generally subscribe to the theory that technically, they don?t ?cure? anybody, but simply help the body to heal itself.
In the past, chiropractors traditionally had trouble gaining the respect of medical doctors. Although basic philosophical differences between medicine and chiropractic still exist, chiropractic care is now considered mainstream and is routinely recommended by members of the medical profession.
WHAT TREATMENT DO CHIROPRACTORS GIVE?
Ever wondered what happens at the chiropractor? Perhaps you?ve heard they?re just ?bonecrackers, not doctors!?. Not so.
In the US and many other countries, the educational program for chiropractors includes training in the basic medical sciences, including anatomy with human dissection, physiology, and biochemistry. Thorough training is also obtained in differential diagnosis, radiology and therapeutic techniques. This means, a doctor of chiropractic can both diagnose and treat patients. (This separates them from non-physician status providers, like physical therapists.)
As with all healthcare practitioners, chiropractors follow a standard routine to secure the information needed for diagnosis and treatment. When the source of pain involves musculoskeletal structures, chiropractors manually manipulate or adjust the spinal column. This typically requires the chiropractor to bend and twist the patient into various positions, which may cause some patients (myself included!) to tense up. Other more gentle methods, such as the activator method, deliver a high-speed, gentle, thrust to the vertebrae via a small rubber tip.
Atlas orthogonal chiropractors focus on the atlas bone (the first bone that the spinal cord passes through). Using x-rays and precision measuring equipment, the atlas bone is gently realigned without using manipulation techniques. I can personally vouch for this chiropractic specialty, which worked like magic on the most recent and severe of my repetitive neck injuries.
Many chiropractors also use water, light, massage, ultrasound, electric, and heat therapy and may apply supports such as straps, taping and braces. They may also counsel patients about wellness concepts such as nutrition, exercise, lifestyle changes, and stress management, but do not prescribe drugs or perform surgery. Some chiropractors also specialise in orthopedics, sports and musician injuries, neurology, nutrition, internal disorders, and/or diagnostic imaging.
HOW CAN MUSICIANS BENEFIT FROM CHIROPRACTIC CARE?
The benefits of chiropractic care for guitarists and musicians are widespread and numerous. Chiropractors can help with relief of specific pain being experienced at the moment, or as part of an overall wellness program, which also includes exercise, proper nutrition and rest. Many musicians understand that the position they assume while playing stresses their body, and are seeking to offset this stress and prevent further problems from developing.
Chiropractors evaluate and analyse the spine with an understanding of physics and how gravity and distorted postures can stress areas of the spine, ribs, neck, shoulders and hips. Specific adjustments are used to offset these distortions.
Chiropractors who specialise in helping musicians repetitive injury problems usually examine the musician patient and the instrument together. By thoroughly analysing their patient's posture, movement patterns and range of motion with the instrument, the chiropractor can detect areas of dysfunction in and around the spine. They also make recommendations as to what guitarists can do, both while playing and before and after playing, to keep the stress from returning. They teach their musician clients exercises to offset the repetitive stress placed on certain joints while playing a particular instrument.
Chiropractic care is reportedly simple, yet it is profound in its ability to help the body regain and maintain its health. Bob Birch, Elton John?s bass player and background vocalist said his chiropractor showed him pictures and told him ?muscle stuff? that no other doctors ever did. Certain things that he had wrong with him, like the extensive pain in the left shoulder blade that shot up the side of his head (which other doctors pooh-poohed) were explained and put right with chiropractic adjustments.
Make no mistake about it, regular chiropractic care for guitarists and musicians is the way to go. If you play and instrument, and want to avoid repetitive strain injuries for good, go find a musician-friendly chiropractor now!. Scores of famous musicians agree with me!
Jean Littman is co-owner of the popular guitar resource site, GuitaroJam.com Learn the essential keys to musicians' health and injury prevention. Subscribe to your free newsletter by visiting: http://www.guitarojam.

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Evaluating symptoms and alleviating pain is the most important aspect of our immediate care. If referral to another specialist is necessary, such as an orthopedic surgeon, an internal medicine specialist or a neurologist, we can assist you in finding the most qualified physician. If radiologic investigation, such as X-rays is required, they can be done on the premises and if an MRI is needed, we can refer you to the most appropriate facility.

