Folks who live in or near Exeter, PA, and who are struggling with headaches on a reoccurring basis should get in touch with Dr. Mary Marranca. She has helped numerous patients reduce and even eliminate headaches. Best of all, the relief is typically long-lasting, and the right approach now could prevent headaches in the future.
Types of Chiropractic Care for Headaches
If you are suffering headaches or migraines on a regular basis, chiropractic care may be the best form of treatment for long-term relief. Headaches are often the result of tension. If the muscles in your head tense up, it can put pressure on the cranium, producing tension headaches.
Issues in your back and neck, meanwhile, can cause pain that is referred to different parts of the head. Someone who gets in a car accident and suffers whiplash may also start to experience reoccurring headaches, for example. At first, it might seem like the individual is suffering from two different conditions (neck pain and headaches), but both issues may be the result of problems with the spine.
Fortunately, chiropractors can use massage therapy to relieve muscle tension and chiropractic adjustments to straighten out your spine. Electric muscle stimulation may also relieve muscle tension and spur healing.
All of this can help your body heal and may address the underlying conditions that are triggering headaches, thus producing lasting relief. If you’d like to try chiropractic care for headaches in Exeter, PA, get in touch with Dr. Marranca.
How Chiropractic Care Can Reduce Risks
Using painkillers for an occasional headache is (usually) fine. However, if you or your loved one are plagued by constant headaches and migraines, and medicine is the go-to treatment, there is a risk that dependency issues will arise. You see, the body develops immunity to many medications and will start to process them more quickly. This reduces how effective the painkillers are. In response, a patient might start taking higher and higher doses. This would also repeatedly expose a patient to the medication’s side effects.
One of the benefits of chiropractic care for headache relief is that it doesn't rely on medicine. While you may still opt to use pain medications for acute headaches, over time, you may find yourself needing them less and less.
Interested in trying chiropractic care to address headaches and migraines? Give 570 654 5152 a ring if you live in the vicinity of Exeter, PA, and need help with headaches. Dr. Marranca can help you reduce and potentially eliminate chronic headaches and migraines.