Sex hormonal imbalances are very common amongst women. They happen naturally during different stages in life including puberty, menstruation, pregnancy and menopause however you can experience hormonal imbalances outside of these stages due factors such as lifestyle factors, diet, weight, alcohol, stress, lack of exercise, products that you use etc.

There are many symptoms you can experience due to a hormonal imbalance and in certain instances some people can continue to experience continual irregular hormonal balances throughout their life. 

Hormones are responsible for a wide variety of functions within the human body and act as tiny messengers between the big organs of our body. They serve to play an important role in behavioural and physiological activities such as digestion, metabolism, sleep, lactation, growth, physical development, reproduction and mood. So it is no wonder that a small imbalance in our hormonal system has the ability to manifest in many different kinds o...

BPPV is a very common vestibular disorder 🤯 so what is it and what do we do to fix it? 🤔

Dr. Kevin (osteopath) explains all 👍 🤗.

As the weather heats up 🌞, more people will be prone to dehydration. Water is important 🧊 to rehydrate but electrolytes are also vitally important in hydration and decreasing headaches and migraines.

Dr. Katie (osteopath) explains all and how to help decrease your headaches/migraines during the hot weather 👍😀.

With the nice weather 🌞 here, it encourages a lot more people to exercise 🏋‍♀️🚴‍♂️💃🏃‍♀️. Exercise has been shown to be great to help decrease headaches and migraines 👍😀 but for some people, it can be triggering 🤕.

Dr. Katie (osteopath) tells us the do's and don'ts for exercise to help it work with you rather than against you to decrease your pain rather than give you pain 👍👍💪.

Do you find that places like shopping centres, supermarkets, and/or cafes increase your dizziness? 🤔🤯

Dr. Kevin (osteopath) explains all and importantly, what can be done to help it 👍😀.

Sugar and carb heavy traits like cakes and lollies and breads, they all sound super tasty and they’re particularly prevalent right now in these weeks leading to Christmas, but could they be contributing to your headaches and migraines?

Hi everybody! My name is Helen and I'm an osteopath here at Melbourne Headache Solutions. Today I want to talk to you about how sugar and carbs could be affecting your headaches and migraines.

Fluctuations in your glucose level affect your brain more than any other organ in your body. These rises and drops can result in headaches. So how does this come about? Well, now, before you start going into a panic saying, I'm going to think, I'm going to tell you to stop eating all your delicious traits. Don't worry, not everybody is affected by sugar and carbs and also not all sugar is bad for us.

There are three different types of sugars that could be really bad for us. It's things like sucrose, which is our white table sugar. Fructose, which is found in ...

The holiday season 🎅🎄 can be especially hard if you are suffering from headaches and/or migraines 🤕.

So how do you communicate with your loved ones about your headaches/migraines to help make this holiday season less stressful for all? 🤔

Dr. Beth (osteopath) answers your questions and more.

Vestibular migraines 🤯 are one of the most mismanaged conditions leaving sufferers confused and frustrated.

Feeling Dizzy - Did they get the diagnosis right?

Dizziness is a common complaint but one that is often misdiagnosed and therefore mismanaged.  Most dizziness symptoms either come from vestibular migraine or a vestibular disorder.  

Here we will help to differentiate the two, so you can find out which one you have.

Vestibular migraines and Vestibular disorders can both lead to dizziness, nausea, and they can make it feel like everything is spinning.

These two disorders have many overlapping symptoms, and because of this, these conditions are often confused and leave everyone feeling frustrated at the lack of improvement from treatment. 

So what are vestibular migraines and how do they differ from vestibular disorders? And most importantly how do we help it? 

To distinguish between the two it's useful to cover some anatomy.  Your nervous system is split into 2 sections, the...

The holiday season 🎅🎄🎁 can be a prime time for triggering headaches and migraines 🤕. So what can you do to help make your holiday season a merrier one? 😁 Dr. Beth (osteopath) shares her tips 👍.