Q: I have had headaches for years & I’ve tried everything, what am I missing?

A: Well... Maybe, you are Tylenol deficient.  At least, that’s what the sick care industry would like you to think.  Let me ask YOU a question: “What are all the things you tried to do, in attempt, to HEAL your headaches?”  Probably... pill popping medications like aspirin, ibuprofen, acetaminophen, & naproxen. There are even more powerful migraine meds. You see, these are only temporary solutions used to treat the “symptom.”  They only mask the problem!

It first starts with one, then two, to even four at a time, only to move onto a prescribed narcotic that’s stronger.  Why do you think you have to take more meds frequently or stronger prescriptions?  Because the “cause” of the problem has never been resolved.

I know my answer to the question sounds ridiculous, but haven’t pain relievers become the first line of defense for headaches? Doesn’t logic stand to reason that there must be a cause to that headache?

If you had a nail in your foot, how many Tylenol would you take? Or would you have the nail removed first (removing the cause) then take the medication until the body can heal itself? Suppose a pea-size tumor was inside your brain creating headaches that were relieved by taking pain medication. One year later it grows to a golf-ball size resulting in life threatening brain surgery and permanent defects. All because the alarm signals the body was giving you, namely the headaches, were being ignored! Pain is the body’s alarm to tell you something is wrong. If an alarm went off in your building, you would not fix it by cutting the alarm wire so it doesn’t ring. Why does masking the symptoms with numbing drugs sound feasible to those suffering from persistent headaches? One pill after 6 months doesn’t do the job anymore, so now 2 or 3 are needed. Is that patient getting better?  Is he/she healing?

In my years of practice I can count hundreds of patients who have come to my office with persistent headaches, migraines, back pain, neck pain, etc.  Sometimes they have been in automobile accidents, taken falls, sometimes not. Also, some people just have more obvious symptoms than others do.  An examination revealed problems in their neck area called segmental dysfunction creating nerve pressure and muscular imbalance. A few adjustments of the spine relieved years of pain and, ‘Corrective’ Chiropractic Care has kept it away.
There are many types of headaches. But the majority of patients with chronic headaches should be checked for common spinal diseases, that could result in, pain such as headaches. There is nobody living who does not need their spine checked periodically.

Our spinal vertebrae function independently; but more importantly, they operate inter-dependently, like a bridge, similar to our teeth.  Each tooth does the job of eating, yet it is easier for each of them to stay healthy when they are “aligned” with the others.  The spinal vertebrae act in the same manner; however, our nervous system, working through the spine, feeds everything including our teeth.  You get your teeth checked; doesn’t it make sense then to get your Spine checked?

So, how many Tylenol does it take to cure a headache?  None. And, nobody’s problem is caused by a lack of Tylenol.

PILL-POPPING NATION
Americans filled an estimated 3.2 billion prescriptions in 2003. We currently consume 25 million pills an hour, every hour, for a staggering total of 600 million pills a day. This reliance on medications has its costs. Every year an estimated 2.2 million people suffer “serious drug-induced diseases.” One and a half million of these people had to be hospitalized due to the seriousness of the reaction, and the 100,000 deaths caused
each year from drugs is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States today.1


[1]Wolfe, Sidney M., Sasich, and Lurie. Worst Pills, Best Pills: A Consumer’s Guide. Simon & Schuster, 2005. Print.