Migraine Pain Relief

12/10/2020

Migraine is so much more than a headache, right? And there are non-drug solutions for your reduction and remission goals. Ask us about options beyond the pharma choices your doctor provides. Have you explored other modalities they don't offer as they are so "pharma focused?"
https://www.healthline.com/health/migraine/migraine-vs-headache

If you're suffering from pain in the head, you may be suffering from a primary or secondary headache, or a migraine. Discover basic differences.

15/09/2020

EPIGENETICS. You are not your genes. It is so encouraging to know that solid research is being done on the effects of mind body interventions like mindfulness and meditation on gene expression! Check out the research emerging. We need to have people with serious health conditions like migraine know that their genes DO NOT control their destiny. Epigenetics tell us environmental signaling activates the expression of genes and thus we can affect the readout of our genes. This is so important for people to understand.

Our society/culture is still stuck in the belief system that says our genes/DNA control our destiny, that if a parent or grandparent had a condition and it is "hereditary" we will have it too and there is NOTHING we can do about it. NOT TRUE. Science has learned so much since the discovery of DNA. The field of epigenetics has been present and growing since 1990 and even earlier.

Our U.S. sick care system still tends to focus on genes and our DNA controlling our destiny. They exhibit little to no understanding of quantum physics or epigenetics. They need to catch up with science!

Until they catch up with science they will be stuck with pharmaceuticals continuing to be their primary solution and people will not achieve the wellbeing they have the potential to experience!

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2017.00670/full?source=post_page---------------------------

There is considerable evidence for the effectiveness of mind–body interventions (MBIs) in improving mental and physical health, but the molecular mechanisms of these benefits remain poorly understood. One hypothesis is that MBIs reverse expression of genes involved in inflammatory reactions that a...

08/09/2020

FAQ: Is it possible to no longer have migraine or to be cured?

Answer: It is entirely possible to no longer have migraine symptoms or experience migraine attacks. Currently it is thought through data collected that 28-30% of people with migraine go into remission.
One study showed that among persons who had migraine during childhood, 62% were migraine free for more than 2 years during puberty and as young adults and that only 40% were still migraine free at age 30 years. [60]

It is also known that severity and frequency of migraine attacks tend to diminish as one gets older. After 15 years of suffering migraines, approximately 30% of men and 40% of women no longer have migraine attacks.

The caveat is that all of the above data is with our past knowledge and understanding about this neurological condition, the body's healing capabilities, treatment options, etc. There is now so much more understanding of epigenetics (vs genetics), how to self regulate our biology, create coherence, and create healing in our bodies from the inside as well as from external guidance.

We encourage you to deeply and keep tuning in for YOUR answers for your path to your remission.

Reach out to us for a conversation.

27/08/2020

I have just completed writing my newest book on Migraines. It's a pretty complete discussion about the Migraine problem and how my clinic has been able to successfully treat it.
Peter Lathrop, Ph.D Clinical Neurophysiologist

Here is the link to get my Migraine book...https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IPIxxDXTkfHbVYKvCqC2VF4eACz9RJHO/view?usp=sharing

24/08/2020

These symptoms may be your early indication of a pending migraine attack - tune in to yourself to see if any are present for you. You may be able to alter the physiological cascade or progression in play.

➜ Constipation or diarrhea
➜ Food cravings
➜ Irritability, confusion, restlessness or difficulty concentrating
➜ Muscle stiffness, especially neck stiffness
➜ Uncontrollable yawning
➜ Increased urination
➜ Fatigue
➜ Depression or euphoria

03/08/2020

As the one with migraine your perspective is critical as this article points out. The whole story is important so we'd recommend keeping not just a "headache" diary but a migraine diary. In a migraine diary you are noting all of your symptoms and what's going on for you experientially - thoughts, feelings, activities.

As well, when you are building your treatment and wellbeing plan with a goal and intention of REMISSION, be inclusive and consider the potential impact of all the options in a migraine treatment plan. See our first comment that lays out Dawn Buse, Ph.D visual of a migraine treatment map.

https://americanmigrainefoundation.org/resource-library/how-doctors-determine-migraine-treatment/

Stewart Tepper, MD, talks about how a migraine treatment plan is crafted with individual patients in mind.

30/07/2020

ADVOCATES - we urge you to join us in becoming an advocate for people with migraine and/or upping your level of play! Migraine disease affects 47 million Americans -- 75 percent of whom are women. Get curious - if 1 out of every 5 women has migraine, who are these women in YOUR network? We must eliminate the stigma for our friends, empower them and help them get what they need. Listen to this NPR segment if you can to connect to the women sharing - read the transcript as well.


