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What Inspired Pablo to write
A New Approach to Headache and Migraine?
For over 23 years I’ve listened as patients and friends told me about their headache pain and how it was stopping them living a normal life. Many were spending in excess of $1000 per year on medications, doctors visits and other treatments.
These treatments even extended to receiving regular intravenous infusion of a veterinary anaesthetic as an in-patient at a specialist pain clinic. However, in spite of all this effort and expenditure on medications, any relief of pain that my patients and friends managed to achieve was short-lived.
Most worried that the constant intake of drugs would harm their body and health. Some, particularly those who had been diagnosed with migraine, resigned themselves to the idea that they would have to live with their headache pain for the rest of their lives.
These treatments even extended to receiving regular intravenous infusion of a veterinary anaesthetic as an in-patient at a specialist pain clinic. However, in spite of all this effort and expenditure on medications, any relief of pain that my patients and friends managed to achieve was short-lived.
Most worried that the constant intake of drugs would harm their body and health. Some, particularly those who had been diagnosed with migraine, resigned themselves to the idea that they would have to live with their headache pain for the rest of their lives.
As a soft tissue therapist, I have successfully treated patients’ headache pain by manual therapy, by releasing tight neck and jaw muscles and by making stiff neck joints more mobile. These tight areas are generally the result of factors such as poor posture and excessive sitting, together with stress and tension.
Even patients almost disabled by severe migraine pain have experienced considerable relief after just a few sessions. The methods I use are a well-established part of treating musculoskeletal pain anywhere in the body – there is nothing secret about them.
Even patients almost disabled by severe migraine pain have experienced considerable relief after just a few sessions. The methods I use are a well-established part of treating musculoskeletal pain anywhere in the body – there is nothing secret about them.
A major part of my work is the treatment of muscular trigger points, which are hard, pressure sensitive knots that form in tight muscles. Muscular trigger points can produce what is called referred pain. This is pain that is not felt where it originates but seems instead to come from somewhere else. The pain produced by trigger points in certain muscles of the neck and jaw feels as if it is coming from the head.
Trigger points can also cause symptoms which we would not expect had anything to do with muscles. For example, trigger points in one of the powerful muscles in the front of the neck can cause nausea and visual disturbance – symptoms that plague migraine sufferers.
I am fortunate in that the doctors where I work recognise the important contribution that muscular trigger points make to pain in general, and to headache pain in particular. However, I have found that this is not very common.
Based on what I hear from my patients, most doctors, even those in specialist pain clinics, tend to pay little or no attention to muscular trigger points. Many either don’t seem to know about them, or are not convinced that they actually exist. Treatment typically revolves around monitoring patients’ response to medications, especially ever-more powerful pain-killers.
Trigger points can also cause symptoms which we would not expect had anything to do with muscles. For example, trigger points in one of the powerful muscles in the front of the neck can cause nausea and visual disturbance – symptoms that plague migraine sufferers.
I am fortunate in that the doctors where I work recognise the important contribution that muscular trigger points make to pain in general, and to headache pain in particular. However, I have found that this is not very common.
Based on what I hear from my patients, most doctors, even those in specialist pain clinics, tend to pay little or no attention to muscular trigger points. Many either don’t seem to know about them, or are not convinced that they actually exist. Treatment typically revolves around monitoring patients’ response to medications, especially ever-more powerful pain-killers.
However headache treatment and prevention is not just about manual therapy. I see it as part of my professional role to discuss the importance of a healthy lifestyle with my patients. Some of the factors I consider are exercise, posture, diet, sleep and stress levels. Correcting factors such as these can prevent headaches recurring in the future, or at the very least reduce their frequency.
I too used to suffer from headaches. After spending a lot of time looking into the many ways available for treating headache pain without drugs, I found some that work for me. Since I learnt to recognise the signs in my own body and put these strategies into practice, headaches are a thing of the past. Sometimes it is as simple as stretching or drinking more water.
So as I heard my patients’ stories of expensive and failed attempts to be rid of headaches with medications, I came to realise that many people need a natural solution to headache pain. I wanted to pass on what I had found out. This book titled, A New Approach to Headache and Migraine is the result of my experience and research.
I too used to suffer from headaches. After spending a lot of time looking into the many ways available for treating headache pain without drugs, I found some that work for me. Since I learnt to recognise the signs in my own body and put these strategies into practice, headaches are a thing of the past. Sometimes it is as simple as stretching or drinking more water.
So as I heard my patients’ stories of expensive and failed attempts to be rid of headaches with medications, I came to realise that many people need a natural solution to headache pain. I wanted to pass on what I had found out. This book titled, A New Approach to Headache and Migraine is the result of my experience and research.
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