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"If you go to a chiropractor, don't come crawling back to me after you're
paralyzed," is a comment some patients are still told by their spine
surgeons. Obviously this is a scare tactic-the voodoo diagnosis-that ignores
the recent plethora of research about SMT and its safety. Malpractice
insurance companies know perfectly well which treatments are dangerous and
in comparison with a neurosurgeon nearby who pays over $200,000 per year, my
annual premium is around $1,600. Indeed, who's hurting who?

Despite this lopsided comparison, the safety and danger of
spinal manipulation remains paramount in the patients' minds after years of
hearing from the media and medical professionals that chiropractors may
cause strokes or paralysis. After the Lana Lewis lawsuit in Canada brought
international media attention to her death from a stroke weeks after being
manipulated by her chiropractor who was found not negligent in this case,
researchers have brought to light many interesting facts about SMT and
stroke.

Dr. Adrian Upton, Head of the Department of Neurology at McMaster Health
Sciences Centre testified at the inquest into the death of Lana Lewis that,
based on all of the evidence he has reviewed, Ms. Lewis died of a stroke
caused by advanced atherosclerosis. During examination, he stated that a
chiropractic neck adjustment she received not long before her stroke was at
best "a remote possibility at the bottom of the list of probabilities" for
causation. Ms. Lewis was extremely hypertensive, off her meds, and a heavy
tobacco smoker at the time of her death-as Dr. Upton put it, "she was a time
bomb ready to explode."

According to Terret et al., the rate of iatrogenic problems associated with
spinal manipulative therapy as rendered by doctors of chiropractic is only 1
in 5.85 million cases, which is less than the chance of stroke in a hair
salon or being hit by lightning (one in 600,000). It equated to one
occurrence in 48 chiropractic careers.[i]

A recent Canadian study by The Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on
Neck Pain and Its Associated Disorders indicates there is no increased risk
related to chiropractic treatment in the debate about whether neck
adjustments can trigger a rare type of stroke. Researchers found patients
are no more likely to suffer a stroke following a visit to a chiropractor
than they would after stepping into their family doctor's office.

The findings, recently published in the journal Spine,[ii] help shed light
on earlier studies that had cast a cloud on the chiropractic profession and
suggested that their actions resulted in some patients suffering a stroke
after treatment. In fact, the findings support the chiropractic position of
its extreme safety when compared with drugs and surgery.

"We didn't see any increased association between chiropractic care and usual
family physician care, and the stroke," said Frank Silver, one of the
researchers and also a professor of medicine at the University of Toronto
and director of the University Health Network stroke program.

"The association occurs because patients tend to seek care when they're
having neck pain or headache, and sometimes they go to a chiropractor,
sometimes they go to a physician. But we didn't see an increased likelihood
of them having this type of stroke after seeing a chiropractor."

SMT can be associated with relatively benign temporary side effects
including mild localized soreness or pain, which typically does not
interfere with activities of daily living. A large, prospective
observational study of 1,058 patients who received 4,712 sessions of SMT
from 102 DCs in Norway reported the following common adverse events (AEs):
local discomfort (53%), headache (12%), tiredness (11%), radiating
discomfort (10%), and dizziness (5%). Most of these AEs occurred within 4
hours of SMT (64%), were of mild-to-moderate severity (85%), and disappeared
the same day (74%). It should be noted that this study included AEs from SMT
applied to the cervical, thoracic, or lumbar areas, and was not restricted
to CLBP.[iii]

Gert Bronfort, DC, PhD, et al. conclude that the "preponderance of the
evidence for efficacy, including recent high-quality trials, and the
estimated very low risk of serious AEs support SMT and mobilization (MOB) as
viable options for the treatment of CLBP. SMT and MOB are at least as
effective as other efficacious and commonly used interventions."

All published medical experts in manipulation such as Bourdillon and Day in
Canada,[iv] Lewit in the Czech Republic,[v] and Maigne in France,[vi] agree
with the chiropractic and osteopathic professionals that skilled
manipulation is safe and appropriate for the great majority of patients with
disc herniation and should be considered a first option for conservative
care. It should be noted that all of them practice in not-for-profit
healthcare systems where EBM is more apt to be used.

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