Conditions · Headaches & migraines
Migraines that run your calendar — and nothing has touched them.
You’ve probably already tried…
The elimination diets. The preventives and the abortives. The dark room. Maybe Botox, maybe a neurologist who shrugged. If you’re here, something is still being missed — and you know it.
What we do differently
We look for why your nervous system keeps firing: the HIDN® exam covers hormonal, immune, detox and neurological function together. Gentle Koren Specific Technique — no twisting, cracking or popping — plus functional testing to find the driver, not just the trigger.
Where headaches come from, in our experience
A migraine is rarely one thing. The upper neck and the base of the skull — where the vagus nerve exits — carry tension that refers pain into the head; occipital neuralgia is the classic example, and one of our patient stories is exactly that. Hormonal swings change the threshold. Gut infections and food sensitivities keep the body inflamed. Adrenal stress and poor sleep lower the ceiling. A nervous system stuck in fight-or-flight fires at things it should ignore.
Treat only the trigger — the light, the smell, the weather — and the driver keeps going. Our work is finding the driver.
What the first visit looks like for this
It is one real hour. Your history first — what you have tried, what helped, what did not. Then the HIDN® exam: hormonal, immune, detoxification and neurological function looked at together, plus a gentle structural exam. You leave with a plain-English explanation of what we would test and why. Nothing is sold at visit one; the plan comes at your Report of Findings. For headaches we pay particular attention to the upper cervical spine and skull base, your sleep and hormone history, and whether a functional gut or hormone panel would tell us something a neurologist’s work-up did not.
“Fifteen years of migraines. Six months here and I planned a vacation without checking my forecast apps.”
Patient story · video
Questions people ask
Can a chiropractor help with migraines?
Often, yes — when the migraine has a structural or nervous-system component, which many do. Tension at the base of the skull and upper neck refers pain into the head, and gentle correction there changes what the nervous system is reacting to. We do not twist or crack the neck; Koren Specific Technique uses very light, specific force.
What if my MRI and blood work are normal?
Normal results on general tests are common in people who feel terrible. General tests rule out the dangerous causes; they are not designed to find functional ones. Our functional testing looks at hormones, adrenal rhythm, gut infection and inflammation — the things that lower a migraine threshold and that a standard work-up does not measure.
How many visits before I notice a difference?
Many people notice a change in the first few visits, but the honest answer comes at your Report of Findings, once we have your history and exam. Fifteen years of migraines will not resolve in a week, and we will not tell you they will. What we can promise is a plan with a schedule and a total — no surprises mid-stream.
Care that may be part of your plan
Individual results vary. Patient stories describe one person’s experience and are not a promise of outcome.
First visit — $150
A real hour: your history, a HIDN® exam, and a plain-English plan. Cash-pay. Request a time — a person confirms.
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