Migraines & Chiropractic Care

You hide away in a dark room, you see auras, feel nauseous and know that a migraine is coming on. You put ice on your head, you take a pill, or pop a bunch of migraine medication and try to sleep off the pain. In the meantime, you are not the mom, friend, family member, or significant other that you want to be.

If this describes you, then Edina female chiropractor, Dr. Brenda; Chiropractor may be able to help address the cause of your migraines.

What Causes Migraine Headaches

Sometimes people are told that it is their genetics, or hormones, or perhaps you suffered an injury that lead to migraines. Other times, there are other factors that can cause migraines or head pain such as tumors or high blood pressure. Let’ s focus on the alignment or misalignment of your spine, in particular your neck.

What Does my Neck Have to do with my Migraines?

Dr. Brenda, Edina chiropractor, takes her patients through a process so they understand the cause of their migraines. She starts from the very beginning of past traumas from the birth process moving forward to other traumas to your spine. Did you have a car accident? Have you had a whiplash injury? Did you play sports such as football, hockey, wrestling, gymnastics, or dance? Any sports injuries to the spine or neck can cause misalignment of the spinal bones. When there is misalignment in your spine, this is called Subluxation.

Subluxation can pinch nerves that feed from your neck and go up to your head and brain. When there is pinching on any of these nerves, this can be the cause of neck pain, but also migraines. It is important to determine how your neck alignment is to figure out if there is any pinching on your spinal cord which is a direct extension of your brain. When you have spinal cord pressure, this can put pressure onto your brain which sounds just like a migraine.