Naturopathic Treatment of Headaches & Migraines includes:

• Identification & removal of potential causative factors.
• Specialty blood testing for food sensitivities/allergies.
• Custom allergy elimination diet plan & avoidance of common chemical triggers.
• Stabilization of blood vessels through targeted herbal, vitamin & mineral therapies.
• Spinal adjustments/ manipulations combined with trigger point therapy (only when indicated for certain patients).
• Individually prescribed Homeopathic remedies
• Natural Hormone balancing

Researchers still do not fully understand the cause of migraine headaches.  However, almost all researchers will agree that there is a hereditary factor involved in more than 70% of cases.  Because this, some people are more prone to them than others.  Migraines have been connected to both allergies, food triggers, hormonal & brain chemistry changes, skipping meals, sleep changes, stress, exercise, environmental toxins, caffeine, head trauma, fatigue, and bright flashing lights.  The pain that one experiences during a migraine may be related to spasms(vasoconstriction & vasodilation) of blood vessels that supply the brain, which in turn starts a cycle of histamine release and inflammation that only perpetuates the headache and creates more pain.

Food triggers may  be due to a particular chemical found in the food, or due to a food sensitivity (also called food-intolerance).  Headaches may occur anywhere from 90 minutes to 3 days after the food is ingested, making it difficult to pinpoint the culprit. For some patients, all of their migraines are caused by food triggers. For other patients, certain foods trigger headaches only during times of susceptibility, such as the onset of a menstrual cycle or during times of stress.

For several years now researchers have been able to deduce migraine headache as one of the best examples of food reactive problems, and have drawn linkage between food ingestion, the circulating immune system and brain disturbances.   Some studies indicate that significant improvement will be witnessed in nearly 88-93% of Migraine patients resorting to dietary changes.