Vice President of Chiropractic & Compliance, JOINT CORP (THE)
Dr. Steve Knauf of The Joint Chiropractic shares tips for migraines and headaches ~ @thejointchiro #
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About Steven Knauf
Dr. Steven Knauf, Vice President of Chiropractic & Compliance at The Joint Chiropractic, has appeared in multiple media segments in 2024 and 2025 to discuss chiropractic care for various health conditions. In a May 2025 interview, he discussed arthritis awareness, distinguishing between osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, and stated that chiropractic care can help restore joint range of motion to keep patients active. In September 2024 interviews, he discussed the role of chiropractic in managing headaches and migraines, stating that adjustments can help restore motion and optimize the nervous system, and that long-term care may reduce reliance on over-the-counter medications. He also promoted breathing exercises, such as square breathing and alternate nostril breathing, as tools to reduce stress and improve overall wellness. Knauf has described The Joint Chiropractic's business model as focused on removing barriers to care, noting that approximately 85% of the company's revenue comes from memberships)Skip to content
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Cyrus Webb0:00
Welcome to Conversations Live. For more than a decade we've brought you the best in books, entertainment, celebrity interviews, and current events. When the movers and shakers of the world have something to say to you, they say it to us first. Here's your host, Cyrus Webb.
Welcome back everyone to Conversations Live. I'm your host Cyrus Webb. Glad you all are here. Join us once again for a radio audience tuning in at WED 94.1 FM and wedonline.com. We're glad that you all can be with us. Also tuning in online via our podcast at iHeart Radio and Amazon Music. We're glad you all could be with us as well. Well, there's a lot of things that are going on today for us, and I know for a lot of you guys, you're dealing with stresses, and many of you guys are dealing with something that's very debilitating, that being headaches. According to the National Headache Foundation, migraines rank as the second leading cause of disability worldwide, affecting a staggering 40 million individuals in the United States alone. But did you know that chiropractic care could be a tool you can use to alleviate that pain and even prevent future headaches? Here to talk to us more about that, we're excited to welcome back Dr. Steve Knauf to our broadcast. You guys know him from The Joint Chiropractic. We'll talk to him not only about some common causes of migraines but also how chiropractic care is something that can help. Dr. Knauf, always a pleasure to have you on. Thanks again for the time.
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Steven Knauf1:17
Of course, thanks for having me again, Cyrus. Always happy to be here.
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Cyrus Webb1:22
Well, look, I appreciate that. I have to say, I'm not a person who deals with headaches a great deal, and definitely I haven't had any experiences with migraines, but it's hard to believe how many people are impacted by this. Dr. Knauf, I want to begin there. What are some common causes of migraines and headaches?
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Steven Knauf1:41
Yeah, if you've not experienced this, you are very fortunate. This is something that we see coming through the doors of our clinics really very frequently, and it has a pretty serious impact on the quality of people's lives. It's very debilitating. The causes of headaches or migraines, unfortunately for the patients that experience them, can be a wide variety of things. When it comes to healthcare, a lot of people want to be able to put their finger on something and say, 'This is the thing that's causing this migraine or this headache.' With migraines and headaches, that's sometimes difficult to do. It can be caused by things like genetic predisposition where it just runs in your family. It can be bad or irregular sleep. It can be dietary issues where you're eating or drinking something that's triggering these headaches or migraines. It can be chronic physical or mental stress. I'm sitting right now not really minding my posture, and over time that can put a lot of stress on my neck and upper back that can trigger headaches. It can just be a vast variety of causes for patients, and that creates frustration in trying to determine what's causing it.
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Cyrus Webb3:08
Yeah, and I'm so glad you went through that because I think for a lot of people, Dr. Knauf, they may not think about the different things that can cause it. So they may not also think about how chiropractic care ties into it. So how can chiropractic care help alleviate migraines and headaches?
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Steven Knauf3:28
Chiropractic care is really all about helping your body be better at handling all the kinds of stress that we have. There's physical stress, there's mental stress that we experience, and there's also chemical stress from the things that we eat or expose our bodies to. The idea with chiropractic is to optimize the nervous system, which organizes all of the responses to these stressors in our life to keep our bodies going and healthy. Additionally, long-term chiropractic care can help relieve neck and upper back tension, it can help reduce pain or discomfort or inflammation, and for folks that go through long-term chiropractic care, they may even see a reduction in having to rely on or use over-the-counter medications like Advil or Tylenol. If you can reduce having to use Tylenol or Advil, that has great health benefits to anybody.
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Cyrus Webb4:29
Right, exactly. So I think for a lot of our audience, when they're thinking about if they are having problems with headaches, Dr. Knauf, what are some tips to prevent or help headaches once they've started?
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Steven Knauf4:41
We always recommend, just because of the wide variety of issues that can cause headaches or migraines, talk to a chiropractor. They'll be able to give you some specific tips and tricks based on what you're experiencing. But in general, if you're experiencing headaches or migraines, a couple things that you can try: one, prioritize sleep. I think I've been on this show before talking about the importance of sleep and how basically no one is getting seven or eight hours. That is so important to our overall health. Reduce overstimulation, and that's really through the use of screens—the cell phones that we're on, the laptops, the TVs that we expose ourselves to. All of that can mess with your nervous system, and if you can reduce or eliminate it, that helps settle your body back down into a state where it can start to heal itself. The final one is try to find relaxing activities. Yoga is a great option. Meditation, breath work—which I think we've talked about previously—that's becoming a new popular way to help settle and calm your body down from all the stress that we experience. Try any of those, and that might be helpful to reduce or eliminate the headaches or migraines that you're experiencing.
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Cyrus Webb6:00
Well, great tips for us to be able to use for ourselves personally, Dr. Knauf, but also to be able to share with our loved ones. As I mentioned, it's not something that I personally have dealt with, but I do have friends of mine that talk about migraines quite a bit, so this is great to be able to pass on to them. Again, everyone, Dr. Steve Knauf has been our guest from The Joint Chiropractic. Dr. Knauf, let the audience know how can they stay connected with the work that The Joint is doing.
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Steven Knauf6:23
Yeah, for more information around chiropractic or headaches and migraines, you can visit thejoint.com.
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Cyrus Webb6:31
All right, and we'll make sure that we link that up as well. Dr. Knauf, always a pleasure having you on the broadcast. Thanks again for the time, and looking forward to our next chat together.
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Steven Knauf6:37
I appreciate it, Cyrus. Take care, and we thank your audience for tuning in.
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Cyrus Webb6:43
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