Freedom from headaches and migraines

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Dr. Nathalie Beauchamp Owner of Beauchamp Chiropractic: A Creating

Wellness Centre. Dr. Beauchamp is a wellness chiropractor, a

certified personal fitness trainer, a professional natural bodybuilder, a wellness consultant and lecturer.

Co-Author of the book Wellness On The Go Creator of Roadmap to Wellness, an on-line, self-

pace education/coaching program. Her mission is to bring wellness and optimal

health locally and globally.

“The doctor of the future will give no medicine,

but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause

and prevention of disease.” Attributed to Thomas Edison

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Freedom From

Headaches &

Migraines

Goals For Our Lecture

Looking at the way we think about symptoms and health

Understanding the different causes of headaches Understanding the impact of lifestyle stresses in

the physical, psychological and biochemical dimensions

Understanding the importance of your spine, posture and nervous system for the prevention of headaches and for overall well-being

The Top 12 Health and Dietary Habits That Contribute to Headaches

Questions

What is a Headache??

Pain anywhere in the region of the head and neck.

Can be a symptom of many different conditions.

Types of Headaches

Tension Type Migraines

Common Classic

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A STUDY OF 6,000 PEOPLE

WHO SUFFERED FROM

RECURRING HEADACHES

FOR 2 TO 25 YEARS

SHOWED THAT SPINAL MISALIGNMENT

WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR

IN THE CAUSE OF THE HEADACHE.

Headaches Caused By Damaged Structures In The Neck

To doctors’ amazement, it appears that chiropractors have been right all along. A team of doctors at Syracuse University has established it with scientific, anatomical proof. They’ve pinpointed damaged structures in the neck as the cause of the pain for many chronic headache sufferers.

“It’s true that chiropractors have been saying this for years,” Toronto physician Peter Rothbart concedes. “We’ve been struggling,” says the anesthetist and pain specialist. “We haven’t known what the hell we were doing.” “But today we can say: There is hope for headache sufferers.”

We’ve found damaged structures in the neck, and have gone on to prove they are the cause of the pain. It turns out that neck problems are the cause of their headaches.

Other common causes of headaches

Dehydration (we are 65% water) Eyesight (glasses) TMJ problems Food sensitivity Medication side effects Barometric changes Sugar levels

Onset of Headaches

20% of adults that suffer from headache state that their headaches started before the age of 10.

50% started before age of 20. 56% of boys and 74% of girls between

12 and 17 suffer from headaches at least 1x per month.

Covering Up Symptoms

VS Treating the Cause

Your Health – Your Life

HEALTH QUIZ True or False

Is it possible that a person could have heart disease,

cancer, high blood pressure and yet not feel a symptom?

TRUE or FALSE

HEALTH QUIZ True or False

When a person has no symptoms, it means that

he/she is healthy?

TRUE or FALSE

Health Definition:

“A condition of wholeness in which all of the organs are functioning 100% all of the time.”

Webster’s Dictionary

Body

100% Function

100% Optimal Health and Healing

Body

60% Function

Lower Immunity

Cancer/Heart Disease Asthma, Allergies

Symptoms first appear

Drugs

Disease Care vs. Wellness Care

Two models of “Health Care”with two distinct and different

intents and purposes.

Disease Care

What do I need to do to survive? (take meds, etc.)

Moving away from something you don’t want

Reactive

Worried about being a victim

Fear of dying

Wellness Care

What do I have to do to thrive? (take supplements, etc.)

Moving toward what you do want

Proactive

Empowered to be in control

Living actively

“The real concern is that so many people are taking pills; they are simply ignoring the warning signs of ill health. Pain tells

us something is wrong.”

In an average year, 1.6 million people are hospitalized due to the side effects of prescribed drugs.

106 ,000 people die each year from side effects of prescribed drugs − the equivalent of three jumbo-jet crashes every 2 days. JAMA—December 21, 1994, Vol.272, No.23, p.1851

1 in 3 TV commercials is a drug advertisement. By the time the average child reaches 18, they have seen 20,000 hours of drug commercials.

Too Many Drugs!

A Question to Make You Think….

When you have a headache are you suffering from an aspirin

shortage?

Daily Aspirin?…Increases the Risk of Brain Hemorrhage

Medical researchers have found that taking daily dosages of aspirin could reduce the number of heart attacks by 32%.

However…They also found that daily aspirin could

increase the risk of hemorrhagic stroke and serious gastrointestinal damage by 84%.

JAMA Dec. 9, 1998 JAMA June 3, 1988 V 259,n21 Medical World News May 23, 1988,

V 29, n10

About Tylenol Risks People who take Acetaminophen

(Tylenol) every day for a year, increase their risk of kidney failure by 40%

The link between liver damage and Acetaminophen was reported 3 decades ago.

