Alternative Headache Treatments

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Docs:

In the Medscape article I just sent you on "Alternative Headache

Treatments", here is what they say about chiropractic for headaches:

Although cervical spinal manipulative therapy may provide benefit

in some clinical cases as described above, it has been associated

with a 6-fold[132] increase in the risk of vertebral

artery dissection and stroke or transient ischemic attack. As

such, one should be cautious when considering a recommendation for

this treatment, and patients who express interest in chiropractic

maneuvers should be warned of this potential complication.[123]

Otherwise, the use of physical treatments in headache is unlikely

to be harmful in patients who express interest in these

modalities.

Lyndon McGill, D.C.

Salem, Oregon

www.SalemSpineClinic.com

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