Type of Headache you Have

Headaches-Migraines - This is really one of the more frustrating things I've heard in practice. When someone told me about the "normal headache" them. I remember having a conversation with friends who used to describe their headaches as a normal part of their day, with the hope that each person only has their heads hurt every day.

From the point of view of physiology, it would seem ridiculous and completely maladaptive for the human body to make a headache a normal part of the body to function daily.

How do you know what type of headache you have? What kind of treatment is best for each headache? We'll break it all down today.

Tension headaches
It is the most common headache, and what most people classify as "Normal Headache". This type is known to have a band like compression around the temples, forehead, or back of the head. Many people call this stress headaches exacerbated by a person's response to stressful situations. The headache is usually mechanical in nature (tense muscles, associated with neck pain)
There are many variations in the duration and intensity of this type of headache. Although the pain may be severe (as high as 8 or 9/10 on the pain scale), the lack of neurological symptoms suggests that the nature of the headache has a different origin.

Most people control these headaches with massage, medication without a prescription, and chiropractic conventional to provide short-term relief. Things like yoga and stress management techniques are also a popular treatment.

Migraine Headaches
Severe headache with migraine are NOT the same. It's important to be aware of this because of the nature of migraine headaches beyond mechanical dysfunction. Migraine is characterized by abnormalities in blood flow to the brain, which creates several different neurological symptoms. Most migraine features:

- Severe headache
- Sensitivity to light
- Aura and other visual disturbances
- Nausea
- Pins and needles sensation
- Post headache hangover

Treatment usually beyond drugs without a prescription. Drugs like Imitrix used during the attack and preventive medicine such as propranolol is used to reduce the incidence. Botox injections are also an emerging treatment option for many physicians. Control lifestyle including caffeine management.

Other headaches

Of course, there are several types of headaches. Things such as cluster headaches, sinus headaches, and pain of trigeminal nerve fall into the spectrum of ordinary headache. Another emerging class of headaches including those derived from the use of painkillers chronic, which has led to the search for new drug or non-drug therapies to try to manage this debilitating problem common.
The truth is, because headaches are experienced differently by many people, it might be better to find out where the headaches have in common a.

The craniocervical Junction and Trigeminal Nucleus
Craniocervical junction is a fancy term for where the head meets the neck. A large amount of research is going on in the body because of how big a role it plays in the whole brain and neurology. One thing they found was that this part of the body has a major influence on the part of the spinal cord called the trigeminal nucleus.

Trigeminal nucleus is where there are nerve cells that provide innervation to the head, neck, face, jaw, the outer covering of the brain, and blood vessels of the brain. Here's a surprising fact:

The brain itself does not feel pain
When you feel pain in your head, it came from outer covering of the brain called the meninges and blood vessels. All these structures are fed into the trigeminal nucleus and is part of the anatomy of the brain tells us what to feel.

Symmetry Matters
Upper Cervical Chiropractic in the world, we find that the symmetry of things the upper cervical spine. When you lose the symmetry of the normal structure of the spine, the trigeminal nucleus are less likely to work well. That is why patients with headaches usually respond so quickly to a unique type of care.

Of course not everyone can help with headaches. The truth is that headaches can be affected by tumors, chemicals, and even food for a few select cases. However, the majority of the population tends headache secondary to structural shifts the head and neck.