Treatment for Migraines in Augusta GA

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Treatment for Migraines in Augusta GA

The pain of a migraine can be so searing sometimes you may feel like nothing can help with the pain.  Although migraine attacks affect a significant number of people the triggering processes for the headaches are not fully understood. Migraine occurs in about 15% of the general population, and are normally divided up into two different types although many more subdivisions exist. These two main categories are ‘common’ and ‘classic’ migraine.

Common Migraine

This is the most common type of migraine accounting for 80-85% of attacks. Research indicates that a change in cerebral blood flow could be responsible for the symptoms of this headache.

It normally involves:

a unilateral pulsing headache

more commonly in females

is usually found to have started in young adulthood

headaches are usually severe although sufferers are able to carry on with their daily activities

there is often associated nausea and vomiting.

Classic Migraine

This type of migraine accounts for about 10-15% of attacks with the typical throbbing unilateral headache as in a common migraine, but is preceded by what is known as ‘aura’ or ‘prodrome’. This describes symptoms experienced prior to the onset of the throbbing headache such as:

visual symptoms such as flashing lights (scintillation)

the presence of a blind spot (scotoma).

This usually lasts up to 30 minutes after which it is replaced by a disabling headache that can last for a few hours to 3 days.

Nausea and vomiting may occur.

Photophobia (sensitivity to bright lights) is common and bright lights can also provoke the pain.

Rest in a cool dark and quiet room is often reported to be the only relieving factor.

Chiropractic Shown To Be Effective Compared To A Control Group

One study of 127 migraine sufferers in Australia found that those that received chiropractic treatment had fewer attacks and needed to take less medication. Group 1 received chiropractic adjustments at specific vertebral subluxations determined by the treating chiropractor, while group 2 served as controls and received inactive treatment (electrical stimulation with no electrical current delivered).

Subjects receiving chiropractic adjustments reported substantial improvement in migraine frequency, duration, disability, and medication use following two months of treatment.

Treatment with a Migraine Specialist in Augusta GA

According to the Mayo Clinic, migraines may be caused by "changes in the brainstem and its interactions with the trigeminal nerve, a major pain pathway."

Misalignments in the spine will alter the shape of the canal that the brain stem and spinal cord occupy. These misalignments inhibit the communication between the brain and body, causing the debilitating symptoms of a migraine.

If you’re a migraine sufferer and you’re tired of dealing with your migraines, we would be more than happy to sit down with you to see if our customized care as migraine-specialized treatments with Chiropractor in Augusta GA and Evans GA Chiropractor at Georgia Clinic of Chiropractic may be the right course of treatment for you.  We welcome you to schedule a complimentary consultation to find out if your migraines would be a candidate for our customized treatments.