For 2020, the National Institutes of Health has allocated $27 million for migraine research, a paltry amount, say advocates, for a disease that affects 15 percent of Americans and leads to billions of dollars in lost productivity annually.

For comparison, the NIH allocated $31 million this year to anthrax, which affects just a handful of people every year.

What's the issue? A big part of it is the stigma.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/15-percent-of-americans-have-migraine-disease-why-arent-there-better-treatment-options

Migraine disease affects 47 million Americans -- 75 percent of whom are women. Although headache is one symptom, attacks can include visual disturbances, nausea, extreme light and sound sensitivity, brain fog and debilitating pain. Stigma and gender stereotypes may complicate the medical response, t...

29/07/2020

This post is for everyone - advocate and anyone who has symptoms who wonders if their symptoms are migraine as the American Migraine Foundation estimates that at least 36 million Americans get migraine, but it’s probably more because many people with migraine do not get a formal diagnosis or treatment from a migraine specialist.

https://americanmigrainefoundation.org/resource-library/identifying-treating-migraine/

Migraine is not just a headache. It’s a different disorder with different symptoms and different treatment approaches compared to ordinary headaches.

13/07/2020

SCIENCE: As Dr. Umer Najib shares in this linked article, neuromodulation should be offered to people with migraine who do not respond to "first-line" treatment by their practitioner AND we would say if they do not achieve remission or recovery goals with first-line treatment as well. “For clinicians treating patients with migraine or other headache disorders, neuromodulation is considered when the patients are either refractory to first-line treatments or if the patients are unable to tolerate first-line treatments,” Najib said. “And that’s a good point for the treating physician to think about non-pharmacological options.”

We offer neuromodulation in our San Diego office and train practitioners in the use of neuromodulation for migraine pain attacks and other painful conditions. We recommend a full course of practitioner guided neuromodulation whenever possible to achieve goals. At home devices can then be used as needed if responsiveness achieved.
https://americanheadachesociety.org/news/neuromodulation-as-treatment-for-migraine/

Umer Najib, MD, FAHS, shares who is a suitable candidate for non-invasive neuromodulation and explains how to gauge treatment success.

08/07/2020

ADVOCATES: This CBS Sunday Morning news segment was a wake up call for Kay Lathrop to become an active advocate for women with migraine. Please watch and tap into your potential to help many women, men and youth in your life! Segment synopsis:

About one in seven people live with what's ranked as the second-most debilitating disease on the planet, right after back pain: migraine. Though the causes are unclear, migraine is a serious neurological disease that often runs in families. But the malady is not often taken seriously, in part because the headaches, sensitivity to light and sound, nausea, dizziness, and a host of other symptoms affect three times as many women as men. Correspondent Susan Spencer talks with doctors grappling with treatments for migraine (and a shortage of migraine researchers), and a Cincinnati artist whose migraine visions have become key to her art.



https://www.cbs.com/shows/cbs-sunday-morning/video/wcdevj3V5sRlvGtXPMGkl81pQF4yyh1l/the-effects-of-migraine/

07/07/2020

ADVOCATES: Migraine and it's debilitating effects are SO real to those in your life who have this condition. However, you may not know people in your life have migraine given the social stigma (they keep it hidden from most of the world to protect themselves). So, if you see people in your life practicing some of these "hacks" it may be a clue for you that they are suffering and you can point them toward this page. Dance through this quickly and see who comes to mind for you. https://www.webmd.com/migraines-headaches/ss/slideshow-headache-migraine-hacks

If you have migraines, you know they can be more than just a whopping headache and can keep you from everyday life. Try these 14 migraine hacks from WebMD's slideshow for relief before or after a migraine hits.

06/07/2020

"If you had a device that could terminate a migraine attack without a drug, why wouldn't you try that first if it didn't have side effects?"
Dr. Stewart Tepper, Professor of Neurology at Dartmouth.

Our experience exactly. And before you buy various devices you can experience neuromodulation for yourself in a clinic setting like ours in San Diego. We also train practitioners around the country when needed.

Read more about neuromodulation for migraine pain relief here.

https://americanmigrainefoundation.org/resource-library/neuromodulation-for-migraine-treatment/

02/07/2020

ADVOCATES - while you may not immediately know the 20+ women in your networks of 100 people or more (friends, family, clients, colleagues, community) that have migraine, because people with migraine frequently don't talk openly about their condition, how they respond to these triggers may give you a clue to who is being sidelined in big and small ways. Our ask: Please tune into those around you. Get curious about the women (1 out of 5), children/youth (1 out of 11) and men (1 out of 15) who really are negatively impacted by migraine. It is a REAL neurological condition and help is available. Please refer them.

