Migraine Headaches Support Group
Migraine is a neurological disease, of which the most common symptom is an intense and disabling episodic headache. Migraine headaches are usually characterized by severe pain on one or both sides of the head and are often accompanied by photophobia (hypersensitivity to light), phonophobia (hypersensitivity to sound) and nausea.
I'm got my massage therapy license last week. It took me more than a year. Almost daily migraines are what led me to my new profession. I couldn't teach high school anymore because they wouldn't give me a working button that said "Shut up, be quiet, sit down or go outside and walk the track".
Now I've reached this wonderful status my phone is not yet ringing off the hook with people wanting to pay me for massage.
I've found that a lot of time giving a massage helps my headache. The technical explanation is that getting a massage puts the parasympathetic nervous system in control and it releases the brain's pain relief chemicals. The great part is that quite often I can be giving or getting a massage and it works for me.
Do any of you have experience with massage and migraine? Is there anything specific you can tell me about it, what the therapist did that worked for you?
And finally, if any of you live close enough or are visiting the Tampa Bay area, would you like a free massage?
Now I've reached this wonderful status my phone is not yet ringing off the hook with people wanting to pay me for massage.
I've found that a lot of time giving a massage helps my headache. The technical explanation is that getting a massage puts the parasympathetic nervous system in control and it releases the brain's pain relief chemicals. The great part is that quite often I can be giving or getting a massage and it works for me.
Do any of you have experience with massage and migraine? Is there anything specific you can tell me about it, what the therapist did that worked for you?
And finally, if any of you live close enough or are visiting the Tampa Bay area, would you like a free massage?
Dan, you probably understand this better than I do.
Here are two links. Shouldn't we be able to figure this out ourselves?
http://www.footreflexology.blogspot.com/2007/04/foot-chart_20.html
http://www.circlesoflight.com/alternative/reflexology-chart.html
Interesting article regarding studies in Denmark
http://massagetherapy.suite101.com/article.cfm/reflexology_and_migraine_headache_
Maybe we should all start seeing a reflexologist.
That makes a lot of sense and goes a long with the "helping other people helps you." I know when I am deep into doing a patient consult, I rarely feel a lot of pain, it is more than just my being distracted.There is a real chemical component. The thing is, working TOO much causes more pain. I am not sure where the perfect amount is, though.
I've never had a professional massage but Denny and I always give each other massages, and it helps both of us. (He doesn't have migraines, (he had them as a child and gets one every few years) and it does seem to help, as long as he stays away from my shoulders. He's a big guy and really doesn't know his own strength.