A lot of women link headaches and migraines to pregnancy and menopause. But what really is the truth behind experiencing headaches and migraines during periods of pregnancy and menopause? Here is what Dr. Beth, an Osteopath at Melbourne Headache Solutions explained.
 
There had been a lot of confusion surrounding the effects of pregnancy and menopause on headaches and migraines. That’s what we are going to make clear of. According to Dr. Beth, when women go through pregnancy or menopause, there are many hormonal changes that the body experiences and that is how they affect headaches and migraines. When you go through these periods, things tend to fluctuate up and down and there are three possible things that could happen to the headaches or migraines that you are suffering from.
 

• Your headaches and migraines disappear.
• They will get worse.
• They won’t change at all.

 
One of these three things happens but obviously, you want the first possibility to occur. But headaches and migrain...

Headaches and migraines have detrimental effects on the body, especially the neck and shoulders, that can get really uncomfortable during attacks. If you have been suffering from headaches and migraines, chances are, you feel chronically tight through your neck and shoulders. Rather than getting a massage to deal with it, Dr. Beth, an Osteopath at Melbourne Headache Solutions, shares a helpful exercise, the shoulder shrug, that significantly reduces that sort of tension you feel around your neck and shoulders.

Shrugging your shoulders means lifting them upwards towards your ears in a motion of raising or tensing them. This movement primarily engages the trapezius muscles, which are situated in the upper back and neck region. The trapezius muscles play a pivotal role in various movements of the shoulder and neck, including elevation, depression, retraction, and rotation. Hence, shoulder shrugs are commonly utilised as a targeted exercise to strengthen and develop these muscle groups...

There is often a vital element missed in treatment, which means that you are still a headache/migraine waiting to happen 24/7. When this vital element is missed during the treatment, you often see little to no results happening or you see changes happening for a short period of time but then those changes stop and you go back to the original state of pain. Basically, you are not seeing the changes that you want to happen at all.
 
What is this vital element and what can you do to treat it? That is what Dr. Beth, an Osteopath at Melbourne Headache Solutions, is going to explain.
 
For headache and migraine sufferers, very commonly, we put on medications that we honestly do not have idea what they are doing us. Or alternatively, you are getting manual therapy to your body that makes limited changes. But again, you are not seeing those long term results that you are after.
 
Taking medication may help to relieve the pain but afterwards, it won’t totally go away. Medicines could lead to side eff...

If you are suffering from headache and migraine, you would often resort to taking pain medications. But we all know that it is not the best long term solution.
 
If you suffer frequent attacks, taking pain medications every time can have adverse effects on the body.
 
Is there another option you can take to actually prevent headaches and migraines from coming on?
 
 What can you do to decrease the intensity and frequency of the pain?
 
 Fortunately, there is another way to relieve the pain without causing harm to the body.
 
 There are quite a few supplements that you can take to help with the pain.
 
Natural supplementation can actually help you deal with your headaches and migraines - sometimes more effectively than medications.
 
As mentioned several times before, brain stem sensitization is the underlying disorder in headaches and migraines. Essentially, many things can contribute to brain stem sensitization. One of the major contributing factors is the role of the neck. Apart from that, factors...

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“I can feel it in my bones” – but can you really? 
 
Does the weather really affect my headaches and migraines?
 
Anecdotally, it has been said for many years that the weather can play a role in the perception of pain. People often state that they can predict a change in the weather by noticing pain in an area they may have injured years earlier or any arthritic joints they may have. More specifically, migraine and headache sufferers often report certain weather conditions causing a headache/migraine as well as increasing the intensity of their symptoms associated with their migraine/headache.
 
But how true is this?
 
Well, it turns out there is some truth to it.
 
According to the American Migraine Foundation, more than a third of people with migraines claim that weather patterns trigger their headaches, at least some of the time. Weather-related triggers also may worsen a headache caused by other triggers.
 
The most likely cause of this reported claim is a change in Atmospheric or Barometric p...

Arthritis is a term that is thrown around a lot and it is very common for headache and migraine sufferers to have some level of arthritis in their neck, particularly when they are older in age, but to what degree does arthritis contribute to headaches/migraines and what can you do if you have arthritis?
 
What is arthritis?
Arthritis is an umbrella term for over 100 different conditions that target the joints, where 2 bones come into contact. It is commonly found in weight bearing joints such as the hips and knees as well as in the spine, the neck included. The most common form of arthritis is known as Osteoarthritis and it refers to the wear and tear or age related degeneration of the protective padding in your joints known as cartilage. This can lead to a change in the size of your joints or a change in the curvature of your spine and neck.
 
Commonly arthritis is thought of as an older person’s condition but this is not the case, it is not only seen in the elderly. Studies have shown tha...

Dr. Beth (osteopath) shows you a quick exercise to help strengthen your neck to help decrease the intensity and/or frequency of your migraines 🤕👍🤗. 

Have you ever had a raging headache after indulging in just one or even two glasses of wine?  You’ve probably wondered how something as seemingly simple as drinking wine can cause you so much pain? Alcohol induced headaches are relatively common, with wine in particular being the main culprit.  Keep reading to find out the causes and how you can beat it.


Approximately one-third of headache and migraine sufferers will report their symptoms being triggered by the consumption of alcohol.


Its Friday evening and you reach for your favourite bottle of cabernet sauvignon, however, after just one glass your head starts pounding, you're in agony and regretting reaching for that wine, but boy did it taste good!  Sound familiar? It’s not fair is it! So what is it about wine that causes headaches?

Histamine - Histamine is often found in aged food and drinks and is created as a by-product of the fermentation process.  It’s usually much higher in red wines than white. Histamine mainly affects us by dil...