Tag: acupuncture and migraine
Clinical Migraine Treatment: Submission for Alternative and Complementary Therapies
I might as well publish this here, since it seems to take forever for submissions to see the light of day. (Update May, 2017 published and in the waiting room!) This was a short submission in answer to a call for papers asking how we treat migraine in our practice. It’s one of my specialties…
Read MoreMigraine and Stress Levels, HRV, and Results(Sa.Be.)
More data from one of the migraine patients featured here. Remember decreasing stress levels as measured by HRV, improves pain, immune function, mood and longevity. In the case of migraine, it raises the threshold that will lead to migraine. In this case, she has now has had 5 visits, with no migraine in spite of…
Read MoreMigraine Treatment Success: HRV data over time (Ne.Be)
This data has been collected since the first treatment. He had severe migraines, 3/week and was in the last year of an extremely high pressure, public project. Insomnia was another issue and it affected the migraines, with poor sleep often triggering a migraine. Points I want to emphasize for you. Patient had clinical results relatively…
Read MoreClinical Cases: Migraine and Stress Monitoring
Two recent migraine cases. Two young women, both dramatic clinical responders with headaches decreasing within a few sessions. I want to point out a few things in their data, or rather pose some questions. Look at the dramatic increase in stress levels with needling. I’ve seen this before, not always with migraine, but it does…
Read MoreAcupuncture Effective for Prevention of Migraine, Tension headache, and
Headache. 2016 Jul;56(7):1238-40. Role of Acupuncture in the Treatment or Prevention of Migraine, Tension-Type Headache, or Chronic Headache Disorders. Coeytaux RR1,2, Befus D3. Author information Abstract OBJECTIVE: To summarize the current evidence that evaluates the effectiveness of acupuncture for the treatment or prevention of migraine, tension-type headache, and chronic headache disorders. METHODS: Findings from selected…
Read MoretVNS and HRV Data in Migraine Patient: Ca.Fr
I’m stymied. I’m quite unclear on why in some patients the complexity or nonlinear data tracks the frequency data quite well, and in others it doesn’t. Just when I start to think I’m getting a handle on trends, the data is ugly and doesn’t cooperate. This patient has quite a few complaints, but often they…
Read MoreMelatonin Effective for Migraine Prophylaxis
Melatonin is my “go to” recommendation as a supplement for sleep disorders. I used to recommend only small doses, of .5 to 1 mg. But increasingly, there are studies showing higher doses might be helpful for a variety of ailments. In this study, the melatonin group showed weight loss too! J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2016…
Read MoreHRV during paced breathing and mental stress in Migraineurs
In this article, they didn’t see much difference between migraineurs and controls except in possibly more sympathetic response to stressors. I would agree with that, given what I’ve seen in the clinic. I can’t account for the fact that even with dramatically successful treatment, that over reaction does not seem to dissipate. All my…
Read MoreTranscutaneous Electrical Vagal Stim for Migraine
This company. electrocore, is developing a handheld vagal nerve stimulation device that patients apply to their neck (presumably) for 2 minutes, twice daily and have had some good results. Similar, but not as good as the results I’ve had for treating migraine with acupuncture. lead investigator, Peter Goadsby from UCSF
Read MoreAcupuncture for Migraine: Clinical Case Study II and HRV
One more recent migraine patient. This is a 35 year old male who has had longstanding “migraine equivalent” as a diagnosis. He has aura type symptoms with tinnitus, foggy head, and generally not feeling well. These have been persistent and consistent. This is his data from his first visit. So you see a high baseline…
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