Common types of headaches and neck pain
Neck pain and headaches can come from many reasons, here are a few of the common areas that we see
Neck injuries and headaches can happen for many reasons and they can develop gradually or come on suddenly, with a dull or sharp pain. Headaches can be from vascular problems, organ dysfunctions, spinal alignment, and referred pain from muscles (cervicogenic headaches) to name only a few
Having neck pain alone is a challenge, especially if it involves neck stiffness and reduced head mobility. When a headache is also present, additional problems may include increased pain, visual disturbances, concentration issues, dizziness, or others.
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It’s important to find out why you’re having the headaches or neck pain and what you can do to get out of the pain, so you can enjoy Victoria, BC.
Who are the types of people we see neck pain or headaches?
Pain and headaches disrupt your work, relationships, and life
We are able to help decrease your pain either with specific hands-on treatment via Massage therapy and Athletic Therapy. Our Athletic therapist is able to provide you a recovery program for your neck injury. Our nutritionist is able to help reduce the headaches and migraines, if you want to get to the root cause of them.
There are several ways an Athletic Therapist can help your neck pain:
- Strengthening and stretching exercises
- Education of how to improve healing – like the “Alternative to rice method“
- Show you proper lifting technique
- Appropriate exercises at the office or gym
- Simple exercises to reduce the headaches
There are several ways a Massage Therapist can help your shoulder pain:
- Decrease neck pain and headaches
- Decrease muscle spasm
- Improve range of motion of the neck
- Provide visceral manipulation to ease your neck pain and headaches
- Gentle stretching for neck range of motion
There are several ways our Holistic Nutritionist can help your shoulder pain:
- Help you find trigger foods
- Improve function of your organs, such as the stomach and liver
- Improve your digestion – like our ” Digestion helpers “
Many people like the combinational approach that we provide, with massage and athletic therapy. Our clients who want to get to the root cause of their headaches work with our holistic nutritionist. We are able to combine the 2 types of therapy and nutrition while improving your recovery of your neck pain or headaches.
A typical plan may look like:
- An Athletic Therapy assessment – This provides you the appropriate exercises to strengthen your shoulder, while you’re not with us. Alternatively, you can book a nutrition consult if you want to figure out why you have them or a Massage Therapy initial assessment, which is widely covered by insurance
- Book a Massage – This helps you by reducing your pain and less stressful for you doing your home exercises. This can be done for 1x a week, 45-60mins for four weeks.
- Re-assessment with your Athletic Therapist – This is usually done 4-6 weeks after your initial assessment
Whatever your situation is, we work within it and develop a plan that suits your needs.
These therapies play a major in your recovery without having to use invasive methods. Even if surgery may be required, athletic therapy can help you both before and after to improve healing time and increase your range of motion.
Our team has the experience and expertise to help you recover from a variety of shoulder conditions. They work to reduce pain, increase mobility and help you resume your regular activities as soon as possible. Whether it’s a rotator cuff injury, a dislocated shoulder or any other type of shoulder injury, our therapist can help you improve mobility and get you back to participating in your daily activities.
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Contact us if you have questions or book now if you’re in Victoria, BC.
You don’t have to live with ongoing neck pain and headaches!