Headaches and Migraines
Migraines and headaches can affect your life in so many ways. Not many people know that physiotherapy can help you relieve the pain that comes with migraines, so you don’t need to rely on painkillers to get through another day.
HEADACHES AND MIGRAINes
Natural Relief for Headaches and Migraines
Physiotherapy assessment will identify the relevant neck joints causing the migraine or headache. The treatment techniques used will immediately reduce the pain. Once normal mobility in the cervical spine is restored, migraines or headache will resolve. Treatment does not include high velocity or ‘cracking’ techniques. Home exercises will ensure the long term management of the problem.
Acupuncture can also be used to help relieve the pain from headaches. Evidence indicates that acupuncture stimulates the nervous system when fine needles are inserted into the body or “acupressure” is applied (with the fingers) to specific acupuncture points. This stimulation causes the release of neurochemicals that activate areas of the brain known to decrease sensitivity to pain and stress.
dry needling
Dry Needling for Lasting Headache Relief
Another increasingly popular treatment for headaches arising from muscular tension is dry needling. Fine needles are inserted into “trigger points” (more commonly known as knots). These trigger points are often a cause of local and referred pain. Depending on the situation the needles can be placed and left for a short time and then removed, or can be manually stimulated to cause a local twitch response before being removed. This twitch response causes the contracted fibres of the muscle to relax. There can be some post treatment soreness in the muscle after this type of treatment but afterwards there is a significant reduction in pain and increase in mobility. Our physiotherapists have had extensive training in acupuncture and dry needling and would be happy to discuss how this therapy can help you.
We are thrilled by the excellent results we have been achieving and if you are a migraine or headache sufferer, we would be happy to discuss this treatment with you. You don’t deserve to live every day with this nagging migraine that’s ruining your quality of life.
