Getting through an entire workday. Playing with your grandkids. Doing your weekly grocery shopping. These and many other common daily tasks can be much harder to do if you have chronic headaches.
Most people have experienced the occasional headache; after all, medical research shows that 96% of people have a headache in their lifetime. However, only up to 5% of people experience chronic headaches. Headaches can be considered chronic if they occur more than 15 days per month for at least three months.
A physical therapist can help you understand why you’re dealing with chronic headaches. These specialists can also help you find effective treatment for your chronic headaches.
These physical therapy methods could be a part of your chronic headache treatment
You might believe that chronic headache treatment focuses on your head or face, which is where some people think headaches start. What you might not know is that chronic headaches are usually linked to some form of neck issue.
Neck issues that result in chronic headaches can be caused by things like poor posture, an unhealthy diet or untreated musculoskeletal injuries.
To help you address these causes of chronic headaches, a physical therapist will create a personalized treatment plan for you. This plan could include physical therapy methods such as:
- Flexibility exercises that target your neck and neck-supporting body structures
- Strength-building exercises for your neck muscles
- Manual therapy techniques designed to reduce tension in the neck soft tissue
- Functional dry needling that uses thin needles to break up neck-based trigger points
- Virtual therapy sessions where you meet with a physical therapist over a secure online video connection
- At-home care appointments where you work with a physical therapist one-on-one in your home
Border Therapy Services offers effective chronic headache treatment
Need help addressing chronic headaches? Our Border Therapy Services team in Horizon City is here to assist you. We offer free screenings that can pinpoint the root cause of your frequent headaches. Our physical therapists also excel at constructing individualized therapy plans designed to reduce your pain and headache frequency.
If you live in or near Horizon City and would like to learn more about the chronic headache physical therapy services we offer or want to schedule an initial appointment, contact us now.
If Horizon City is a little too far for you, visit our locations page to see which of our clinics is nearest to you.