1. Applying a Chiropractic Adjustment.
Where necessary, an Adjustment can be made to segments in the Cervical Spine (neck) or Thoracic Spine (between your shoulders) to release ‘misaligned’ or ‘stuck’ joints that can be sending pain signals to your head and causing your nervous system to be over sensitive and cause the perception of headache.

2. Relax Tight Muscles.
By using massage on the neck, head and between the shoulders, the muscles that are tight and pulling on the joints can be relaxed. This releases tension and creates healing blood flow in the muscles to help ease the headache.

3. Release your TMJ (Jaw).
There are cases where tight muscles in and around the jaw joint can refer tension up into the head. Gently working around the TMJ and the surrounding joints in the skull can release an amazing amount of tension in the neck and head and relieve the cause of the headache. Often Chiropractors need to refer out to a Dentist to get a Splint made, if the cause of the headaches is from grinding or clenching your teeth. 

4. Give you stretches to do.
Most headaches are at least, in some part, caused by, or exacerbated to some degree by the little things we have to do every day. Like the office chair we sit in, reading a book on the train, or slumping down on the couch after a long day at work. Like doing a workout every day, this can cause certain muscle groups to become too active or ‘tight’. Doing some stretching of the correct muscle groups regularly, is a great way to address the cause of the headaches, without needing any equipment or a visit to the Chiropractic office.
5. Give you postural advice.

In the same way that exercising every day makes you fit, or saving a little money each week adds up over time to create wealth, so does having your office desk setup incorrectly, or sitting in front of the television in the wrong position for extended periods, can cause poor posture, tight muscles, locked joints and eventually headaches. At Sutherland Chiropractic we can give you postural techniques, and advice on how to use your computer workstation, to use to offset these mechanical stresses that you are under on a day to day basis.

Lastly, it is Vitally important that your headache is correctly diagnosed by a healthcare professional (like your Chiropractor)  before any of the preceding advice is taken.

Yours in Health
Dr Matt
Chiropractor