Headache, migraine and dizziness resources
Find answers to common patient questions, prepare for an assessment and understand when medical advice is needed. These resources provide general education; they do not diagnose your symptoms.
For current care in Brunswick, Fitzroy North or Thornbury, explore what we assess or book an initial consultation.
Assessment and treatment choices
- A new headache every day: understanding new daily persistent headache
- Brainstem sensitisation and migraine: what does the term actually tell you?
- Frequent and chronic migraine: why a coordinated plan matters
- Frequent headache medicine use: when to ask about medication-overuse headache
- Migraine questions: diagnosis, symptoms and building a care plan
- Migraine triggers and causes: why the distinction matters
- Osteopathy for headaches: what to expect from an assessment
- Preparing for a headache or migraine specialist appointment
- Topiramate for migraine prevention: questions for your prescriber
- Which tests help diagnose migraine?
- Who should you see for migraine treatment?
Dizziness and vestibular migraine
Neck and tension headaches
- A tight or stiff neck with headaches: does the difference matter?
- Four clues that make a neck assessment worth considering for headaches
- Headaches after computer work: what can you change and what needs assessment?
- Neck arthritis and headaches: does a scan explain the pain?
- Neck exercises and migraine: choosing a sensible starting point
- Suboccipital and tension-type headaches: understanding pain around the base of the skull
Jaw pain and clenching
Sleep and morning headaches
Stress, sleep and wellbeing
- Anxiety, low mood and migraine: asking for support
- Fibromyalgia and migraine: making room for both in your care plan
- Gentle breathing exercises when stress accompanies headaches
- Physical signs of stress: what is worth discussing when you have headaches?
- Poor sleep and migraine: breaking an unhelpful cycle
- Stress and migraine: useful support without blaming yourself
Hormones and life stages
Migraine symptoms and daily life
- Fatigue with headaches or migraine: what should you tell your clinician?
- Headaches during a cold or flu: what changes the next step?
- Migraine and light sensitivity: making daily activities more manageable
- Migraine over holidays: planning for changes in routine
- Sinus pressure or migraine: why facial pain needs the right assessment
- Weather and migraine: what can you do when conditions change?
- When migraine disrupts time with family and friends
- Why is my headache on one side, or why does it switch sides?
Activity and self-management
Food, hydration and supplements
- Dehydration and migraine: useful habits without a universal water target
- Diets and migraine: weighing up restriction, benefits and risks
- Drinks, caffeine and migraine: finding your own pattern
- Migraine supplements: what to ask before choosing a product or dose
- The gut-brain connection and migraine: what does it mean for your care?
- Wine and headaches: what can you learn from the pattern?
Injury and recovery
Earlier MHS video resources
Historical clinic recordings with updated introductions. Check each resource for its original publication information.
- Deep neck flexor exercise
- Easy exercises to help improve posture
- How a pillow affects your neck and could it be related to your headaches or migraine
- Lockdown reminders to help keep your headaches and migraines at bay
- Shoulder shrug exercise
- There are many different signs and symptoms that can accompany a migraine
- What to do in the cold weather
- Why we get dizziness
Not sure where to start?
Bring a short symptom timeline, your current medicines and previous advice to an appointment. Meet the current team, see appointment options or call (03) 9486 7543.