Children’s Tylenol now has a warning label due to the fact that 100 children die per year due to liver or kidney failure.

Health Facts, April 1996 v 21, n 203 Associated Press, Jan 5,

1996

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What are the Determinants of Longevity & Quality of Life?

Genetics? Lifestyle ? Brain and Nervous System?

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Lifestyle Effects on Longevity

Normal Blood Pressure: Adds 4 yrs Normal Cholesterol: Adds 4 yrs Healthy Weight: Adds 1-3 yrs Regular Exercise: Adds 1-3 yrs Optimistic Outlook: Adds 6-7 yrs

By eating a clean diet, being fit, and thinking well you can add up to 21 years to your life!                                       

The Lifestyle Choices You Make Today Will Determine YOUR Health Tomorrow!

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Stress anyone?

Why stress is so important to understand

Stress is one of

the leading contributors

to

preventable disease.

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Two Types of Stress

1. Positive stress = Eustress

2. Negative stress = Distress

Not all stress is bad stress.

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What is stress?

Hans Selye was the founder of the concept of stress.

He was a Canadian MD, Ph.D., endocrinologist and became famous for

presenting his research on the concept of Stress as a specific condition he termed GAS – General Adaptation Syndrome.

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The Effects of Stress

Doubles the rate of heart and cardiovascular problems

More than doubles the rate of anxiety and depression

Doubles the rate of substance abuse Doubles the rate of infectious diseases Doubles the rate of relationship problems Triples the rate of back pain Contribute to a five time increase in some

cancers

Causes of subluxations

Physical Stress

Bio-chemical Stress

Psychological Stress

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The Birth Process

Physical Stress Birth trauma Slips and falls Inactivity Overwork Illness Motor vehicle injury Sport injury Electromagnetic stresses:

Cell phones Fluorescent lights High voltage power lines Microwave ovens Television Computers

Psychological Stress Anger Anxiety Depression Fear Guilt Inadequate sleep Deadlines Family life Finances Relationships Co-Workers Traffic

Biochemical Stress Alcohol Caffeine Drugs (all kinds) Nicotine Nutritional deficiencies Processed foods/sugar Pollution Processed foods

Is Your Panel Tripping

Subluxations

Subluxations are misalignments of the spine incurred when the body is stressed

beyond it’s capacity to adapt. Subluxations create interference on the

nervous system which is the master system.

Subluxations

Damage you nerves Cause tissue inflammation Cause muscles to tighten and knot Weaken you body Set the stage for sickness and disease

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The Human Body: A Wonderful Machine

• The human is designed for strength, flexibility,

endurance and adaptability.

• When properly maintained and used it is designed

to last a lifetime.

• From the rear the spine of the human body is not

only straight but supported by a level pelvis.

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Designed For Strength

• Like a suspension bridge normal curves

provide strength and protection of the

nervous system.• Cervical Lordosis • Thoracic Kyphosis• Lumbar Lordosis• A healthy spine will have a gravity line

through the: - ear - shoulder

- hip - ankle

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Buddy Up For a Posture Check

• Check for:

- level shoulders

- level pelvis

- head tilt

- anterior head carriage

Your Nervous System = Your Life Line

Nervous System Fact 1.

We live our lives through our nervous systems: it’s the master system

Nervous System Fact 2:

The nervous system coordinates all tissues, cells and organs in the body.

Nervous System Fact 3.

Nervous System Interference

A state of the body where overwhelming lifestyle stress causes interference with the nervous system function and results in spinal misalignment.

The Insight Subluxation - Space Certified Technology!

Insight Millennium Scans: measure your Nervous System

Certified by the Space Foundation and as been used by NASA to measure pre and post stress on Astronaut’s nervous system

Only 10% of the nervous System perceive pain

The other 90% is divided into the Motor system (muscles) and the Autonomic Nervous system (organs, blood vessels etc…)

Scans are measuring the what you don’t necessary feel!

Scan Colors: What Do They Mean?

Normative Data

Thermal Scan: Autonomic Nerves

Static EMG: Motor Nerves

Colors on your scan are like “stains” on your nervous system!

Ask your self these questions: how long have you had your “stains” and how embedded in your

nervous system are they?

“Look well to the spine for the

cause of disease.”

Hippocrates, 324 BC

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What happen to Subluxations that are

not corrected??

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Phase 1 – Subluxation Decay

Phase 2 - Subluxation Decay

Phase 3 Subluxation Decay

The Chiropractic Principles

1. The body is a self healing, self regulating organism.

2. The nervous system is responsible for coordinating the function of every cell, tissue and organ in the body. (Gray’s Anatomy, 29th Edition, Page 4)

3. Subluxations (spinal misalignment) are the #1 cause of interference with the body’s inborn or innate intelligence which is the ability to self heal and self regulate through the nervous system.