24/06/2020

SCIENCE: We have been using neuromodulation successfully for decades for pain treatment from various conditions including migraine and headache. Science is validating the work more and more as the migraine research and community begins to understand it as a treatment modality given the low efficacy and cumbersome side effects of treatments. Book your appointment to have a full experience for yourself. See article below.

This article shares: Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation techniques (NIBS, i.e. neuromodulation) can act on neural plasticity by modifying brain excitability for periods outlasting the stimulation itself. This is a fundamental prerequisite of any valuable prophylactic treatment in migraine. Moreover, NIBS can directly aim at the migraine-related neurophysiological abnormalities, so that interventions may be planned on a precise pathophysiological rationale. Lastly, NIBS avoids cumbersome medication-related side effects and drug-drug interactions that limit the use of pharmacological therapies (Blumenfeld et al., 2013; Ansari and Ziad, 2016). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6370938/

Chronic migraine (CM) is the most disabling form of migraine, because pharmacological treatments have low efficacy and cumbersome side effects. New evidence has shown that migraine is primarily a disorder of brain plasticity and migraine chronification ...

22/06/2020

ADVOCATES: This month of June is National Migraine and Headache Awareness Month. In that light we know, if you have never suffered from migraine, its difficult to understand just how debilitating and actually incapacitating all the symptoms can be. Many people are creating art to shed some light on what they FEEL like dealing with the varied and really painful symptoms of a migraine attack. Please take this in, and get curious about WHO in your life (1 out of 5 women) is experiencing similar. https://www.health.com/headaches-and-migraines/what-migraines-feel-like-art

For anyone who has never suffered a migraine, it's hard understand just how debilitating these headaches can be. But a new collection of art is shedding some light on what they actually feel like.

19/06/2020

ACTION FOR ADVOCATES: Please download, read and share this Fact Sheet and encourage people you know who have or suspect they have migraine to seek help. Why do we ask you to take an active role? Because:

➼ Only 1 in 3 people living with Migraine talk to their doctor about migraine (given the social stigma in our society)

➼ Only half of the people receive the correct diagnosis

➼ Less than half receive clinically appropriate treatment! (NOT OK!)

➼ Medical students receive, on average only FOUR HOURS of training about Migraine and headache

➼ Neurologists receive a mere TEN HOURS of training on migraine and headache (how is that possible?}

JUNE is National Migraine and Headache Awareness Month and the 1 out of 5 women in YOUR network with migraine need you support. Be a HERO or SHERO to them and for them! Thank you!

https://migrainedisease.org/facts/migraine-fact-sheet/

Migraine is a prevalent, disabling neurological disease that is greatly misunderstood and highly stigmatized. It is important to know the facts and to educate others. This Migraine Fact Sheet highlights important details everyone should know about Migraine.

18/06/2020

SCIENCE: While healthcare and medicine today are still heavily influenced by big pharma and it seems like the answer to a health challenge is always a "pill," more and more practitioners and consumers are waking up to the fact that we human beings are "electrical" as well as "chemical" beings and in fact, an electrical impulse is what stimulates the body to release its "chemicals" - your internal pharmacy. I've studied in this field of "electromedicine," now called NEUROMODULATION all of my career, co-invented devices, and effectively used them in clinical practice to solve problems like migraine pain.

I continue to urge people to explore the solutions in this field, rather than accept that if the pill doesn't work there isn't answer. - Peter Lathrop, Ph.D

https://www.neuromodulation.com/learn-more

The International Neuromodulation Society defines neuromodulation as: "the alteration of nerve activity through targeted delivery of a stimulus, such as electrical stimulation or chemical agents, to specific neurological sites in the body."

17/06/2020

If you are a friend or advocate for someone with migraine THANK YOU for being here on our page. Here's some things to really understand about this condition that is the 3rd most prevalent illness in the world:
➡Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. households includes someone with migraine.
➡Amazingly, 12% of the population – including children – suffers from migraine. 18% of American women, 6% of men, and 10% of children experience migraine.

Most people don’t realize how serious and incapacitating migraine can be.
➡Every 10 seconds, someone in the U.S. goes to the emergency room complaining of head pain, and approximately 1.2 million visits are for acute migraine attacks.
➡While most sufferers experience attacks once or twice a month, more than 4 million people have chronic daily migraine, with at least 15 migraine days per month.
➡More than 90% of sufferers are unable to work or function normally during their migraine.

Migraine is much more than a bad headache.
Migraine is a neurological disease with extremely incapacitating neurological symptoms.