A Brain & Body Approach to Migraine, Headaches & Complex Conditions
Giving you more pain-free days
Greensboro and the Triad’s Choice for Migraine, Headache and TMJ Relief
It's Not Just a Headache.
It's the dizziness when you turn your head. The tightness in your neck. The jaw pain or clenching. The sensitivity to light, sound, movement, or a busy room. The fatigue that shows up for no clear reason. The sense that your body just doesn't handle things the way it used to.
You've probably already seen a neurologist, a dentist, a physical therapist — maybe all three. You've tried medications, exercises, mouth guards, supplements, lifestyle changes. Some of it helped. None of it fully explained why.
That's because no one's connected the dots yet.
At Gate City Physio, we start from a different question. Not "where does it hurt?" — but what systems are driving this, and how are they interacting?
Your sensory processing, your autonomic nervous system, your neck and jaw, all talk to each other. When one becomes overloaded, the others often follow — which is why migraine so often travels with dizziness, jaw tension, and a nervous system that's simply working too hard.
We map those connections first. Then we build a plan to change what's changeable, build capacity where you need it most, and help your brain and body become more adaptable over time — not just quieter for a day.
Migraine & Headache
If you're struggling with chronic headaches or migraines, Gate City Physio offers a holistic, neuro-orthopedic approach to address your pain. We understand these conditions are often linked to how your entire system processes stress, movement, and sensory input, going beyond just head pain. Our goal is to provide lasting relief by calming your system and building a more resilient you, helping you get back to fully enjoying life.
Migraine & Vestibular Migraine
Pediatric & Adolescent Headaches
Adult Chronic Headaches
TMJ/TMD— Jaw & Facial Pain
If you're struggling with TMJ or facial pain, Gate City Physio offers a holistic approach that goes beyond just the jaw. We understand this pain often stems from broader patterns of stress, tension, and nervous system overload, impacting your neck, posture, and even how your brain processes signals. Our goal is to provide lasting relief by gently retraining these patterns, helping you find ease and confidence again.
Teeth grinding and clenching (bruxism)
Myofascial pain
Degenerative Joint Disease
Complex and Overlapping Conditions
If you're dealing with dizziness, EDS or joint hypermobility, dysautonomia, or sensory sensitivity, you already know how hard it is to find a provider who treats the whole picture instead of one symptom at a time. Gate City Physio specializes in the overlap — calming a dysregulated nervous system while building the stability and resilience your body needs.
Dizziness & Vestibular Symptoms
EDS & Joint Hypermobility
Dysautonomia (POTS & related conditions)
Sensory Sensitivity & Overload
From Symptoms to a Clear Picture
You're not here to learn one more stretch or get your neck worked on for twenty minutes. You're here because you want to feel like yourself again.
So we start by listening — to your headaches, your dizziness, your jaw and neck symptoms, your sensory sensitivities, what you've already tried, what makes things better or worse, and what you actually want to get back to doing.
Then we look at the bigger picture, in three steps:
1. We find the patterns. Your sensory, autonomic, and musculoskeletal systems work together — and when they're treated separately, the connections between them get missed. We look for what's actually making your system more sensitive, and what we can change about it.
2. We build a plan around you. There's no standard migraine protocol, because there's no standard patient. Depending on what we find, your plan might include hands-on treatment and integrative dry needling, sensory and vestibular training, biofeedback, education, or small strategies you use between visits — built around what you need, not a template.
3. We build capacity. The goal was never to help you avoid every possible trigger for the rest of your life. It's to help your brain and body handle more of it — more movement, more busy days, more travel, more plans. Your nervous system adapts through experience; that's neuroplasticity, and it's the principle behind everything we do here.
What Progress Looks Like
Progress here isn't just a looser jaw or a more mobile neck. It's what that actually buys you back.
It's more headache-free days, and more confidence in what your body can handle. It's being present with your kids instead of quietly bracing for the next flare-up. It's dinner with friends without pre-planning your exit if the lights or noise get to be too much. It's finishing a workout without spending the next day paying for it. It's making plans again — travel, busy weeks, the things you'd quietly stopped counting on.
The goal was never perfection. It's fewer symptoms, more capacity, and more freedom to live the life you actually want.
Meet The Team
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Dr. Corey Hillman PT, DPT
Headache and TMJ Specialist
Dr. Corey Hillman is the founder of Gate City Physio and a physical therapist specializing in headache and migraine care. As a headache sufferer himself, he understands how disruptive they can be, making this work deeply personal. Using a neuro-orthopedic, brain–body approach, he helps patients regain control, reduce sensitivity, and enjoy more headache-free days.
Outside the clinic, Dr. Hillman teaches Doctor of Physical Therapy students at High Point University and serves as an instructor at UNC Greensboro.
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Lena Van Wyk
Outreach Coordinator
Lena has worked at Gate City Physio for two years, helping build connections between our practice and the surrounding Triad community, including fellow health practitioners. A mom herself of two daughters, one with a severe physical disability, she knows how hard it is navigating care for yourself and those your love, amidst the everyday demands of life. Lena has previously worked as founding director of New Garden Farm here in Greensboro and is passionate about whole-body community health.
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