WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT TENSION HEADACHES In Kingston WA?

Some patients experience daily headaches and are told it's normal to have headaches in their health care providers and that nothing can be done to alleviate them. When we are told this, patients usually resort to daily headache medication just to get through the day. Motrin, Aleve, Excedrin…the list goes on and on. These are super profitable pharmaceuticals, they are truly billion-dollar drugs since headaches are so prevalent. But we fail to ask ourselves, what is causing our tension headaches? It is caused by muscle spasms in our neck, joint restriction in our upper thoracic spine, or maybe diet related. If you suffer from tension headaches in Kingston WA contact us today.

Understanding Tension Headaches In Kingston WA

Common Causes of tension headaches:

Physical:

• Tension, spasms in muscles surrounding the neck
• Poor posture, loss of normal curve in the cervical spine
• Joint restrictions left uncorrected from old injuries like car accidents

Chemical:

Toxicity can play a role in causing headaches, since we are exposed to 82,000 toxins in our environment, it’s not so farfetched that we have a hard time concentrating due to toxin-induced headaches.

Overconsumption of preservatives. Most of the food we eat comes from the aisles at supermarkets, very little is purchased from the perimeter of the store where it's fresh and the food goes bad. Studies have shown that we spend 90% of our shopping dollars on food bought from within the aisles at supermarkets. That food can sit there for years at a time and not go bad… how is that…preservatives.

Overconsumption of sugar. Anytime I have a full can of soda, it's guaranteed I will end up with a headache.

Emotional:

Life stressors can cause headaches. Stress can cause a lack of sleep, muscle spasms, and a lack of appetite. All these symptoms of stress can lead to headaches.

The next time you pop a pill for your headaches, ask yourself, what’s causing my tension headaches, and will popping a pill fix it?

Dr. Sunny Gill

If you have any further questions don’t hesitate to contact our Kingston WA team at Foundation Chiropractic today.