In Migraine Awareness Week, discover how Acupuncture and Massage offer you a natural way to alleviate this often debilitating condition
Migraine affects nearly 1 in 7 adults.
Three times more women are affected than men, due mainly to hormonal reasons.
Migraines range from those with aura, and those without; from chronic ones that occur at least 15 days per month, to menstrual migraines; those that trigger vertigo to those that cause temporary weakness to one side of the body – to list just a few.
1 in 9 migraine sufferers say it affects their mental health, with 80% admitting it diminishes their social life.
There is an alternative way to get help with this.
Avoiding Drug Side-effects
Many medicated drugs used to treat migraine come with difficult side-effects, adding to the misery that the condition itself causes.
Complementary therapies offer you a natural way to treat migraines.
Natural Approach
Acupuncture
“Acupuncture can address the underlying disharmony in your body and can treat the root cause of your migraine rather than just focusing on symptomatic treatment.
From a Chinese Medicine perspective, migraines can often be due to disharmony in the Liver and Stomach energy. As such, they are viewed as a mixed condition, in that there is a root cause of a deficient nature resulting in the full symptoms flaring up.
The beauty of Chinese medicine is that your diagnosis and treatment will be specific to your experience and symptoms.” Julie Kelham, Acupuncturist
Massage
“Regular massage can prevent migraine symptoms because massage helps the body to relax. It can prevent the physical trigger, such as muscular tension in the affected areas. Massage can also help to prevent the emotional trigger of migraine, such as stress.” Piia Laakso, Massage Practitioner
“Massage treatment can be useful for short-term relief, and also help on a more long-term basis by bringing equilibrium and balance to theparasympathetic nervous system.
– Hot-stone Massage dilates the blood vessels and the cold-stones contract them – this combination is good for relaxing the muscles and flushing out the toxins.
– Essential oils used in Aromatherapy Massage can reduce stress to help overcome the build-up of symptoms, that can then trigger migraine.” Rowan Jamal, Massage Practitioner