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Chiropractic Helping with Headaches

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  Suffering From Headaches? Well, you are not alone. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) report that 90% of all headaches are cervicogenic or that they come from your neck being out of its normal alignment.  At Clairpointe Family Chiropractic, we can help you manage your headache and/or migraine pain!  Chiropractic Adjustments  Many people first reach for over-the-counter drugs to help their headaches or migraines, but they are merely masking the pain and not solving the underlying issue.  A natural solution to headaches is chiropractic care. A subluxation of the atlas or axis vertebrae can put pressure on your brain stem and cause headaches or migraines.  At Clairpointe Family Chiropractic, we will also work to restore the natural curve in your neck and proper alignment of the vertebrae through chiropractic adjustments and postural work. This will eliminate the interference in the nervous system and remove the cause of the headaches, not just mask the symptoms. Types of Headaches Th

The Safety Pin Method

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One of the simplest ways to understand chiropractic care is to look at a safety pin.  The large end represents your brain, and the smaller end represents a body part (i.e., your stomach or lungs).  The thin piece of metal represents the messages going from the brain. The other thin piece of metal represents the message from your body back to the brain. We all know that the brain communicates with every part of the body. As long as that message gets through freely, that body part will work.  There's A Problem With Safety Pins Even though the safety pins can hold a lot, they occasionally open up. When that happens, there is a disconnect within your body and possible pai n. Your nervous system works a lot like that safety pin. As long as the connection is intact, the brain controls and coordinates every function in the body. Unfortunately, like that safety pin, that message can be broken or interrupted.         In our bodies, the loss of that full connection can be devastating. This l

đź‘‹Welcome to Clairpointe's New Bog!

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  Welcome to Clairpointe's new blog! We look forward to sharing information about the benefits of chiropractic care, symptoms chiropractic care can help with, Pharmaceutical-grade supplements, and more with our readers. We hope that our blog will be a place where people will come to learn how chiropractic care can help reduce pain, enhance your and your family's health, and learn natural ways to heal. Our blog will also have articles on topics such as sciatica, whiplash, plantar fasciitis, TMJ, migraine and headache relief, sports injuries, joint pain, and many more.  As we continue to build our blog, we’ll also create content related to upcoming events at Clairpointe so our readers will always have access to timely information. We invite you to subscribe to our blog, bookmark us, and/or sign up for our quarterly newsletter, which will list all of the blog topics we cover. We look forward to teaching you about the benefits of chiropractic care and hope you learn something new t