News for Midvale Residents Who Suffer with Headaches 

by Dr. John Ratliff 

People of Midvale who put up with chronic or frequent headaches may not be aware that  their headaches don't generally start in the head but frequently come from the neck. Spinal misalignment or subluxation of small vertebrae in the upper neck cause around 65% of all headaches.

Certain small nerves that exit from the spinal column in the upper neck  irritated from poor posture, or forward head posture, or slightly misaligned vertebrae  refer pain up the nerves into the muscles of the head and neck causing restriction and inflammation . Other nerves even go into the brain and communicate with some of the important cranial nerves. Either of those scenarios can create a pretty wicked headache. Some are tension  headaches and some can even become migraine type headaches.

Obviously there are successful  types of treatments including different types of medications, even Botox injections. But if nothing seems to work except taking frequent doses of pain meds maybe you need to start looking elsewhere for relief. Chronic use of pills is a slippery slope that can lead to serious side affects.

I practice a specific type of chiropractic called CBP or Chiropractic Biophysics which is evidence based and scientifically targets your abnormal curve alignment or postural abnormalities to help restore curves and posture that may bring lasting headache relief.  Gently removing the irritation of the nerves responsible can help get rid of those headaches naturally and avoid dependence on pills.

If you live in Midvale or the Salt Lake area, and are interested to see if you can benefit from this cutting edge, evidence based treatment, call Cottonwood Chiropractic at 801-562-2400 .