NEED CHRONIC HEAD AND NECK TENSION TREATMENTS?
Chronic tension in the head and neck is the result of neuromuscular force problems — specifically, bite force imbalances — that CAN be rehabilitated to restore proper range of motion and pain-free function. Eliminating the force imbalances and restoring harmony is not only possible, but it doesn’t even take very long when you know exactly where to direct treatment.
Most chronic tension patients begin to experience significant tension and pain relief in just a few weeks of treatment. However, a complete course of treatment (usually between 8 and 12 weeks) stands a good chance of getting you entirely tension-free and pain-free.
At New Jersey Headache Relief Center we are not interested in offering short-term fixes. Unnecessary risks to your health are avoided and therefore no medications or surgical procedures are employed in our chronic head and neck tension treatment protocols. Instead, we identify root causes for pain and rehabilitate them for long-term relief.
NJHRC's CHRONIC HEAD AND NECK TENSION TREATMENTS
Below we briefly discuss some of the treatment modalities we use at NJHRC to treat chronic head and neck tension patients. We use FDA-approved, proven technologies to get you relief:
- MANUAL MANIPULATION
- CRANIAL ELECTROTHERAPY
- ULTRASOUND OF THE MUSCLES
- LOW-LEVEL COLD LASER
- REHABILITATION ORTHOTICS
Trigger Point Massage
Locating and breaking up knotty trigger points in the muscles of the head, neck, and shoulders is crucial — especially when chronic tension accompanies a headache or migraine condition. By increasing blood flow to those areas and subsequently decreasing the inflammation and pain we are ultimately creating the conditions necessary for your body to better and more rapidly heal.
Alpha Stim Technology
Electrical stimulation is an excellent modality for use in headache and migraine treatment because the electrical signals reduce both muscle spasms and the potential for referral pain into other areas. Electrical stimulation ‘scrambles’ the pain signals being sent to your brain and encourages healthy nerve stimulation.
Beneficial Soundwaves
Ultrasound, first and foremost, is not noisy and does not hurt. In fact, it feels good! Patients describe it as a warming sensation and like getting a mild massage. Additionally, ultrasound aids in returning proper circulation to sore and strained muscles by increasing blood flow through the application of heat.
The ultrasound device we use can penetrate up to 5 inches deep, which makes it appropriate for treating headache and migraine trigger points without needing to physically penetrate the skin.
Cold Laser Technology
Low-level cold laser application can reduce pain and inflammation, providing multiple benefits to headache and migraine sufferers.
Finally, cold laser application is a strong choice for headache and migraine treatment and other pain conditions because it helps to reconnect the neurological pathways.
Bite Force Realignment
When these muscles become overworked and forces imbalanced, harmony must be restored to achieve pain-free function. Neuromuscular Dentists like Dr. Ekstein use rehabilitation orthotics to make this possible. Dr. Ekstein performs occlusal adjustments to your rehab orthotic periodically throughout your headache and migraine treatment course. In this way your forces can be trained to achieve the optimal positions, the way mother nature originally intended. These breakthrough treatment protocols are only offered in this manner by neuromuscular dentists.
Use of other treatment modalities in tandem with rehabilitation orthotics is what makes long-term pain relief a reality!
END CHRONIC HEAD AND NECK TENSION -- BE FREE AGAIN!
New Jersey Headache Relief Center will begin by comprehensively diagnosing your chronic head and neck tension condition. Our diagnostic examinations can be completed in one visit, and you will know everything we uncover without delay. At the heart of every chronic head and neck tension conditions are specific causes — neuromuscular force imbalances that can be corrected. Dr. Ekstein builds a customized chronic tension treatment plan for each patient because each patient has unique force relationships and treatment needs.
NJHRC’s chronic head and neck tension treatments focus on root causes and NOT just alleviating symptoms temporarily. You could even be PAIN-FREE in under 3 months.