Headache Relief & Treatment Tips in Dallas

Headaches can be disruptive — from tension behind your eyes to pressure at the base of your neck, they affect how you think, sleep, and function day to day. At Woodward Chiropractic & Massage, we provide safe, drug-free options for headache treatment in North Dallas.

These articles explain the role of posture, spinal tension, and lifestyle stress in chronic headaches — and how chiropractic care may help.

Information here is educational and not a substitute for an in-person evaluation.

If you’re ready to feel better, schedule a headache relief consult — and take the first step toward lasting comfort.

Headaches & Chiropractic Treatment

“What can chiropractors do for headaches?” is a common question. Consider what a patient would anticipate from chiropractic treatment for headaches to get an answer to this issue. Previously, we looked at the distinctions between tension headaches, migraine headaches, and dangerous headaches. These three headaches are distinguished from the patient’s medical history and physical examination. Patients receive forms containing biographical

Tension-Type Headaches

At some point, everyone will have a headache. Headaches occur from stress, lack of sleep, hormones, or even self-induced after having way too much fun the night before! For the most part, headaches are not indicative of a dangerous underlying condition, but they can be (…a topic for a future article). The focus of this article is to discuss the

Dangerous Headaches

This article will address the topic of dangerous headaches. To keep this in perspective, most headaches are NOT dangerous. In fact, tension-type headaches and migraines are very common and remain the focus of most healthcare providers. It’s important to discuss the signs and symptoms that might help differentiate between headaches that are safe versus those which are not safe. The

Headaches, the Neck, and Chiropractic Care

Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is a term used to describe non-mainstream healthcare approaches. This includes chiropractic care which is used in conjunction with or in place of conventional medicine. The usual treatment approach for headaches often involves medications like nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and acetaminophen. These cause side effects that can affect the stomach, liver, and/or kidneys with prolonged

Neck and Headache Pain and Posture

Neck pain is one of the most common complaints for which patients present to chiropractic offices. Headaches are also another very common problem and often go hand-in-hand with the presence of neck pain. So, the question that is frequently asked is, “…why do headaches and neck pain often occur together?” There are many types of headaches, which we have discussed

Do Chiropractors Help Patients With Headaches?

This seems like an easy question to answer, doesn’t it? The answer of course being is YES!!! Generally, people who suffer from headaches have never been to a chiropractor or considered it a “good option.” To reassure you, chiropractic care works GREAT for headache management. There’s scientific literature that can confirm this as well. Chiropractic Meta-Analysis In 2011, a meta-analysis

Headaches and Chiropractic Care

There are many different types of headaches with a multitude of symptoms. These symptoms include achy, throbbing, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, numbness, blinding, noise, light and/or odor sensitivity, and more. The cause of headaches can include genetics, stress or tension, environmental, behavioral, depression, and many more. Environmental Headaches Environmental factors can “trigger” the onset of a headache. These factors include allergies, seasonal, bright sunlight, loud

Is it a Migraine Headache?

There are MANY different types of headaches, of which migraines are a common type. This information may help you understand what type of headache you’re having. A unique feature of migraine headaches is that prior to the start of the headache, there is often a pre-headache “warning.” This is often referred to as an “aura,” and it can vary from

When and When Not to Worry About Headaches…

Most people in North Dallas will experience some form of headache during their lifetime. The good news is that most headaches are related, at least in part, to the neck or cervical spine (“cervicogenic headache”) and can be easily managed with chiropractic care. What Causes Headaches? Although the exact mechanism of cervicogenic headaches is still under debate, there are two

Spinal Manipulation and Headaches

Cervicogenic headache describes headaches caused by issues in the neck and represents 18% of all reoccurring headaches. Spinal manipulation is an effective form of treatment chiropractors use to address mobility issues in the neck. Nevertheless, there remains little consensus on the appropriate dosage of spinal manipulation to achieve maximum benefits for cervicogenic headaches. In a 2018 study, scientists conducted a massive study involving 256 chronic cervicogenic

Headache Relief & Treatment Tips in Dallas

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