Many people are in desperate need of the possible solution for headaches. The rest of this article about new San Diego chiropractic care will shed some light on the subject of headaches. There’s a safe and effective treatment for what is estimated to cause 90% of headaches. It’s been around for over 100 years and has absolutely nothing to do with drugs or surgery.

Actually, it’s not outrageous at all. Alternative therapies have taken the pilot in the handling of many conditions. As a matter of fact, a study in the Journal of American Medical Association pointed out that Americans now go to alternative healthcare doctors nearly two times as often as medical physicians, and the numbers are going up.

In 1997, Americans spent an astounding $27 billion on visits to alternative practitioners, an increase of 45% over 1990. What’s more, most of this money was not reimbursed by insurance plans! This doesn’t seem very “alternative” anymore. What is shocking is how long these treatments are often suppressed, even in the presence of clear and compelling evidence. This “breakthrough” has already delivered nothing short of a miracle for countless headache sufferers and delivered results beyond their wildest dreams. These miracles could be happening for you too.

A lot of the information is getting buried. I’m not saying there may be a conspiracy. This is just the way things work in the world. It’s all about economics. For example, why don’t you see the big oil companies running ads for electric cars? This is because there is no profit in electric cars for oil companies. It will actually take money right out of their pockets and reduce business. They would much rather see you keep driving that 80’s gas-guzzler. For the same reason, you won’t find billion dollar drug companies talking about the wonders of drugless miracles. It may not be fair, but it is good business for them. It’s that simple. That’s why you have to watch who you listen to and find out the real source of the information that you are getting. For example, hormone replacement therapy was the miracle cure-all for post-menopausal women. Now, after 30 years of use, it has been linked to an increase rate of breast cancer, stroke and heart disease.

So what about the suffering from headaches? Let’s discuss a few important facts. At least fifty million Americans see their doctors for headaches each year, and an unknown number simply treat head pain themselves. The headache itself is the primary concern. Nearly 90 percent of primary headaches are tension-type.

So, if all of these headaches are tension-type, I bet you must be wondering what a tension-type headache really is. Tension-type headaches can be caused when improperly aligned spinal bones cause joint, nerve and muscle irritation in your neck. The pain can travel from the top of your shoulders, up the back of your neck and into the head. This sometimes forms a band-like pain around the head. Dr. George B. McClelland, a doctor of chiropractic from Christiansburg, VA, and member of the American Chiropractic Association’s (ACA) Board of Governors said that the greatest majority of primary headaches are associated with muscle tension in the neck. Americans engage in more sedentary activities than they used to, and more hours are spent in one fixed position or posture. This can cause an increase in joint irritation and muscle tension in the neck, upper back and scalp, causing your head to ache. So what can you do to help this most common type of head pain?

A report released in 2001 by researchers at the Duke University Evidence-Based Practice Center in Durham, NC, found that spinal manipulation resulted in almost immediate improvement for those headaches that originate in the neck, and had significantly fewer side effects and longer-lasting relief of tension-type headaches than a commonly prescribed medication. Also, a 1995 study in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics found that spinal manipulative therapy is an effective treatment for tension headaches and that those who ceased chiropractic treatment after four weeks experienced a sustained therapeutic benefit in contrast with those patients who received a commonly prescribed medication.

The most likely explanation for Chiropractic’s great results with headaches is that the adjustment gets to the cause of the headache by relieving the tension on the joint, muscle and nerve. Drugs may temporarily numb some of the pain, but they never actually fix the problem. It just gets worse as time goes on. So, if 90% of Americans suffer from headaches and 95% of headaches are primary headaches, and 90% of primary headaches are tension-type headaches and studies show that Chiropractic care helps tension-type headaches more than commonly prescribed medications wouldn’t it be smart to come in and get your neck evaluated by a properly trained chiropractor. When you really think about it, what’re the chances you’re not in the 90% that chiropractic can help? I bet you are. And I bet your headaches can be helped quickly and easily.

Learn more about headaches. Stop by Dr. Michael Pritsker, DC’s site where you can find out all about alternative therapy and what it can do for you.