Headache
Headache Treatment Stanmore
Five Dock Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Centre proudly offer quality headache relief to residents in Stanmore and surrounding suburbs.
Headaches are one of the most common illnesses in Australia, with around 15 per cent of us taking painkillers for a headache at any given time. Because headaches are so common, most people think they are a normal part of life. However, a persistent headache is a sign that something is wrong. The continual use of pain medication to combat headaches is akin to removing the warning light that alerts you to a problem in your car! Medication doesn’t solve your headache, it simply offers a short term solution to dull the pain.
Five Dock Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Centre offer quality physiotherapy care for individuals suffering from headaches.
Types of headaches
Tension headaches and migraine are the most common forms of headache and cluster headaches are most rare. Other types of headaches include sinus headaches, rebound headaches and exertion headaches.
What causes headaches?
Headaches can occur due to a variety of reasons including stress, poor posture, physical trauma, medications, environmental factors such as strong odours and pollution, and dietary irregularities.
Perhaps one of the most overlooked cause of migraine and tension headaches is due to nerve irritation in the upper neck caused by poorly functioning spinal joints – Vertebral dysfunction. Since the nerves of the upper neck supply areas of the scalp and face, irritation to these nerves can, and often, lead to headache.
Assessment
Your physiotherapist will carefully analyse potential headache triggers and perform a detailed history, orthopaedic, neurological and spinal examination to determine the cause of your headache. Once our physiotherapists have arrived at a specific diagnosis, your treatment plan & personalised care can begin.
Treatment
Physiotherapy is an extremely effective treatment for headaches. By carefully restoring proper movement to the spinal joints of the neck, your physiotherapist is able to significantly reduce the presence of nerve irritation and muscle tension, helping to alleviate the cause of your headaches.
Please contact us to arrange your comprehensive headache assessment and begin your journey towards living a life without headaches! We look forward to hearing from you!
Five Dock Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Centre proudly offer quality physiotherapy care to assist with headaches. For enquiries, please call 02 9713 2455.