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Are Headaches Causing You Frequent Pain? Find Relief with Physical Therapy

The term u201csick headacheu201d might have been coined to describe exactly how you feel today u2014 and every day. Many of these headaches have underlying musculoskeletal or biochemical causes u2013 which means that they can be corrected through the right forms of treatment. In many cases, physical therapy turns out to be just what the doctor ordered for chronic headaches and Washington Physical Therapy and Rehab can help solve your pains.

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Are Headaches Causing You Frequent Pain? Find Relief with Physical Therapy

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  1. ARE HEADACHES CAUSING YOU FREQUENT PAIN? FIND RELIEF WITH PHYSICAL THERAPY waptrehab.com

  2. DIDYOUKNOWPHYSICALTHERAPY COULDHELPWITHHEADACHERELIEF? Theterm “sickheadache” mighthavebeencoinedtodescribeexactlyhowyoufeeltoday — andeveryday. Aone-offheadacheencountercanbedistressingenough,butfrequentorconstantheadachepaincan completelydisableyou.Inmanycases,physicaltherapyturnsouttobejustwhatthedoctororderedfor chronicheadachesandWashingtonPhysicalTherapyandRehabcanhelpsolveyourpains. Areyouexperiencingthesesymptoms? Stress-relatedheadachescanvarywidelyinseverity,althoughthey’rerarelyasdebilitatingasmigraines. Thetensionthatbringsthemonmaystemfromemotionalstress (ifthatemotionalstresscreateschronic necktightness),butitmayalsobecausedby: Weakneckmusclesthatbecomefatiguedeasily “Text neck,” astraindisorderthatoccursifyou’realwaysdroopingyourheadforwardtolookatyour smartphone Repetitivemotionoroverusefromworkorsportsactivities Secondarypainproblemssuchasarthritisinthecervicalspine Physicaltherapyandheadacherelief Ourphysical therapistcanhelpyougettothebottomofyourheadacheproblem.Ifyourheadacheis cervinogenicinnature,wemayneedtoworkonyourneck.Forinstance: Ourphysicaltherapistcanhelpyouidentifyothermigrainetriggersandsuggeststrategiesforavoiding theminyoureverydaylife. Ifyourmigrainesaretheresultofarecentconcussion,acarefully-administeredcourseofphysical therapycanactuallyhelpyourecuperatefromthatconcussionmorequickly. Correctiveexercisesandpostural/ergonomicchangescanhelpyousteerclearof “textneck” andother occupationalheadachetriggers. Laser therapyandmassagetherapycanbothrelaxtightnecktissuesandspeedrecoverytoinjured muscles. Chiropracticadjustmentcancorrectskeletalmisalignmentissuesthatplaceyourneckmusclesunder unnaturalstrain.Theseadjustmentscanalsohelptoreduceclusterheadacheattacks. Exercisesthatstrengthenandloosenyourneckmusclescanhelptoeasethestressesthatsetoffyour headaches.

  3. What’scausingmypersistentheadaches? Whatisaheadache,beyondthesimpledefinitionofapaininthehead?Thereareactuallyseveralcategories ofheadaches,eachwithitsowndistinctcausesandsymptoms. Formostsufferers,chronicheadachesmeantensionheadaches.Atensionheadachecanbetriggeredor aggravatedbyemotionaltension,buttheactualmechanisminvolvesphysicaltensioninthemusclesofthe neck. Otherkindsofheadaches,whilelesscommon,canproveevenmoredebilitating.Clusterheadachesarea primeexample.Theseintenseheadachesstrikeonesideofyourfaceinclustersofattacks.Theseheadaches havebeenassociatedwithcervicalspinalabnormalities. Migrainesareevenmorenotoriousforcausingnausea,light/soundsensitivity,faintnessandvisionproblems ontopofbrutalheadaches.Migrainessometimesoccurasacomplicationofconcussions; theyarealso triggeredbyexposuretospecificstimulisuchaslights,sounds,orfoods. Scheduleaconsultationwithaphysical therapisttoday You’renotdoomedtogothroughlifeplaguedbyfrequentheadaches.Ifyou’rereadytofreeyourselffrom thisburden,givephysicaltherapyatry. Contactourphysicaltherapisttodaytolearnmoreaboutourheadachetreatmentoptions! Original Source: https://waptrehab.com/are-your-headaches- slowing-you-down-find-relief-with-physical-therapy/

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