Headaches and Back Pain - study finds a link.

Headaches and back pain are two of the most common ailments that people seek help for. Both these conditions can be life changing, They can prevent people living a normal life. The burden on the individual and the health care system is nothing short of catastrophic, costing billions of dollars every year, days off work etc.

New research has looked into people suffering from either Back Pain or Headaches and found that if you are someone that either has headaches OR back pain - you are twice as likely to suffer from the other.

This result from looking at 14 different studies, involving hundreds of thousands of people, suggests that treating back pain and headaches separately, may be the wrong approach.

This falls in line with our approach at Auburn South Chiropractic, where we take the whole individual in to account. We are always looking to the underlying cause, looking at the whole body to find out why it’s not working properly. We don’t just look at one part of the spine, we look at it all. We realise that the symptom and the underlying cause may be in different locations.

Health can be tricky, but to start with getting your spine right, is a very good start.

Yours in health.

Dr T.