A migraine isn't a bad headache. If you get them, you already know that.
The aura, if you get one — vision going strange at the edges. Then the nausea, the light that feels like an assault, the sound of a normal room becoming unbearable. And the worst part might be the lost time. Hours in a dark room. A whole day gone. Maybe more than one a month, which starts to feel like a tax on your life.
We'll be straight with you: migraines are a neurological condition, and chiropractic doesn't cure them. Anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something. But here's the part that matters — a lot of migraine sufferers carry serious neck tension, stiff upper-spine joints, and postural strain that lowers the threshold for an attack. That's the mechanical piece, and it's the piece we can actually do something about.
What migraines can feel like:
- Intense throbbing pain, often on one side of the head
- Aura — visual disturbances, blind spots, or tingling before the pain hits
- Nausea or vomiting during an attack
- Extreme sensitivity to light, sound, or smells
- Pain that gets worse with movement or activity
- A "hangover" of fatigue and brain fog after it passes
Our approach is honest about what we can and can't do. We evaluate your neck and upper back for the dysfunction that feeds into your attacks — the stiff segments, the locked-up muscles, the forward-head posture from desk work. Treatment aims to calm that whole system down: precise adjustments, muscle release work, and rehab exercises that reduce the mechanical load. Plenty of our patients find their attacks get less frequent or less brutal. Not all do. We'll never promise you an outcome; we'll tell you what we see and what we think is realistic.
If any of that sounds familiar, come in and let us take a look. We'll evaluate you thoroughly, tell you straight what we find, and be honest about whether we think we
Migraines are a neurological event — often one-sided throbbing pain with nausea, light and sound sensitivity, and sometimes aura. Tension headaches are usually a dull, pressing ache on both sides driven by neck and muscle tension. The two need different approaches, which is why sorting out which you have matters.
Honestly: it depends. Chiropractic can’t cure migraines, but many sufferers have significant neck dysfunction that lowers their attack threshold — and that part responds well to adjustments, muscle work, and posture rehab. Some patients see real improvement; not everyone does. We’ll give you a straight answer after evaluating you.
Triggers are personal — stress, hormonal shifts, poor sleep, certain foods and drinks, weather changes, and screen time all show up. Neck tension is a common amplifier. Tracking what precedes your attacks helps us see patterns worth addressing.
We take a detailed history of your attacks — frequency, triggers, what helps — then examine your neck and upper back for the mechanical factors that feed into them. You get an honest assessment of whether chiropractic care is likely to help your specific pattern.