Yes...Chiro's really do help. Not only are they good for the autonomic nervous system, they help clusters and migraines. Not a cure, but I have found relief in the form of longer remission periods. Worth a shot

Kim 

During the long time that I have been here I have never heard anyone one say that chiropractic care helped there clusters.  It always leaves disapointment.  I personally have tried a chirpractor and found no relief despite best efforts.  I also tried physical therapy and cranial sacrial therapy with no luck.  Could it just be that your cycle is going out of peak?

The hypothalimus is only one of the causes to CH.( their best theory) Yes, the chiro is musculoskeletal- BUT , you must be aware of how it affects the nervous and vasculor system. So before anyone jumps to conclusions. Do some research. In the back of the neck area lies the central nervous system whick controls EVERYTHING, including the hypothalimus. It is not a cure, but it does appear to have some effect on my CH. (Longer remission periods). In no way has my CH's gone away, nor when they hit, they are still the same pain frequency. I hope that some of you will try to see a chiropractor and see how it may benefit you. I've had CH's for 15 years now. I do not anticipate the next one until sometime in the fall. Just because the name "newbie" appear with my screen name here does not mean I don't know what I'm talking about, and for some that suggest that I do not have CH, are very welcome to take my next CH...try it on for size and then tell me I don't have them. Characteristics of clusters can be different from one sufforer to another, but still the same bottom line...they hit...you hold your head and rock back and forth ...puke if you don't get your meds quick enough, and then it's gone until the next hit. This is just advice, and the chiro does have some effect...maybe little, but I'll take that little effect 

So Brew went to the wrong school and apparently I have had no schooling because I am just confused- Chiropractors help with cluster headaches but not with pain.  Longer remission times?  maybe that's a connection I can see-  maybe having to do with the effect that chiropractors help with tension?   One might question whether it was the chiropractor or just how your cycle goes-  I certainly don't have answer-  The beast is mysterious!

Anyway-  I do still hope you're next cycle is shorter and hoping you get more painfree days.  Theres alot to learn on this site and so much information that can benefit us-

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Dayam Chuck, throwing around the caps are we?
Bone crackers are not a treatment for CH. PERIOD!
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Your killin me. Hows 29 years of research grab ya. I have had mine triggered by the bone cracker.

Chiropractors believe a whole lot of things.

That doesn't make them true.

If they make you feel better, keep going and keep shelling out your hard-earned cash. But don't for one second try to dupe the unsuspecting into believing what you believe. You are in a very, very small minority.

There are lots and lots of people here who've tried chiropractic to relieve CH, and they all report it doesn't work. I include myself in that group.

Heres how I see it-  Lots of new people come to this board looking for help and for the experience and guidance of those who have been down many avenues looking for help.   The experience of these folks is priceless.  They have heard somewhere that chiropractors or massage or whatever treatment will help them, began to get excited and rushed to get the treatment and boom - yet another failed treatment and still in pain. then thru trial and error and lots of $ , they find the most effective treatments and guess what those most effective treatments are ones that are shared by many-

What the experience collectively tells us is what has worked for many and what hasn't worked for most.  Part of this message board in my opinion- is to get folks to the right kinds of treatment and help them avoid going down the wrong avenue in search of pain relief. 

Hence Chiropractors-  all the experience has told us that Chiros don't help CH.  Plain and simple.  Do they help with others things?  Probably... no experience here. 

We want to point people toward the treatments that reportedly have the most success in getting people pain free and able to manage their lives better. 

I welcome that-  its hard enough to wade thru the BS as it is.  So what you may see Kimberly is folks rushing to discourage Chiro as a legitimate form of treatment for CH and probably pretty passionately. 

Thank god for those who have tried it and found it didn't work and I probably would be going every week

Now- if it helps you in any way- keep on keeping on-  Do it!  I am glad it does help you.   But remember that newbies will try anything -  Doesn't it make sense to steer them to the most effective treatments and docs out there? 

Hoping you're still pain free and glad you decided to join the group here.   

Kelly

Keep it up Kimmie and I'll start saying you're crazier than a sprayed cockroach......

Chiropractors do NOTHING for cluster headache. I's been discussed and discussed, and rediscussed and the overwhelming answer is "Nope".

Scott

seasonalboomer wrote on Aug 11^th, 2008 at 11:47pm:


I take that as a compliment!!!