• Every 10 seconds, someone in the United States goes to the emergency room with a headache or migraine.
  
• More than $1 billion is spent on over-the-counter medications to treat headaches and Migraines.
  
• Headaches are due to a wide variety of causes, such as drug reactions, temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ), tightness in neck muscles, low blood sugar, high blood pressure, spinal misalignment, stress, and fatigue to name a few.
  
• The most common headache, tension headaches, account for more than 75 percent of all headaches.  Tension headaches are often the result of stress or bad posture, which aggravates the spine and muscles in the upper back and neck.
  
• About 25 million people in the U.S. experience migraine headaches each year; with 75 percent afflicting women.  Migraines may be triggered by lack of sleep, stress, flickering lights, and even strong odors.

New medications are constantly introduced claiming to prevent and cure the pain and frequency of headaches, but statistics continue to show that they are not working, and a “miracle drug” for headaches and migraines has yet to be found.

Many sufferers frequently turn to chiropractic care for treatment. Unfortunately, one of the biggest misconceptions about chiropractors is that they are “back crackers”, and exist only to help people with back and neck problems. This misconception is so far from the truth that if people could get beyond it they would find that a chiropractor could be the “miracle” they’ve been looking for.

One chiropractor that has had tremendous success treating headaches and migraines naturally is Lee Weiner, D.C., of Oceanside Sports Chiropractic in Oceanside, New York. He has learned through education and experience that poor posture and spinal injuries are major causes of headaches, and by simply taking the pressure off of irritated nerves and/or relaxing the muscles attached to the skull, the intensity and recurrence rate of headaches and migraines can drastically be improved.

"Poor posture and spinal injuries causes the spine to come out of alignment," explained Dr. Weiner. "When this occurs the surrounding nerves are irritated causing the muscles to go into spasm. The spasmed muscles, which attach onto the skull, cause a viselike pain in the head. Chiropractic adjustments to the vertebra takes the pressure off the irritated nerves and allows the muscles to relax."

 
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