Headaches, Migraines & Tension Relief in East Hamilton

Your upper neck contains a delicate network of joints, muscles, and nerves that communicate directly with your head. When this area is subjected to repetitive stress, poor posture, or sudden impacts, it can trigger different types of headaches:

• Tension Headaches: The most common type, often described as a tight band around the head. They are usually caused by tight muscles in your neck, shoulders, and jaw referring pain upward.

• Cervicogenic Headaches: These are headaches that literally originate from the neck. Stiffness in the top three joints of your cervical spine irritates nearby nerves, sending a constant stream of pain signals into your skull, temples, or behind one eye.

• Postural Tension & "Tech Neck": Spending hours looking down at screens or hunched over a steering wheel forces the tiny muscles at the base of your skull (suboccipitals) to work overtime, triggering chronic spasms and pressure.

Because a headache is rarely just a "head" problem, our East Hamilton team tackles the root physical cause from three targeted angles to provide lasting relief:

• Chiropractic Care: We perform gentle, targeted adjustments to restore proper alignment and movement to the restricted joints in your upper neck. This instantly reduces pressure on sensitive nerves and relaxes the surrounding tissues.

• Massage Therapy: Our registered massage therapists focus on melting away stubborn muscle knots (trigger points) in your upper back, shoulders, and suboccipital muscles to stop pain from referring to your head.

• Physiotherapy: We design simple, effective stretching and postural strengthening protocols to help your body handle daily stress and desk work, keeping the tension from building up in the first place.

Your recovery begins with a thorough assessment. All practitioners in out office work together and create strong inter-office referrals, so whether you book in with Jose our Physiotherapist or Dr. Di Filippo, you will be directed in the right direction.

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From there, we develop a treatment plan that's tailored specifically to you. 

 

Our goal isn't simply to provide temporary relief. We want to improve how your body moves, reduce the likelihood of recurring pain, and help you return to the activities that matter most. Throughout your care, we'll explain every step of the process so you understand not only what we're doing, but why we're doing it.

• Is my pain muscular?

• What does sciatica feel like?

• Can a disc heal?

• Should I use ice or heat?

• Should I stay active?

• When should I worry?

• How long does recovery take?

• Do I need an MRI?

• Can I exercise?

We'll help you figure it out!