Jeff LangmaidFounder, The Evidence Based Chiropractor

Can Chiropractic Care Impact Migraine Pathophysiology? 🧠

19 Jan 2025 · 1 min

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Jeff Langmaid (YouTube video) outlines the complex pathophysiology of migraine, naming implicated systems and molecules: the trigeminal vascular system, brainstem nuclei, hypothalamus, thalamus, cortex, adrenal signaling, potassium channels, and pituitary polypeptides. He raises the question whether chiropractic care/spinal adjusting might influence some of these mechanisms, notes that research is still incomplete, and points out clinicians often observe beneficial effects in practice.

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Now, when we talk about the pathophysiology, this gets complex really fast. But they highlight the fact that migraines probably have something to do with the trigeminal vascular system, with the brainstem nuclei, with the hypothalamus and thalamus and the cortex. They identify adrenal signaling, potassium channels, as well as pituitary polypeptides have all been implicated in the pathogenesis of of migraines. So that is a big deal, and it's something that we need to keep an eye out for now. Also, some of those items that they highlight in terms of the pathogenesis, I've seen pop up, let me say, in terms of chiropractic research and spinal adjusting. So can we make an influencer impact on that? I think there's a lot of that story still to be told in the research. But there's probably no question in your practice, you've seen the results of the care that you've delivered on individuals struggling with migraines.