Legend Rehabilitation
MIGRAINE
Have you been suffered from mygraine for years?
Thirty million people in the United States get migraines which are at least one in ten people. People suffer from a certain kind of migraine which leads to more than one billion dollars a year spent in health care and thirteen billion lost to industry due to reduced effectiveness at work.
Migraine headaches are the primary headache disorder for which women are most likely to seek medical treatment for. From after the onset of puberty, migraines affect women more than men in a ratio of 3.3 to 1 because of hormonal fluctuation.
Have your family life been seriously disturbed?
Although headache is the major complaint of migraine sufferers, migraine isn't just all about headache. Pounding heading, nausea, vomiting, sensitive to light(photophobia) and sensitive to sound(phonophobia) are the common symptoms experienced by migraine sufferers. One in five of migraine sufferers also experience 'auras'. Vision changes such as flashing lights, blurry vision, distorted images or zigzag lines are some common auras. Others may include confusion, dizziness or numbness on one side of the body.
Sometimes, these symptoms may last for days causing you to absent from work, lock yourself in a quiet dark room and hopefully the symptoms may go away with medication and rest. During severe attack, it is so debilitating that you cannot even function, let alone enjoy family life. End up the whole family suffer with you.
Acupuncture is a time-tested method which can effectively control your migraine
Chinese medicine has a very long extensive history in treating headache. 'Huang Di Neijing'【黄帝內经】, one of the most classic chinese medicine document had mentioned about management of headache.
Headache is one of the common reason patients seek acupuncture treatment in everyday clinical practice. There are a lot of researches have already proved that acupuncture is very effective in providing tremendous relief to headache. Patients often report decrease in frequency and intensity of pain. Patients also report acupuncture treatment able to cut down the use of pain medication remarkably.
Mind Body Balance Approach
In fact, using acupuncture on pain relief is just part of the story. Acupuncture also affects the immune system, digestion system, endocrine system, reduces stress and calms the mind etc.
In chinese medicine, we emphases on not just the SYMPTOMS but most importantly the ROOT of the problem. What does it mean? There often has a underlying condition making one is more prone to develop migraine than the others. There may be some underlying constitutional weakness, or systems in the body that is off BALANCE and affecting the self- healing process.
Moreover, in chinese medicine, prolonged EMOTIONAL upset is another major factor causing the body off balance and affecting the self healing process.
Therefore, in Legend Rehabilitation, "Mind Body Balance Approach" is the style we applied on patients with migraine. To achieve the ultimate balance for the body.
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In chinese medicine, we emphases on not just the SYMPTOMS but most importantly the ROOT of the problem. What does it mean? There often has a underlying condition making one is more prone to develop migraine than the others. There may be some underlying constitutional weakness, or systems in the body that is off BALANCE and affecting the self- healing process.
Moreover, in chinese medicine, prolonged EMOTIONAL upset is another major factor causing the body off balance and affecting the self healing process.
Therefore, in Legend Rehabilitation, "Mind Body Balance Approach" is the style we applied on patients with migraine. To achieve the ultimate balance for the body.
