Treating Migraines & Headaches
Treat headaches and migraines with acupuncture
To put it simply, a headache is a pain in the head due to some cause. Headaches may result from any number of factors, including tension, muscle contraction, vascular problems, withdrawal from certain medications, abscesses, stress, or injury.
Headaches fall into three main categories: tension-type, migraine and from musculoskeletal causes. Tension-type headaches are the most frequent. Patients who endure tension-type headaches usually feel mild to moderate pain on both sides of the head. The pain is usually described as tight, stiff or constricting, as if something is being wrapped around your head and squeezed tightly.
While migraines affect far fewer people than tension-type headaches, their symptoms are much more severe, often with pain that usually occurs on one side of the head. Migraines can be so severe that they can cause loss of appetite, blurred vision, nausea and vomiting.
Musculoskeletal headaches may be caused by pain in the neck or spine that is transferred to the head, and can interfere with one's ability to function.
Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese medicine provide consistent and effective means to diagnosis and treat headaches of all kinds. Acupuncture is not only effective for migraine headaches, but also works very well with tension headaches, cluster headaches, post-traumatic headaches, and disease-related headaches that might be due to sinus problems, high blood pressure or sleeping disorders. The greatest advantage of acupuncture over Western medicine is that it does virtually no harm. Some medications can have serious side effects and can (in some instances) actually lead to patients experiencing a "rebound" headache. Unlike synthetic drugs, acupuncture has virtually no side effects, and the procedures for treating headaches are much less invasive with acupuncture than with surgery.
If migraines or headaches are having a negative impact on your health and your life, contact us for a free consultation to learn how we can help.
Headaches fall into three main categories: tension-type, migraine and from musculoskeletal causes. Tension-type headaches are the most frequent. Patients who endure tension-type headaches usually feel mild to moderate pain on both sides of the head. The pain is usually described as tight, stiff or constricting, as if something is being wrapped around your head and squeezed tightly.
While migraines affect far fewer people than tension-type headaches, their symptoms are much more severe, often with pain that usually occurs on one side of the head. Migraines can be so severe that they can cause loss of appetite, blurred vision, nausea and vomiting.
Musculoskeletal headaches may be caused by pain in the neck or spine that is transferred to the head, and can interfere with one's ability to function.
Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese medicine provide consistent and effective means to diagnosis and treat headaches of all kinds. Acupuncture is not only effective for migraine headaches, but also works very well with tension headaches, cluster headaches, post-traumatic headaches, and disease-related headaches that might be due to sinus problems, high blood pressure or sleeping disorders. The greatest advantage of acupuncture over Western medicine is that it does virtually no harm. Some medications can have serious side effects and can (in some instances) actually lead to patients experiencing a "rebound" headache. Unlike synthetic drugs, acupuncture has virtually no side effects, and the procedures for treating headaches are much less invasive with acupuncture than with surgery.
If migraines or headaches are having a negative impact on your health and your life, contact us for a free consultation to learn how we can help.