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What are the benefits of keeping a headache diary?
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Dr Aaron Albrecht
Chiropractor
Dr. Aaron Albrecht works at Body Wise Chiropractic in Bibra Lake, Western Australia. The clinic is located within a gym, and Dr. Albrecht is the … View Profile
Hi,
There are two main benefits of keeping a headache diary. Firstly, in doing so you gain valuable insight to the frequency, severity and location pattern of your headaches; this will be useful to your chiropractor or other physician in diagnosing the specific kind of headache (i.e. migraine, tension type headache, cervicogenic headache, cluster headache etc.). The second main benefit is that once treatment has begun, you have at least a moderately objective measurement of any benefits gained from treatment. These benefits may be as simple as a reduction in the frequency or severity of your headaches, or something less easy to define, like your headaches only being a tightness in the back of the head post treatment, where they were also reaching into the forehead or eye previously.
Hope this helps.
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