When I first came in I was having severe headaches... I had a stiff neck and it was causing me a lot of problems. When I came in for the first laser treatment, I had definite relief. I knew I wasn’t completely well, but through time it has almost completely eliminated the stiff neck and the headaches I was getting. So I’m cooperating (with the team of doctors) and I’m now back to doing neck exercises that I would normally not be good at continuing... but I’m going to stick with the plan because my goal is to be totally well, and this group is good at making sure that you achieve your results. The laser is the added touch and the people are great as well.
Headaches/Migraines
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Shani Clinic utilizes a REVOLUTIONARY NEW TREATMENT to alleviate your headache pain and symptoms. It’s a very short procedure, usually just a couple of minutes, with lasting results!
Experience FAST, SIMPLE, SWIFT Relief and join those of us that live headache free! FDA cleared - SAFE - and HIGHLY EFFECTIVE - NO SURGERY - and is COVERED BY MOST INSURANCE.
WHAT YOU WILL NOTICE
You feel it creeping in, another severe headache or migraine, and you know it is about to steal yet ANOTHER day, may be even days, of your life. You were supposed to go to lunch with a friend, visit your grandchildren, take your kids to the park...or you have to go to work, you’ve already missed so many days, how will you explain having to miss another and having to get yet another doctors note.
And then there are the drugs you have to take. You know they are taking a toll on your body, the cumulative, damaging effects. Never mind the side affects you experience like feeling dizzy, foggy and unclear. Maybe they are even addictive.
With all that, you still miss your day at work, time with family and friends, and maybe even end up having to lie in a dark, quiet room WAITING FOR IT TO PASS while suffering.
WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
Stabbing/Throbbing pain
Pounding headache pain
Nausea or Vomiting
Sensitivity to light
Sensitivity to noise
Loss of appetite
WHAT TO DO
YOU MUST NOT WAIT!
Timing is CRITICAL when another severe headache can occur at any moment, AGAIN! Until now, the only treatment for these severe headaches and migraines has been oral medications. For many, these simply don’t work. We utilize a COMPLETELY NEW TREATMENT that can take away most, if not all, of your pain and symptoms.
IT's SIMPLE and ONLY TAKES A FEW MINUTES.
We are now providing services for HEADACHES AND MIGRAINES in our three locations, including,
WESTLAKE VILLAGE BEVERLY HILLS and PASADENA
We want you to finally get help, so we are offing a FREE CONSULTATION to see if you qualify for this NEW TREATMENT.
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SOME COMMON TYPES OF HEADACHES
Tension
Migraine
Cluster
Cervicogenic
TENSION HEADACHES
Tension type headaches are the most common, affecting upwards of 75% of all headache sufferers. Most people describe a tension headache as a constant dull, achy feeling either on one side or both sides of the head, often described as a feeling of a tight band or dull ache around the head or behind the eyes. These headaches usually begin slowly and gradually and can last for minutes or days, and tend to begin in the middle or toward the end of the day. Tension headaches are often the result of stress or bad posture, which stresses the spine and muscles in the upper back and neck.
The most common cause of tension headaches is subluxations in the upper back and neck, especially the upper neck, usually in combination with active trigger points. When the top cervical vertebrae lose their normal motion or position, a muscle goes into spasm. The problem is that this small muscle has a tendon which slips between the upper neck and the base of the skull and attaches to a thin pain-sensitive tissue that covers the brain. Although the brain itself has no feeling, this tissue is very pain-sensitive. Consequently, when the muscle goes into spasm and its tendon tugs at the tissue, a headache occurs. People who hold desk jobs will tend to suffer from headaches for this reason.
CERVICOGENIC HEADACHE
is a fancy medical term for a " pain in the neck " that causes headache. Neck pain and headaches quite often go together. Many people experience this when they have a minor car accident and this results in neck strain.
