Headaches Edinburgh

Headaches typically involve a dull, aching pain that is often described as constant pressure or tightness on both sides of the head. It can be mild to moderate in severity and last for a few hours to several days. Many patients associate their headaches with tension, stress and sinus congestion. Headaches are often associated with difficulty focussing, brain-fog, neck and shoulder pain and stress or anxiety.

What Causes Headaches?

Causes of headaches include tension in the joints and muscles of your neck, jaw tension, stress, anxiety, sinus problems, dehydration, breathing problems and poor posture. Many muscles and nerves of your neck travel into your head where they can trigger headaches when they become aggravated.

How Can We Help Your Headaches?

Chiropractors can help by reducing physical stress on the joints, muscles and nerves of your neck and head than can contribute to headache symptoms. Restoring normal motion to restricted joints allows tight muscles to relax and reduces irritation to nerves. By gently correcting these restrictions and prescribing tailor-made rehabilitation exercises and lifestyle changes, your local chiropractor can help you overcome headaches and get back to a pain-free life again.

Chiropractors are trained to diagnose and treat conditions of the neuromusculoskeletal system (nerves, muscles and bones). There is good evidence to support visiting a chiropractor for headache relief.