Migraine is more than a headache, it’s a debilitating neurological disorder that often strikes when you least expect it. Scientists haven’t pinned down the exact cause, and this makes it difficult to find effective solutions. Avoiding known triggers, and using rescue medication is the best conventional medicine currently offers.
Unfortunately, some migraines strike without obvious triggers, and rescue medication doesn’t work for everyone. What’s more, fatigue is a common side effect of triptans, the main class of migraine medication.
Many users report feeling drowsy, tired, or drained after taking triptans, sometimes needing to sleep for several hours after taking the medication. While it may stop the migraine process, this side effect can make it difficult to function and carry on with your day.
The lack of effective options, and side effects from available options can leave you feeling frustrated and hopeless. Fortunately, chiropractic care can help fill in the gap. Integrating this type of care as part of your migraine management can help you get meaningful relief.
With two locations in Lake Worth and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Easy Reach Chiropractic is dedicated to providing a high-level of individualized care to help patients overcome painful conditions, including migraines.
The upper cervical spine (the top three joints in your neck) shares nerve pathways with the trigeminal system, which plays a major role in migraine. When those neck joints or muscles get irritated, they send extra pain signals into the brainstem.
Over time, that added input can push your migraine system into overdrive. Gentle spinal manipulation and hands-on techniques help restore normal joint movement and relax irritated tissues. When the neck moves the way it should, it sends fewer “danger” signals, which can ease one of the common contributors to migraine attacks.
Hands-on treatments, including high-velocity, low-amplitude adjustments and joint mobilization, do more than improve mobility. They can also activate your body’s built-in pain-regulating systems. These pathways help quiet pain sensitivity at the spinal cord and brainstem levels.
For many people, this means fewer migraine days and less intense attacks. Everyone responds differently, but the science behind this pain-modulating effect is strong and continues to grow.
If you live with migraine disorder, you’re likely familiar with the neck tension, forward head posture, or tight muscles at the base of your skull. These issues can feed into migraine pathways.
Manual therapy, corrective exercises, posture work, and soft-tissue techniques help release that tension and restore healthier movement patterns. When those muscles and joints calm down, one of the most common external migraine triggers starts to quiet as well.
Early research shows that a combined approach using manipulation, exercise, and soft-tissue work can reduce how often migraines strike.
Our team takes migraines seriously, starting with a detailed history that recognizes migraine as a neurological condition. Then we look closely at the musculoskeletal system to see whether neck mechanics or soft-tissue issues are adding fuel to your symptoms.
If chiropractic care is a good fit for you, your plan may include precise spinal adjustments, joint mobilization, targeted exercises, and soft-tissue therapy, tailored to your needs. We can also incorporate class 4 laser therapy, Graston, or EPAT when they’ll help support your progress.
If migraines are controlling your life, you don’t have to push through them alone. Reach out to Easy Reach Chiropractic to schedule an evaluation and find out whether our approach can bring you much needed relief.
