Dr. Jeffry

Finnigan, the author of "Life Beyond Headaches," has been treating

patients with headaches for more than 20 years.

"Paraphrased

Dorland's Medical Dictionary tells us that health is a state of wholeness,

in which all of the parts function at 100 percent all of the time,"

he said. "This is not the way we have been taught to think about

health today, in a society where absence or elimination of symptoms is

our focus. The concept of getting one's nerve system opened up through

specific spinal adjustment, allowing the body parts to work more harmoniously

advancing one's wellness, has long been the central theme in chiropractic."

Some may be

concerned that they have a personality that produces headaches, he added,

or overreact to situations and cause "stress" headaches. "Headaches

are not caused by your mind, your stress level or your diet," he

said. However, those factors can look like they are the very cause, simply

because they are actually the triggers for headaches in most people ...

those events will trigger headaches, but they are not the cause."

While Dr. Finnigan

agrees that personality, stress, hormones and other factors play a contributing

role in the continual production of this frustrating condition, he says

that clinical evidence demonstrates that these factors do not cause headaches.

"The Atlas

Orthogonal is a gentle, effective chiropractic technique used to restore

function to the upper cervical spine, where the Atlas (C-1) misalignment

can cause nerve interference (called subluxation)," he said. "This

is where Atlas neurovascular syndrome originates."

Dr. Finnigan's

book, "Life Beyond Headaches," is available at the Fayette County

Library and at the Durden Chiropractic Clinic. This book will also be

the topic of Durden's monthly health talk, tomorrow at 11 a.m.

The Durden

Chiropractic Clinic is at 1130 Senoia Road, Suite B-4, and performs the

Atlas Orthogonal chiropractic technique. The office files insurance and

has massage therapy available. For more information, a free consultation

or to attend the health talk, call 770-631-7600.

Dr. Marilyn

Durden

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