David Isherwood BSc Hons.Ost FSCCO

24/07/2023

You don’t want to skip this part of your workout. After a challenging workout, the last thing you probably want to do is spend five to 10 minutes stretching, but doing so can result in much-needed physical and mental health benefits. But why is stretching important and how often do you need to do it? “Stretching helps keep us mobile. We are born super mobile as babies and young children, but lose this as we grow into adults,” “When we stop stretching, we lose capacity in movement....

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23/05/2023

In the US and Canada, June is National Migraine & Headache Awareness Month ( ). The migraine, headache, and cluster communities unite to help improve disease awareness, understanding, and support. Our MWS community has over 100 countries represented. Even if you don’t live in the US or Canada, you may draw some valuable lessons about the effort happening in other places. Disease awareness plays a vital role in raising public knowledge by addressing stigma and building a stronger community of patient advocates....

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23/01/2023

MARK YOUR CALENDARThis year's Migraine World Summit runs March 8-16, 2023.Now in its 8th consecutive year, the Migraine World Summit is the largest worldwide online event for migraine and headache disorders. Whether you live with migraine or another headache type, or want to understand more about this complex disease, we can’t wait to see you there. You’ll hear directly from 32 internationally recognized migraine experts....

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15/11/2022

'Tech neck' and 'text claw' - what humans could look like in the year 3000 from ITV news Will the year 3000 see humans living underwater? No, but we could have hunchbacks and "text claws" according to a new study.Credit: TollFreeForwarding Future humans could have smaller brains, second eyelids and hunched backs due to overusing technology, new research claims. It's thought looking down at mobile phones and spending hours sat at a computer screen could impact on how we develop over time....

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16/08/2022

How many of us have had an entire day ruined by the wrong scent? Some with migraine need only walk by a perfume store, fill up a gas tank, or attempt to cook salmon for dinner and suddenly debilitating nausea, vomiting, and extreme pain ruins the entire night. While not talked about as frequently as light or sound issues, hypersensitivity to scents, known as osmophobia, is a major component of migraine for some, and it can be equally taxing....

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02/08/2022

When new medications are introduced, many of us are eager to try them, hopeful that one will free us from pain. Yet many of us are concerned about the long-term effects and may wait, despite the impact of migraine on our lives. The last few years have seen many advances in migraine-specific treatments. What do we know about their long-term effects?...

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14/06/2022

We can feel like our brain is under siege when bombarded by frequent migraine attacks. How can we optimize brain function when we experience chronic pain? Can we reverse the damage we’ve had? How do we know if our perceived cognitive decline is due to the natural process of aging, migraine itself, or the treatments we take for migraine? Whatever our diagnosis, brain care is for all of us....

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15/03/2022

We hope you are as excited as we are. The largest virtual patient event in the world for migraine and headache disorders starts tomorrow, Wednesday, March 16, in your local time zone equivalent of 3:00 PM US Eastern Time (New York, USA). The interviews will be available for a full 24 hours in every time zone worldwide. Check out our quick tips to make sure you’re ready for this once-a-year event:...

12/01/2022

Here is an excellent article published by The Migraine Trust. Worthy of a read if you are a sufferer. By: Rachel Baxter, Communications Officer, The Migraine Trust 11th January 2022 With Christmas over and Dry January in full swing, you might be noticing differences in your migraine attacks if you’ve drunk more or less than normal recently. If there seems to be a connection between alcohol and your migraine, you’re not alone....

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30/11/2021

Yoga for Migraine The ancient practice of yoga has experienced a resurgence in popularity over the past 50 years. A recent study suggests that yoga may significantly reduce the burden of migraine, and lead to a reduction in medication use in some people. What type of yoga is best for people with migraine? When is it safe to practice? To help us learn more is yoga instructor Adriane Dellorco....

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05/10/2021

For those of us who’ve experienced chronic migraine, classified as experiencing more than 15 headache days a month, with eight of those days being migraine, it can feel as though there’s no way out: no relief in sight, and no hope of finding treatments that work. But there is hope. Carrie Dougherty, MD, FAHS shares her knowledge about how people can recover from chronic migraine and ways to minimize the risk of progressing from acute to chronic migraine....

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