Headaches & migraine · New York & South Carolina
Frequent headaches usually have a cause, and painkillers can’t tell you what it is.
If this sounds familiar, you’re in the right place.
- A headache the moment you wake
- Migraines that wipe out the day
- Sensitive to light and noise
- Worse around your period
- Throbbing behind one eye
- Nausea when it gets bad
Planning around headaches isn’t normal. There’s usually a reason for them.
You feel it in your head. It often starts somewhere else.
Headache care often focuses on the head, so what sets them off can get missed.
- 01
Gut
Certain foods, and how your gut handles them, can set off a headache hours later, long after you’d connect the two.
- 02
Hormones
Worse at certain times of the month, or since menopause? Shifting hormone levels are often part of the reason.
- 03
Stress
Years of stress keep your body wound up, your shoulders and jaw tight, and the headaches follow.
- 04
Minerals
Low on magnesium? It can make headaches come more often and hang on longer.
- 05
Sleep
A rough night makes you more sensitive to pain the next day, so poor rest can turn into a headache by lunch.
You’ve probably tried some of these.
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You’ve tracked every trigger and tried the pills. The next step is looking beyond your head.
The headache is the alarm. Something else is setting it off.
On a bad day, all you want is for the pain to stop, so you reach for a pill or a dark room. That makes sense. But the pain is usually your body reacting to something else, and that something is still there tomorrow.
Food your gut struggles with, hormones that swing through the month, low magnesium, a bad night, a tight neck and jaw: each one makes a headache easier to set off. When two or three stack up, it takes very little to start one.
- What you feelA headache most days, often by mid-afternoon
- What’s driving itBlood sugar dipping, with your neck and jaw tight from stress
- Where it startsLow magnesium, poor sleep and years of pressure
So instead of chasing the pain, we go looking for what’s behind it.
Find what’s setting off your headaches. Then go after it.
- 01
Test properly.
We look at your gut, hormone patterns, stress, minerals, blood sugar, sleep and what you eat, not just your head.
- 02
Find the pattern.
We look for patterns and likely triggers, including ones a diary can miss.
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Build your plan.
Four months of custom supplements, a curriculum and 1:1 coaching, with changes made one step at a time.
Meet Dr. Anthony Alphonso and the Back to Wellness team.
We’re a functional medicine practice for people who’ve been told they’re fine but still don’t feel it. Anthony has been in practice since 2007.
It started with his son, whose eczema and gut trouble weren’t getting better with the usual treatment. Anthony went looking further than he’d been trained to, finished his functional medicine training in 2009, and watched his son’s health turn around. He’s been doing the same for patients ever since.
- Since 2007in clinical practice
- NY, SC & FLlicensed in all three
- 5.027 Google reviews
What makes us different.
Managing symptoms
- Painkillers when it hits
- Scans, but still no reason why
- One medication after another
- Every invitation gets a “maybe”
Finding the root cause
- Testing for what sets them off
- Gut, hormones and minerals read together
- A plan built around what we find
- Working toward saying yes to plans again
If you saw yourself in that list, start with a call.
It’s free, it takes 15 minutes, and it’s the quickest way to find out whether we can help. Here’s how it goes:
- You tell us what’s been going on, and what you’ve tried.
- We tell you honestly whether we can help.
- You leave knowing your next step, either way.
No cost and no obligation.
From patients who’d run out of answers.
“My momma and I did the program together… Mom’s migraines went away.”
“…I seemed more calm and not as overwhelmed as I used to be.”
“…I’ve seen better sleep, more stamina and energy and better emotional health.”
“It’s worth it to feel healthy again.”
“My sleep is improved, and I’m able to take on more tasks at work and home with positive energy.”
“Today I sleep 7 hours a night, my energy level is awesome.”
If any of this sounds like you, we’d love to hear your story. It starts with a free 15-minute call.
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“I had daily headaches from the moment I opened my eyes for the day to when I closed them at night.”
“…it hit me that I hadn’t had a headache in over a week…”
She’d seen a neurologist for three and a half years. A year later, she says she’d had just three headaches.
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“My biggest health concern was that I had daily headaches from the moment I opened my eyes for the day to when I closed them at night. I had seen a neurologist for 3 1/2 yrs. We tried 3 different meds and Botox with no relief. After being on this program for 6 wks, it hit me that I hadn’t had a headache in over a week and a year later, I have had just 3 headaches.”
Patient stories are individual experiences. Results vary from person to person.
The questions everyone asks.
But I’ve seen a neurologist, and my scans were clear.
That’s good news, and worth having. Clear scans rule out the serious causes. They don’t show what’s happening in your gut, hormones or mineral levels, and that’s where we start.
But I don’t have time for this.
The first step is a 15-minute call. After that, coaching fits around your week, all from home.
But will insurance cover it?
No. Our patients invest in the program directly, and we walk you through everything on the call so there are no surprises.
But do I have to come off my medication?
No. Please don’t change anything on your own. We work alongside your physician, and any decision about medication stays between you and them.
But what if it’s something serious?
Call 911 for a sudden, severe headache unlike any before, or one with weakness, numbness, confusion or trouble speaking, or after a head injury. See a doctor soon for headaches with fever or vision changes.
Ready when you are.
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“It’s worth it to feel healthy again.”
“My sleep is improved, and I’m able to take on more tasks at work and home with positive energy.”
“Today I sleep 7 hours a night, my energy level is awesome.”
“I’ve learned that I was in a Sick-care system, not a Health-care system.”
“I had digestive issues and I was always tired. I generally just ‘didn’t feel good’ all the time.”
“I have balanced gut health, sleep well, have regular and easy digestion.”
“I was tired all the time, body aches, heart palpitations and overall felt unwell.”
“I continue to go see him and he has uncovered a lot of underlying issues… My overall health has significantly improved after going to see him and taking his advice.”
“I have lost weight, and I am eating healthier. I am feeling good my overall health is improving.”
“By putting myself first my total mindset has changed, and I’ve learned how to take care for me.”
“For years I have struggled with eating right and feeling sick and tired all the time. Aches and pains for no reason.”
“I had resigned myself to thinking this was just something I would just have to bear in life… Given time… my neck and back pain disappeared completely.”
“I have been a patient of Dr. Alphonso’s for over 13 years and he has helped me tremendously with all of my health concerns.”
“My husband and I get out on the disc golf field and do 18 holes, we are hiking, doing yoga.”
Patient stories are individual experiences. Results vary from person to person.