Question:
I have read that chiropactic is supposed to be the most useful comp therapy for cluster headaches. Has anyone any experience of treating them?
Hi Angelfish,
I suffer from migraines and headaches, and have chiropractic treatment which has helped greatly. The first session can be a bit scary (not a great fan of the neck clicking!) but it definitely has hleped to decrease the frequency of my attacks.
Karen x
I've just picked up this thread, quite accidentally really....Anyway, I treated a client with cluster headaches in March/April, using reflexology. She only had one headache in the week after the first session (from 3-5 per day), and none in the week after the second session. She had previously been using oxygen to relieve the pain, as she was breast feeding & couldn't take any meds.
It is possible that this was the end of her first bout of this, but I checked after one month & she had no further problem. I'm confident that she would use reflexology again should the headaches recur.
Hope this helps.
angelfish,
I am a massage therapist... I would suggest muscle release in combination with skeletal release. Pain referral patterns for cluster headaches tend to sit in the area above the ears// side of the head. I would suggest massaging the SCM muscle. release the neck muscles (scalenes) and upper cervical muscles...
I am a chiropractic client as well.. but bones will not release unless muscles release first.. then the headaches will improve..
happy rubbing..
:)
hi klowe
in reading your comment, i replaced the word bone with joint... i'm sure in many cases where the joint is restricted as a result of muscle spasm or imbalance, then this holds true. but i'm sceptical about this comment being used in such general terms. i'm a massage therapist too and i've never done a spinal manipulation. but from my reading i understand that releasing a locked facet in the cervical vertebra more often than not results in a release in the associated muscles. i am happy to be corrected... it just didn't sit right with me.
warm regards
henry
Answers:
Hi Angelfish,
I suffer from migraines and headaches, and have chiropractic treatment which has helped greatly. The first session can be a bit scary (not a great fan of the neck clicking!) but it definitely has hleped to decrease the frequency of my attacks.
Karen x
Answers:
I've just picked up this thread, quite accidentally really....Anyway, I treated a client with cluster headaches in March/April, using reflexology. She only had one headache in the week after the first session (from 3-5 per day), and none in the week after the second session. She had previously been using oxygen to relieve the pain, as she was breast feeding & couldn't take any meds.
It is possible that this was the end of her first bout of this, but I checked after one month & she had no further problem. I'm confident that she would use reflexology again should the headaches recur.
Hope this helps.
Answers:
angelfish,
I am a massage therapist... I would suggest muscle release in combination with skeletal release. Pain referral patterns for cluster headaches tend to sit in the area above the ears// side of the head. I would suggest massaging the SCM muscle. release the neck muscles (scalenes) and upper cervical muscles...
I am a chiropractic client as well.. but bones will not release unless muscles release first.. then the headaches will improve..
happy rubbing..
:)
Answers:
hi klowe
in reading your comment, i replaced the word bone with joint... i'm sure in many cases where the joint is restricted as a result of muscle spasm or imbalance, then this holds true. but i'm sceptical about this comment being used in such general terms. i'm a massage therapist too and i've never done a spinal manipulation. but from my reading i understand that releasing a locked facet in the cervical vertebra more often than not results in a release in the associated muscles. i am happy to be corrected... it just didn't sit right with me.
warm regards
henry
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