Aligned Wellness Chiropractic

15/09/2023

CLUSTER HEADACHE 🤔😣🤕

Cluster headaches are among some of the rarer kinds of headaches, and are quite debilitating when they occur. These headaches cause direct pain on one side of the face around the eye. The targeted nature of these headaches can cause teary eyes and sore eyelids. The healing process of cluster headaches may require a reboot of communication within the nervous system.

Chiropractic adjustments can assist in returning proper spinal joint function and can improve communication between the brain and body within the nervous system.

14/04/2023

HEADACHE SERIES: Migraines 😵‍💫🥺🤯

Migraines are intense, debilitating headaches that typically occur on one side of the face but can also target both. A migraine can be accompanied by other symptoms such as nausea, dizziness and sensitivity to light. If you experience regular migraines it is possible your body is under some sort of stress. With the spine and nervous system being at the centre of it all, maintaining spinal alignment will help the body adapt and reduce stress impacting the body.

Objective: To assess the efficacy of chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) in the treatment of migraine. Design: A randomized controlled tria…

27/03/2023

HEADACHE SERIES: Tension Type Headaches/ Cervicogenic Headaches

DID YOU KNOW..? 🤕🤯🤓
Tension type headaches are the most common type of headache. It can feel like non-specific pressure or tightness, kind of like a band around your head. Tension type headaches usually don’t present with nausea but may cause some disturbances to vision and sensitivity to sounds. It is thought that the mechanism of tension type headaches are caused by over activation of cells in your brain.

The purpose of this manuscript is to provide evidence-informed practice recommendations for the chiropractic treatment of headache in adults.Systemati…

22/01/2023

⚡️Why is posture important? 🧍‍♂️🧍🧍‍♀️

Poor posture puts unnecessary loading on your joints, ligaments, muscles and SPINE! Holding a good posture puts the body at its optimal biomechanical position which reduces stress put on the spine.

09/12/2022

A couple of weeks before Christmas. If you’re looking to get in BOOK NOW 🎅🎄🤶

29/11/2022

INTERESTING READ

“Initial visits to chiropractors associated with a substantially decreased early and long-term use of opioids”

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Objective This study examined the association of initial provider treatment with early and long-term opioid use in a national sample of patients with new-onset low back pain (LBP). Design A retrospective cohort study of patients with new-onset LBP from 2008 to 2013. Setting The study evaluated outpa...

28/11/2022