If you are suffering from headaches almost everyday, you are among millions who do. You go through the perpetual cycle of “having a headache – taking a pain reliever”. At this rate, you are most likely worried and have consulted your doctor at least once.
The pain can either be in your temples, on the base of your skull, or behind your eyes, or a combination. Still, many other experience the kind of headache which radiate from the head right down to the neck and shoulders, with their head feeling too heavy to simply hold up. This radiating headache, known as the cervicogenic type, is caused mainly by the stress felt by the nerves and muscles in the neck.
You see, the neck should be positioned in a natural, forward curve to allow your spinal column to have a relaxed position. If your neck is positioned that way, the joints in your spine will experience the least strain and the muscles in your neck will exert the least effort in pulling. However, most of us can not maintain this for long. Think about poor posture, car accidents, falls, and the stresses of everyday life – all these can cause the curve to go awry. When this happens, the spinal cord will experience undue strain, the neck joints will become restricted, and the surrounding muscles can become sore. Eventually, you will start to feel the pain and suffer from headaches much too often.
What then can treat your recurring headache? Permanent relief can only be felt when the spine comes back to its normal position and alignment. As you restore your neck curve, your nerves, joints and muscles will be set free from undue strain, and you will be too!