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Every morning it’s the same thing; I wake up with a headache and I don’t know why. Did I sleep in the wrong position? I don’t even want to get out of bed the headache hurts so much. I started taking aspirin and looking for other medicines to take to stop my chronic morning headache.

I feel dehydrated, so I drink lots of water before bedtime, resulting in a full bladder in the middle of the night, so I’m off to the bathroom on many occasions. My doctor told me to drink a lot of water too.

I found certain medicines can create headaches.

Over-the-counter pain medications work well when used occasionally.

Pain Medication when used all the time actually produces and can add to your headache. certain medicine may cause headaches.

As an example, an intermittent headache can be turned into a chronic daily headache just by taking three aspirin or pain medications 2-3 times per week.

This means that headache sufferers who give up daily painkillers may actually feel better, not worse. As an added bonus, when people are no longer taking the daily painkillers, then preventive medications will work much better too.

Going painkiller drug free to cure my headaches.

So who would’ve thought going drug-free would cure my headaches; actually it didn’t; it did help though. The reason I was taking the medicine in the 1st Place was to kill the pain of the headaches.

I still have some occurring headaches that still are a bother, although I have cut back on my pain-killers. I’m wondering what to do to get rid of the chronic morning headaches once and for all.

Maybe my chronic morning headache is from sleeping with the wrong pillow?

Trust me when I tell you your pillow has very little to do with your chronic morning headaches, because of all the different pillows I tried. Soft, hard contoured and nope it didn’t help. My headaches are still there, frustrating me every morning.

I bought one of those body length pillows and although I do like sleeping with it my morning headaches continued. My thinking was around what position I was sleeping in that was causing these headaches.

Chiropractic care had finally relieved my chronic morning headaches!! My chiropractor made some simple adjustments.

After visiting with my chiropractor; he showed me with x-rays; I was getting a pinched nerve in my neck. I found out I have what is known and as a subluxation. I didn’t know what causes a subluxation, because my chronic morning headaches didn’t seem logical. It didn’t make sense, but I decided to have the doctor treat me anyway since I was sick and tired of my morning headaches.

I was surprised, because it took a few weeks, however the pain relief has been fantastic and I noticed my energy level has risen as well. I sleep like a baby, so the visits to the chiropractor has really paid off. I find that my chronic morning headaches are no more.

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Chiropractor and Chiropractic techniques have evolved through history, and Dr. Jack Martin who is a Chiropractor will give us a detailed explanation of this theory.

Chiropractic was founded in the 1890’s by Daniel David Palmer. Since this period Chiropractic has been established as a cornerstone in alternative medicine. Daniel David Palmer thinks that every health care profession is relevant and that each can be helpful in its own way. His philosophy is that the treatment of each patient should be based on each persons case, and whichever treatment works best for that patient, is the treatment that should be given regardless of the modality or profession. There are many different philosophies and beliefs of conventional and alternative medicine. I believe that the best health care is a multidisciplinary approach.

However, I have strong beliefs in the Chiropractic adjustment. It is a documented fact that the spinal cord is attached to the brain and makes its way through the vertebral column. From the brain the nerve fibers run through the spinal cord and out the vertebral column as peripheral nerves. The peripheral nerves are attached to all the muscles in the body. The brain will send out signals pertaining to movement and balance to the muscles, and the muscles send information about their orientation in space and the tension of the muscle. Exposing Trauma to the body and everyday movment causes the musculature to compensate. This causes some muscles to activate and become tight and other muscles to be inhibited and loosen. The bones in our body act as a place of attachment sites for muscles. When an injury happens, the muscles “guard” themselves against the injury by tightening. When tightening of the musculature occurs, this can place tension on the bones that are attached and cause pain and discomfort.

The basic belief system and philosophy of the adjustment, is that misalignments in the spinal column affects the function of the body. Manipulating these segments back into their natural alignment will help the body function at its optimal level. It is theorized that this is obtained through feedback that the muscles will send back to the brain. A Chiropractic adjustment will increase the tension that is felt by the muscle tendon. Manipulation will cause the receptors to send a signal to the brain saying that maximal tension has been achieved. The brain then sends a reflexive response to the tendon telling it to relax, there by resetting the muscle length and reducing the spasm.

In my personal opinion there is no Chiropractic technique that is the best. Again, I believe the technique that should be administered should be based on the patients response to the treatment. The Chiropractic techniques that I can effectively use are the Deerfield technique, States thechnique, Thompson drop and Diversified. Although manipulation is a very important tool in the treatment of patients, I do not believe that it is the end-all be-all of treatments. There are many other treatment modalities that can help a patient to effectively recover from an injury. These treatment modalities include soft tissue massage, interferential therapy, ultrasound, light therapy, flexion distraction, exercises, stretches, vitamin supplementation and proper nutrition. The most effective and efficient treatment incorporates the appropriate combination of these modalities.

Please feel free to contact Dr Jack Martin, Chiropractor in St. Charles, Illinois to learn more about Chiropractor and chiropractic history and techniques, by visiting his office or website.

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