Exam of the Neck and Upper Spine
History plus a hands-on evaluation to separate a cervicogenic, tension, or migraine pattern, and to find the structural driver behind it.
Conditions We Help · Root-Cause Care
Headache and Migraine Reliefin Wixom, MI
When headaches keep coming back, there is usually a reason in the neck and upper spine. Corrective chiropractic targets the alignment and nervous-system load driving the pain, instead of chasing each episode.
Headache and Migraine Relief
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In Plain Terms
Recurring headaches are rarely random. Tension headaches, cervicogenic headaches, and many migraines are driven or worsened by structure in the neck and upper spine, where irritated joints and nerves refer pain up into the head.
When the neck sits forward all day, muscles guard and nerves stay irritated. Quieting the headache alone leaves that posture problem running. Corrective chiropractic addresses the structural driver so the pattern has a reason to change.
The Method
How we treat headaches and migraines
Three steps, applied in order. Nothing is treated before it is understood.
Specific Adjustments
Targeted corrective adjustments to the segment and direction your exam points to, easing the load that refers pain into your head.
A Written Corrective Plan
A real plan with re-checks, so progress is measured against your baseline. Care is drug-free and works alongside whatever your physician has prescribed.
Sound Familiar?
Symptoms we evaluate
Different headaches have different drivers, and lumping them together is why so much headache care fails. These are the patterns we sort out first:
- Pain that starts at the base of the skull.
- Throbbing pain that stays on one side of the head.
- Sensitivity to light or sound during episodes.
- Headaches that worsen after long desk days.
- Neck stiffness that travels with the head pain.
- "Regular" headaches you have simply learned to live with.
Our approach: correct the cause, not the episode.Headache care here routes through corrective chiropractic: a full exam of the neck and upper spine, then specific adjustments on a written plan. Because headaches and neck pain so often travel together, both are evaluated in the same exam.
Why MaxLiving Wixom · Exam First
We treat the reason, not the episode.
Medicating each headache manages the day but leaves the driver in place. The exam behind corrective chiropractic tells us honestly whether your headaches have a structural cause in the neck, and what correcting it would take, before any plan is recommended.
Headache Questions
Answered, honestly.
Can chiropractic help with headache and migraine?
Many patients come to us for headache and migraine. We start with a structural exam so recommendations rest on what we find, not on a guess. Corrective care focuses on the frame behind the pain.
What will my first visit include?
History, a thorough structural exam, and findings explained in plain words before any plan starts. You decide what happens next.
Do you use decompression or shockwave?
When the exam supports them, yes. Not every plan needs every tool. We match care to the structure we measure.
How do I get started?
Call (248) 892-7246 or use the form on this page to request your first visit.
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Stop counting headache days.Start correcting the cause.
Request your first visit at MaxLiving Wixom. The exam tells you honestly whether your headaches have a structural driver, and you approve every step before care begins.