1. H EADACHES : T HE C HIROPRACTIC ANSWER Celebrate Wellness! A public service of The Unified Virginia Chiropractic Association in association with A Trusted Voice Presented by: Your Doctor of Chiropractic

2. Headaches: The Chiropractic answer Today’s Agenda: Headaches: Primary Headaches: Secondary Pharmaceutical Management Natural Approaches – Managing Triggers – Seeking the Cause

3. Headaches: The Chiropractic answer Today’s Agenda: Headaches: Primary Headaches: Secondary Pharmaceutical Management Natural Approaches – Managing Triggers – Seeking the Cause

4. Headaches: The Chiropractic answer

7. Today’s Agenda: Headaches: Primary Headaches: Secondary Pharmaceutical Management Natural Approaches – Managing Triggers – Seeking the Cause

8. Headaches: The Chiropractic answer Today’s Agenda: Headaches: Primary Headaches: Secondary Pharmaceutical Management Natural Approaches – Managing Triggers – Seeking the Cause

10. Headaches: The Chiropractic answer Today’s Agenda: Headaches: Primary Headaches: Secondary Pharmaceutical Management Natural Approaches – Managing Triggers – Seeking the Cause

11. Common headache triggers

13. STUDY FINDING: spinal adjustments as typically performed by chiropractors are "an effective treatment for tension headaches." STUDY FINDING: the effects tend to last longer (than Amitryptiline) and patients showed "decreased need for over-the-counter medication"

14. Up to 50% of headaches may have their origin in the neck

15. Nervous system = The Master System CNS (Brain, spinal cord & related nerves) functions as your “central computer”

16.  Safe  Proven  Cost-effective - Liliedahl et al. Cost of Care for Common Back Pain Conditions Initiated With Chiropractic Doctor vs Medical Doctor/Doctor of Osteopathy as First Physician: Experience of One Tennessee-Based General Health Insurer. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. November - December 2010;33(9):640-643. - New Zealand Report, Report of the Commission of Inquiry. Government Printer, Wellington, New Zealand, 1979. 2000;30(12):755-766

17. Case Studies

18. Resources Unified Virginia Chiropractic Association http://virginiachiropractic.org/ http://virginiachiropractic.org/ Or just ask the doctor today!

19. Q UESTIONS ?