Headache & migraines

Lifestyle & Acupuncture can help treat and prevent headaches and migraines. Also consider regular exercise, good posture, stretching, adequate fluids to avoid dehydration, reducing stress triggers, correcting sleep problems, avoiding drugs and excess caffeine, and a healthy individualised diet to suit your needs. Vickers AJ, Cronin AM, Maschino AC, et al. Acupuncture for chronic pain: individual patient data meta-analysis. Arch Intern Med. 2012;172:1444-1453. Abstract Linde K, Allais G, Brinkhaus B, et al. Acupuncture for preventing migraine attacks. Cochrane Review. June 28, 2016. http://www.cochrane.org/CD001218/SYMPT_acupuncture-preventing-migraine-attacks Linde K, Allais G, Brinkhaus B, et al. Acupuncture for tension-type headache. Cochrane Review. April 19, 2016. http://www.cochrane.org/CD007587/SYMPT_acupuncture-tension-type-headache Houle, T. T., Turner, D. P., Golding, A. N., Porter, J. A. H., Martin, V. T., Penzien, D. B. and Tegeler, C. H. (2017), Forecasting Individual Headache Attacks Using Perceived Stress: Development of a Multivariable Prediction Model for Persons With Episodic Migraine. Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, 57: 1041–1050. doi:10.1111/head.13137 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/head.13137/full