Effective Acupuncture for Migraine Headaches Relief
Do you suffer with debilitating headaches that affect your day to day life? Are you fed up of having to take pain killers on a regular basis?
Pain killers offer temporary migraine relief but they don’t address the underlying cause - as a result migraines will continue to return plus additional side effects associated with use of pain killers. Chinese medicines takes a holistic approach to health, in doing so it aims to treat the not only the symptoms of a migraine but also address the root cause of the migraine. By treating the root cause, this helps to prevent the migraines from reoccurring in the future.
Cicely does not treat migraine headaches with a one-size-fits-all protocol. Each acupuncture treatment is tailored to the individual, taking into account how your migraines show up for you, what seems to trigger them, and how your nervous system responds to stress. Sleep, digestion, energy levels, hormonal patterns, seasonal influences and how long you’ve been experiencing migraines all form part of the overall picture.
Many patients find that, over time, their migraine headaches become less intense, less frequent, or easier to recover from. Improvements are often noticed not only in head pain, but also in sleep quality, energy levels and overall wellbeing.
In the UK alone, around 10 million people suffer from migraines, which are classified as chronic pain and are a disabling illness. Acupuncture is well known for its effectiveness in treating chronic pain and migraines. A study consisting of 454,920 patients were treated with acupuncture for headaches, back pain and arthritis, 76% of which reported a improvement and reduction their pain levels.
While there is still more to learn about how acupuncture works, research has shown that acupuncture stimulates the body’s own pain-relieving systems. Signals from acupuncture points travel through the nervous system to the spinal cord and brain, where they help quiet the areas involved in pain perception.
Acupuncture has been shown to encourage the release of the body’s natural pain-relieving chemicals, similar to endorphins, and to improve how effectively the body responds to them. It also helps regulate other natural substances involved in reducing pain and calming the nervous system, supporting the body’s ability to ease discomfort and recover more effectively.
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