Headaches & Migraines

CoLAB Health and Body understands the pain and suffering involved in living with headaches and migraines. It can be debilitating, making it very difficult to go about living your life. Our Downtown clinic is pleased to offer headache and migraine treatment to help you attain better health and wellness.

When it comes to headaches and migraines, CoLAB Health and Body is pleased to offer a collaborative approach, which is often a successful course of action. This may include physiotherapy, chiropractic, massage therapy and acupuncture. Focusing on eliminating the underlying cause of your headaches is usually more successful at providing relief than simply masking the pain. Our experienced Physiotherapists will help assess the possible causes of your headache pain, which could include muscle imbalance, poor posture, muscle tightness, muscle weakness, neck and upper back stiffness, stress or inappropriate sleeping postures or pillow, among other things. Once a likely cause has been determined, a treatment plan can be created to treat the origin of the pain. This usually includes manual manipulation and mobilization of the joints of your upper back and neck. Headaches may happen when pain is referred from your neck following damage from incorrect posture, prolonged use, or a traumatic injury. A chiropractor may also be able to help relieve the severity and/or frequency of headaches and migraines through manual therapies like spinal manipulation and other specialized techniques. The spine houses the spinal cord, which controls the entire body. As such, even a minor misalignment can cause pain, including headaches and migraines. Those with migraines often suffer from associated neck pain and stiffness, and problems with jaw function. A chiropractor can treat these symptoms and help to relieve the underlying problem.

Your CoLAB Healthy and Body team will discuss closely with you the details of your symptoms and their severity before coming up with a specialized treatment plan to help you manage your headaches and migraines. We look forward to seeing you soon and helping you on the road to optimal health and wellness.