If you’re dealing with recurring headaches, you already know they’re not all the same. Some are a dull ache behind the eyes, others feel like a vice around your skull, and some are severe enough to make it hard to function. At Brooklyn Spine Center, we see patients dealing with all types, and the good news is that most headaches have an identifiable, treatable cause.
Not All Headaches Are the Same
Headaches vary widely by cause, severity, and symptoms. The most common types include tension headaches, cluster headaches, migraines, and chronic daily headaches, and if you’re dealing with any of these, you’re far from alone. Millions of people experience recurring headache pain, many without ever addressing what’s actually causing it.
Tension Headaches
Tension headaches are by far the most common type, accounting for roughly 90% of all headaches. They’re often tied to stress, anxiety, or muscle tension rather than a single specific trigger point. Unlike a migraine or sinus headache, the pain tends to be spread generally across the head rather than isolated to one area. Women experience tension headaches more frequently than men, though they can affect anyone.
Cluster Headaches
Roughly 1 million people in the US experience cluster headaches, sharp, intensely painful episodes that can strike multiple times a day over the course of weeks or months, then disappear for a stretch before returning again.
Migraines
Migraines are in a category of their own. Believed to be a biological condition rather than just “a bad headache,” migraines affect nearly 30 million people in the US, with roughly 1 in 4 people experiencing them, more than diabetes, coronary heart disease, and asthma combined.
What’s Actually Causing Your Headaches
Headaches are frequently a sign of imbalance somewhere else in the body, often connected to spine and nervous system stress that builds up over time. Because the body functions as one connected system, tension held in the upper back, shoulders, or neck doesn’t just stay there. It often radiates into headache pain as well.
This is part of why medication alone rarely solves the problem. Over-the-counter pain relievers can mask the symptoms temporarily, but they don’t address whatever is creating the imbalance in the first place, which means the headaches almost always come back.
Non-Surgical Headache Treatment That Targets the Root Cause
At Brooklyn Spine Center, we take a different approach. Non-surgical spinal decompression gently restores natural balance to the spine, which supports the rest of the body’s structure. Because your back and spinal discs are the framework the rest of your body relies on, correcting misalignment here can relieve headaches at the source, not just temporarily quiet the pain.
For many patients, we pair decompression with chiropractic care to build a treatment plan around the specific pattern and cause of their headaches.
Get Headache Relief in Brooklyn, NY
If headaches are a regular part of your life, it doesn’t have to stay that way. Schedule your consultation with our Brooklyn spinal disc doctors and find out what’s actually causing your headaches, and how to get rid of them for good.
