The Facts on Headaches

THE FACTS ON HEADACHES HEADACHE DISORDERS ARE THE MOST COMMON NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER, AFFECTING MORE THAN OF ALL AMERICANS. THE U.S. ANNUAL DIRECT AND INDIRECT ECONOMIC COSTS OF ALL HEADACHE DISORDERS, INCLUDING MIGRAINES, EXCEED $31 Billion OVER 110% OF THE POPULATION HAS CHRONIC HEADACHES 50% OF THOSE WITH CHRONIC HEADACHES REPORT SEVERE MIGRAINE HEADACHES 10 Million O DOCTORS VISITS ARE DUE TO HEADACHES 75%O IT IS MORE FREQUENT FOR WOMEN TO HAVE TENSION HEADACHES THAN MEN OF PEOPLE HAVE TENSION HEADACHES 12% 17% 5% OF PEOPLE HAVE OF FEMALES SUFFER OF MALES SUFFER MIGRAINE HEADACHES FROM MIGRAINES FROM MIGRAINES THREE TIMES MORE WOMEN THAN MEN SUFFER FROM HEADACHES 4% OF AMERICANS EXPERIENCE HEADACHE PAIN MORE THAN FOUR HOURS PER DAY FOR MORE THAN 15 THIS EQUALS MORE THAN 12.5 MILLION AMERICANS DAYS PER MONTH HEADACHES INTERFERE WITH z* SLEEP WORK FAMILY LIFE SPORTS LEISURE ACTIVITIES SOME OF T-HE MORE COMMON TYPES OF HEADACHES INCLUDE: TENSION HEADACHE THESE ARE HEADACHES CAUSED BY SPASM IN THE MUSCLES AROUNDTHE HEAD AND NECK, WHICH CREATES TENSION ONTHE DURAL SHEATH (A THIN LAYER, LIKE CELLOPHANE, AROUND YOUR BRAIN). MIGRAINE HEADACHE THESE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE NERVES AND BLOOD VESSELS OF THE HEAD AND NECK CERVICOGENIC HEADACHE NERVES IN THE NECK VERTEBRA CAUSING HEADACHES SINUS HEADACHE CONGESTION IN THE SINUSES CAUSING PRESSURE IN THE HEAD COMMON CAUSES OF HEADACHES TIGHT MUSCLES STUDYING CAR ACCIDENTS SOURCES: HOSMERCHROPRACTIC.COM http://www.barometricpressureheadache.com/headache-statistics/ http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/123/156630/facts-commenting/ http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/c/123/153505/interesting-build/ http://hosmerchiropractic.com/chiropractic/for-headaches.php E hosmer| CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH WEAK POSTURE POOR ERGONOMICS STRESS • PROLONGED COMPUTER WORK • MUSCLE IMBALANCES • POOR MOTION IN THE JOINTS • FOOD SENSITIVITIES • VASCULAR & NEURO.