Headaches where the pain originates in the cervical spine, neck and upper shoulders are often referred to as a cervicogenic headache. Many times, these headaches can be a byproduct of whiplash, neck injury or muscle trauma due to poor prolonged posture or severe stress. Unfortunately, one type of headache that is often overlooked and misdiagnosed is the cervicogenic headache.
Cervicogenic headache is clinically defined as pain that is present in the head, but which originates in the cervical spine. Cervicogenic headaches, like other types of headaches are different for different people; some are more severe, some present in the head while others have pain behind the eyes. Migraines and cervicogenic headache sufferers complain of severe pain, head throbbing, nausea, phonophobia (sensitivity to sound) and photophobia (severe sensitivity to light). However, these symptoms are reported far more frequently in migraine sufferers. This is primarily where the similarities end as migraine headaches have no association with the cervical spine and do not originate in the neck region.
Pain that begins near the base of your neck in the cervical spine and then progressively spreads upwards into the head is a classic symptom of cervicogenic headache. For those that suffer from these types of headaches, it should be said that although the intensity of pain will fluctuate from mild to moderate to severe, cervicogenic headache symptoms occur daily.
There are two symptoms that are generally exclusive to those with cervicogenic headaches. The first is that the headache can be made worse or actually onset by head or neck movement. The second is that there is marked tenderness in the suboccipital region.
It is obvious that when it comes to cervicogenic headache symptoms, the neck plays a significant role in diagnosing and assessing symptoms. Some may experience symptoms that are not covered here and still be suffering from cervicogenic headaches. It goes without saying that as a unique individual; you should be diagnosed and treated as such.
Since a chiropractor is a specialist in the spine and has a very intimate understanding of how the spine affects our overall health, they can be instrumental in the treatment of Cervicogenic headaches, which are caused by spine and neck trauma and stress. A chiropractor can assist with proper spine realignment, relieve pinched nerves in the neck and provide relieve from head and neck pain.
MIGRAINE HEADACHES
Each year, about 25 million people in the U.S. experience migraine headaches, and about 75% are women. Migraines are intense and throbbing headaches that are often associated with nausea and sensitivity to light or noise. They can last from as little as a few hours to as long as a few days. Many of those who suffer from migraines experience visual symptoms called an "aura" just prior to an attack that is often described as seeing flashing lights or that everything takes on a dream-like appearance.
Migraine sufferers usually have their first attack before age 30 and they tend to run in families, supporting the notion that there is a genetic component to them. Some people have attacks several times a month; others have less than one a year. Most people find that migraine attacks occur less frequently and become less severe as they get older.
Migraine headaches are caused by a constriction of the blood vessels in the brain, followed by a dilation of blood vessels. During the constriction of the blood vessels there is a decrease in blood flow, which is what leads to the visual symptoms that many people experience. Even in people who don’t experience the classic migraine aura, most of them can tell that an attack is immanent. Once the blood vessels dilate, there is a rapid increase in blood pressure inside the head. It is this increased pressure that leads to the pounding headache. Each time the heart beats it sends another shock wave through the carotid arteries in the neck up into the brain.
There are many theories about why the blood vessels constrict in the first place, but no one knows for sure. What we do know is that there are a number of things that can trigger migraines, such as lack of sleep, stress, flickering lights, strong odors, changing weather patterns and several foods; especially foods that are high in an amino acid called 'tyramine'.
CLUSTER HEADACHES
Cluster headaches are typically very short in duration, excruciating headaches, usually felt on one side of the head behind the eyes. Cluster headaches affect about 1 million people in the United States and, unlike migraines, are much more common in men. This is the only type of headache that tends to occur at night. The reason that they are called ‘cluster’ headaches is that they tend to occur one to four times per day over a period of several days. After one cluster of headaches is over, it may be months or even years, before they occur again. Like migraines, cluster headaches are likely to be related to a dilation of the blood vessels in the brain, causing a localized increase in pressure.
