MIGRAINE HEADACHE
I am Matt the Migraine and I am the worst headache known to man. Some people refer to me as a "sick headache." If I have ever visited you, then you know my symptoms. Many times I start my show by creating flashing lights, and dizzying distortion of vision for my victims.
This physiological, psychedelic display is just a warm up for my next act. I then come on with a pain in the head that is so intense that it often produces nausea. And I am not just a flash-in-the-pan act. I can linger on and on for many painful, excruciating hours, or even days.
Thousand of migraine sufferers lose millions of dollars in productive work days because of me. I'm not like my cousin, Simple Headache, whom you might be able to get rid of temporarily by popping a pill and going on to work. The force of my act will put you to bed - if the pain will let you lie down.
And speaking of popping a pill try to rid of me - that is my most insidious act. The longer I am around the stronger the medication you will likely try. Yet I rarely respond to even extremely strong medication. That means that from simple aspirin you may progress to even dangerous narcotics in your quest for relief.
In spite of millions of dollars spent on exhaustive and endless research, the medical profession admits that it has no answer to me - Matt the Migraine.
The picture usually goes like this. You run from one remedy to the next, seeking relief. You consult one doctor after another, ending up with high-priced specialists who cannot, in most cases, do anything to help.
About this point, I usually feel pretty secure because you are beginning to despair, and are just about ready to give up on finding any answer to your problem.
But wait! Helps is on the way for thousands of people annually, because they discovered that the Doctor of Chiropractic seeks out basic causes, and works to correct them, rather than the symptoms. Doctors of Chiropractic have studied years in college; they are the authority on the spine and the nervous system, where the real cause of me starts.
A careful examination and study of your case will be made to determine if the cause of my miserable visits is within the range of Chiropractic treatment. If it is, and many thousands of cases are, it is likely my cue for a quick exit. Old Matt the Migraine is a pretty slippery character. You may have noticed me only during the past year or so, but the time I really started my pain campaign, especially for you, might have been after some accident or strain that occurred a number of years ago. You might not even have been aware at the time that you had an injury. But the mishap may have caused a slight misalignment of the spine that eventually let me do my real dirty work.
The Doctor of Chiropractic will begin some gentle, corrective adjustments. Normal life-giving nerve energy will flow unimpeded over the vital nerves, and the inherent healing power of the body will take over. It may take awhile to really get rid of me, but you will likely begin to feel relief from the very first adjustment. That means curtains for me.
However, I am pretty fortunate in this respect. Thousands upon thousands of people are willing to put up with me while medical science experiments with them. Then they go to the Doctor of Chiropractic as a last resort. That gives me a pretty full, long life of keeping then in misery. Not bad for an old country aliment like Matt the Migraine!
Just don't spread the word to your friends. Remember how long you suffered before you wised up? Matt the Migraine has to have some home somewhere - but it's surely not in the office of the Doctor of Chiropractic.
Only Nature Heals... Chiropractic Proves It!
"Discover the Benefits of Chiropractic" Parker Chiropractic Research Foundation, 1981. Litho in U.S.A
Authorised Redistribution; J. Howard Morley D.C. Dip. N.B.C.E. Doctors of Chiropractic. U.S.A
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