Chiropractic care can help people suffering with migraine headaches. According to the American Chiropractic Association 14% of the public who see chiropractors presently go for headaches.

A study conducted in Australia at the Chiropractic Research Center of Macquarie University studied 177 volunteers who had migraine headaches for over 18 years on average. Many of the participants also suffered from neck pain. The results of the study were published in the February 2000 issue of the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics.

The average response of the group that received chiropractic care showed a statistically significant improvement in migraine frequency, duration, and disability. Those who received chiropractic care were able to reduce or eliminate their medication use. Additionally, 59% had no neck pain after a period of two months, and another 35% had a decrease in neck pain.

Researchers at Northwestern College of Chiropractic in Minnesota, compared chiropractic care to certain drug therapies used for tension and migraine headaches. The study, published in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, followed 218 headache sufferers who were given either chiropractic care or drug therapy or both. Pain was reduced 40 - 50% in all groups initially. However, four weeks after all care was stopped, only the chiropractic group still retained the benefits, while those who received the drug therapy lost about half of their improvement.

Migraine headaches partially ruin the lives of up to 20 million Americans. And it's no wonder. Usually, commencing near one or both temples, the throbbing migraine pain may spread throughout the entire head, even engulfing the face and neck. When the pain becomes severe, the migraine victim may abhor light and prefer to suffer in the solitude of a darkened room. Speech may be slowed, words hard to find, thinking retarded, concentration and memory impaired. Sometimes the person sees spots before the eyes and loses some of the visual field, all the while suffering excruciating, agonizing pain. The attacks may be sporadic, but usually fall into a fairly consistent frequency pattern varying from as few as one or two attacks per month in one person, to as many as three or four per week in another.
An attack may last only a few hours, but sometimes it goes on without let-up for several days. Sometimes the attacks are severe, at other times surprisingly mild. Nor do the same symptoms always show up in each attack. Thus, the migraine victim is always off balance, never knowing when the next attack will come, how severe it will be, or how long it will last.
The disorder may occur at any age, but the onset occurs most often between the ages of ten and forty, and somewhat more often in women than in men. Women of child-bearing age are particularly prone to the affliction, which also tends to run in families. Migraine researchers agree that a major cause of this desperate condition involves a disturbance of blood circulation in the vessels of the head and neck. Also, spinal nerves, especially in the neck, are often involved. This complex disorder calls for a thorough chiropractic examination to determine the extent of the involvement of spinal nerves and other factors.

Chiropractic has an enviable record of success in treating migraine headaches.
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