Discover Life Chiropractic

If headaches keep coming back, the question isn't only “How do I make this one go away?”

It's also: Why does it keep happening? 🤕

At Discover Life Chiropractic, Dr. Dave takes a deeper look at headache patients—including the upper cervical spine, cranial function, and, when appropriate, the stability of the ligaments supporting the neck.

Because different headaches can have different drivers.

This October, we're going to show you some of the things we look for when headaches just won't leave you alone.

📍 Tacoma, WA

The backpacks are packed. 🎒
The routines are back. 📅
The school year is officially underway. 📚

Now there’s one more routine worth keeping:
Taking care of yourself. 💙

September may be ending, but your health doesn’t have to go back to the bottom of the priority list.

Take care of yourself. Look out for your family. Remind your friends to do the same.

Because getting isn’t just a September thing.

📞 Ready to get back on the schedule? Give us a call!

A lot of people think about their health only when something hurts.

But taking care of yourself doesn’t have to start with a crisis.

Pay attention to the little things.

The stiffness that keeps showing up.

The headache you’re getting more often.

The back that doesn’t feel quite right after sitting all day.

The things you’ve slowly started calling “normal.”

Your body communicates with you every day.

The goal is to start listening before it has to yell. 💙

The kids have their schedule.
Sports have a schedule.
School has a schedule.
Work DEFINITELY has a schedule. 😂

So…when did you disappear from the calendar?

If you’ve spent the last few months saying:
“I need to make an appointment.”
“I’ll call next week.”
“I just haven’t had time.”
This is us lovingly interrupting that cycle. 💙😂

📞 Give us a call. Let’s get YOU back on the schedule.

Moms in September:

“Did you eat?”
“Where are your shoes?”
“Did you do your homework?”
“Do you have practice tonight?”
“Where is the permission slip?”
“WHO MOVED THE CALENDAR?!” 😂
Meanwhile, that thing you’ve been meaning to do for yourself since approximately June…
Still waiting. 👀

You spend a LOT of time taking care of everyone else.

This is your reminder that taking care of you belongs on the list too. 💙

Send this to a mom who needs the reminder.

You know you want one! 💆‍♀️

Headache → pain reliever → feels better → headache comes back → repeat. 🔄
Sound familiar?

Sometimes focusing only on where something hurts means we never stop to ask the bigger question:
Why does it keep coming back?

There are many potential causes of recurring headaches, which is why proper evaluation matters.

When neck dysfunction appears to be part of the picture, evaluating the cervical spine can help us better understand what may be contributing to the problem.
Stop settling for “it always does this.”

Let’s figure out what your body is telling you. 💙

📞 Call our office to schedule an evaluation.

We hear this one all the time:

“I just get headaches.”

As if they’re simply something you’re supposed to accept. 🤕

Having headaches frequently doesn’t automatically make them “normal.”
Headaches can have many different causes, and recurring or changing headaches deserve appropriate evaluation rather than simply assuming you have to live with them.

If headaches have become part of your routine, it may be time to start asking why they keep happening.

💙 You don’t have to make pain part of your normal.

Think about how much of a typical day is spent looking down. 👀

School → Chromebook → homework → phone → gaming → repeat.
And adults…we’re not exactly innocent either. 😂📱

Your posture doesn’t have to be PERFECT all day. What matters is breaking up those long periods in the same position.

Stand up. Move around. Change positions. Bring the screen up when you can. Give your body a break.

Your neck will appreciate it. 💙

Before your kid heads out the door tomorrow, do a quick backpack check. 🎒

✔️ Both straps on
✔️ Backpack sitting close to the body
✔️ Unnecessary stuff cleaned out

Between backpacks, desks, Chromebooks, homework, phones, sports and everything else kids do, their bodies already deal with plenty throughout the day.

The backpack doesn’t need to add more than necessary. 😉

And if your child is regularly complaining about neck or back discomfort, don’t automatically brush it off.
Pay attention to what their body is telling you. 💙