Headache and Migraine affecting your life?

Headache migraine treatment in Vancouver with massage and chiropractor Vincent Ng

Headaches can be debilitating but luckily conservative therapy like chiropractic, physiotherapy, and massage therapy can help manage headaches!

There are many causes of headaches and your practitioner at Omni Health and Wellness will assess the cause of the headache. Headaches can be throbbing, dull ache, tight/tension in the head. Some people feel headaches on one side of the head, both sides, the frontal (forehead) region, on top of the head, or at the base of the head. This information is important to determine the type of headache you have and subsequently the correct treatment that can help.

Some things to consider:

  • Posture

  • Stress

  • Food and alcohol triggers

  • Recent physical or emotional trauma 

  • Tight neck and back muscles 

  • Eye sight

  • Clenching of Jaw

  • Tooth conditions

Three common type of headaches that respond well to manual therapy and postural correction are

  • Cervicogenic Headaches

  • Tension-type Headaches

  • Migraine headaches (with or without aura)

The Vancouver chiropractor and massage therapists at Omni Health have experience treating headaches. We may look at the following:

  • Trigger points in the trapezius muscle, levator scapulae, sub occipital muscles, and sternocleidomastoid muscles

  • Facet joints of the cervical spine

  • Scapular-thoracic function

  • Posture

  • Other causes of headaches 

Book in to have your headache examined and gain control of your life today!

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