Overland Park Chiropractor Dr. Robert Patterson Encourages Parents To Review Chiropractic Exams for Kids who Suffer from Migraines & Headaches

By: Dr. Patterson, Overland Chiropractic
If you have children or grandchild who suffer from headaches, you might find this recent article by Tara Parker-Pope from NY Times interesting. As is generally the case, lifestyle appears to play a significant role in the prevention or management of these headaches. The article states “lifestyle changes like exercise, drinking more water, getting adequate sleep and not missing meals are essential.”

“I can’t say it’s typical that you can completely cure headaches just by lifestyle measures alone, but if you don’t address those things as well you’ll never be able to control them,”says Dr. Philip Overby, assistant professor of neurology and pediatrics at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore in the Bronx.

I see these changes as very doable for the average family. I would also encourage a chiropractic examination. I often find mechanical problems contributing to migraine headaches in my patients. Children do all kinds of activities from carrying backpacks to playing sports and taking falls that can cause these mechanical problems. I also like to evaluate migraine sufferers for food allergies and nutritional/digestive issues.

Returning to Classrooms, and to Severe Headaches

For kids around the country it’s back-to-school time. But for many of them, it’s also the return of headache season.

Doctors say frequent headaches and migraines are among the most common childhood health complaints, yet the problem gets surprisingly little attention from the medical community. Many pediatricians and parents view migraines as an adult condition. And because many children complain of headaches more often during the school year than the summer, parents often think a child is exaggerating symptoms to get out of schoolwork.

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