4. Chiropractic is the only healing science responsible for locating and correcting subluxations through the Chiropractic Adjustment, thereby restoring the body’s ability to heal itself.

Headaches Food Triggers

 • Caffeine• Red wine• Aged cheese• Chocolate (particularly dark

chocolate)• Nuts• Preserved foods• Cured meats ( they contain certain

chemicals that make migraines worse)

• Alcohol• Processed or packaged (they contain

certain chemicals)

The Top 12 Health and Dietary Habits That Contribute to Headaches

1) Bad sleep habits cause headaches  

Sleeping Position

The Top 12 Health and Dietary Habits That Contribute to Headaches

 2) Too much caffeine and/or chocolate causes headaches

The Top 12 Health and Dietary Habits That Contribute to Headaches

3) A diet that contains too much monosodium glutamate (MSG), NutraSweet, Aspartame, diet sodas causes headaches

MSG in disguise…

MSG might not necessarily list “MSG” or “monosodium glutamate” on the label.

Instead, you’ll see: hydrolyzed vegetable protein, natural flavorings, sodium caseinate, yeast extract, hydrolyzed yeast, autolyzed yeast, hydrolyzed oat flour, calcium caseinate, hydrolyzed plant protein, hydrolyzed protein.

Protein isolates of any type may contain MSG, even soy protein. If you eat processed foods, it will be rare for you to see a label

without one of these! Every fast food chain uses it in their food ingredients!

The Top 12 Health and Dietary Habits That Contribute to Headaches

4) Low blood sugar from not eating regular meals causes headaches.

The Top 12 Health and Dietary Habits That Contribute to Headaches

 5) Low blood sugar from eating too many carbohydrate foods in a meal causes headaches.

The Top 12 Health and Dietary Habits That Contribute to Headaches

 6) Low blood sugar from not enough protein in the meal or in the diet causes headaches.

The Top 12 Health and Dietary Habits That Contribute to Headaches

 7) Food allergies cause headaches

The Top 12 Health and Dietary Habits That Contribute to Headaches

 8) Faulty digestion and elimination causes headaches

The Top 12 Health and Dietary Habits That Contribute to Headaches

9) Dehydration causes headaches

The Top 12 Health and Dietary Habits That Contribute to Headaches

10) Malnutrition causes headaches

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How do “YOUR” Multi-Vitamins rate in terms of absorption/quality?

Quest Extra once per day 1 star Equate Complete 1 star Centrum no star Life Brand Optimum .5 star One a Day Adult no star Kirkland Daily Multi .5 star Jamieson Regular Vita-Min 1 star GNC Ultra Mega 1.5 star Equate Century Complete no star Sisu Multi Active 2.0 stars Swiss Super Adult 2.0 stars Douglas Laboratories 5.0 stars Creating Wellness 5.0 stars

The Top 12 Health and Dietary Habits That Contribute to Headaches

 11) Stress causes headaches

The Top 12 Health and Dietary Habits That Contribute to Headaches

 12. Processed foods cause headaches

Diet that Reduces Inflammation

Fruits: apples, acerola berries, fresh pineapple, guavas, grapefruit and rhubarb, kiwi fruit, lemons, limes, oranges,kumquats, black currants, blueberries, raspberries, mulberries and strawberries, papaya, cherries, and tomatoes

Vegetables: spinach, sweet potatoes, bell peppers, cabbage, bok choy, onion, leeks, garlic, green onions, broccoli, cauliflower, broccoli sprouts, brussel sprouts, greens

Herbs & Spices: basil, oregano, mint, cloves, turmeric, cayenne peppers, chili peppers, parsley, rosemary

Diet that Reduces Inflammation

Fish and Meats: cod, halibut, salmon, snapper, bass, whitefish, herring, trout, sardines, grass-fed beef, pork, naturally raised (not on grain) chicken and turkey

Whole Grains: brown rice, whole wheat, buckwheat, barley, rye, millet, spelt

Fats: extra virgin olive oil, avocado, hazelnuts, almonds, walnuts

Natural Remedies that Help Decrease Headache and/or

Inflammation

• Ginger• Omega-3 Fats• Antioxidant Vitamins• Magnesium• Feverfew• Germanium

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Acupuncture

5 Properties:

• Anti-Inflammatory

• Analgesic

• Homeostatic

• Sedation

• Motor Function

Sri Lanka- Dr. Anton Jayasuriya, M.D. Rheumatologist

“Take good care of your body.It’s the only place you have to

live.”

Jim Rohn