Chronic Migraine Therapy
We all have an idea what a migraine is. It’s that irritating, painful headache that starts from time to time and, for some of us, even without warning and for some even worse, every week or even every day. Chronic migraine affects the way we live our life.
We can’t concentrate on anything else but the pain and it could well be that we fail our exams, mess up a big date, and embarrass ourselves during an important presentation. Indeed, it takes a lot of our effort to deal with a migraine attack and a chronic migraine therapy is needed quickly.
As said before some of us experience migraine attacks not just once a week or once a month, but frequently, almost every hour on the clock – on a daily basis. If you are one of them then you’re a sufferer of a chronic migraine.
While sufferers of chronic migraine can avail of the usual prescriptive preventive drugs available in the market, popular therapies that are being advised to patients suffering from this kind of migraine are methods based on alternative medicine. There are different alternative therapies that you can choose from. For best results, consult with your family doctor first and ask his opinion on what the proper therapy for you is.
Not all migraines manifest the same signs and symptoms, not even chronic migraines that are primarily characterized by headaches, so it’s best to seek medical advice. The non-traditional therapies for chronic migraine include acupuncture, biofeedback, massage, and herbal supplements.
Most people are familiar with acupuncture. It is an ancient medicinal practice where thin and disposable needles are shallowly inserted – so you won’t feel any pain or discomfort – into several areas of your skin targeting specific nerves.
It is widely practiced in China, as well as other parts of Asia, and has gained popularity in western countries in recent years. Biofeedback makes use of equipment for monitoring and controlling muscle tension and other specific physical responses.
While it has been proven effective on its own, chronic migraine therapy using biofeedback is recommended to be practiced along with preventive medications. Massages are a great way to relieve tension and stress, both common triggers of migraine attacks.
Headache pains are soothed away when tight, tender muscles in the back, neck, and shoulders are massaged with care. Finally, herbal supplements are found in health and drug stores . While not all are authentic migraine relievers, some herbal supplements really do contain the essential ingredients that help keep migraine attacks away.
These ingredients include the herbs butterbur and feverfew (both of which may not be used by pregnant women); vitamins and minerals including riboflavin, coenzyme Q1O, and magnesium sulfate, among others. All this should keep attacks of chronic migraine away, so you can do the things you have to do and enjoy life.
There is another, simpler way of preventing or treating chronic migraine: drinking coffee. Unknown to some sufferers of migraine, coffee is used to control slight vascular headaches. You can cure chronic migraines with well-timed cups of coffee.
There are different methods of coping with a chronic migraine. Most sufferers find the methods that work for them – such as long, warm baths or warm shower right on the head and meditation – on their own.