Have you ever tried a holistic migraine treatment approach? The Migraine Strong team developed the Treatment Pie to illustrate the need to attack migraine using a multimodal approach. These nine "slices" represent the medical interventions and holistic migraine treatments that are known to best effect migraine outcomes. When applied together, they have a greater chance of reducing the frequency and severity of migraine attacks than any one slice alone. Each slice is described below.
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How To Assemble An At Home Migraine Treatment Plan
Ever have a migraine attack bearing down and you blank on what to reach for to treat the attack? The misery and neurological changes that come with migraine attacks have the ability to wipe out thoughts of basic reliefs we know can help. This happens to me all the time and I end up relying on my Migraine Strong partners, Danielle Aberman and Jennifer Bragdon, to help remind me of things I can try. Having an at home migraine treatment plan in place helps me when my people aren't available to make suggestions. So what can we do to make sure we have our ducks in a row BEFORE we have…
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I Followed a Migraine Elimination Diet: Here’s What Happened
What is a Migraine Elimination Diet? Diet affects the frequency and severity of migraine symptoms in some people. The purpose of a migraine elimination diet is to reduce your exposure to common food triggers with the hopes of creating a calmer migraine brain. The migraine trigger list is a long one. Some migraine triggers are unavoidable like hormones, weather, sensory stimulus and so on. Others like irregular sleep, dehydration & food triggers can be avoided in an attempt to reduce our trigger load and to raise our migraine threshold resulting in better control over symptoms. ** While Migraine Strong writes about the latest in migraine treatments, this is not…
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What is the Root Cause of Migraine?
Back in my early days of episodic migraine I didn’t give much thought to the root cause of migraine attacks. It wasn’t until I had chronic migraine that I started to wonder what the heck was causing my once full life to get smaller and smaller. I wanted to know what was wrong with my body so I could fix it. What was my root cause of migraine?
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The CoQ10 Migraine Connection – All You Need to Know
We have written a great deal about the benefits of magnesium, ginger, melatonin, turmeric and other proven natural migraine remedies. This article will explore the CoQ10 migraine link to help you understand its potential to help you find consistent relief. A study from 2021 looked at 6 small studies evaluating coQ10 for migraine. The studies differed in several ways including the coQ10 migraine dose provided, but the reviewers noted some positive conclusions from the data.
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Migraine Cocktail: Your Comprehensive Guide and Helpful How To Tips
According to the Migraine Research Foundation (MRF), migraine affects one billion people across the globe, 39 million in the United States alone, and it’s the 6th most disabling illness in the world. Finding an effective migraine cocktail is one of the single most important things that anyone with migraine can hope to find.
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The Migraine Stick- Our Best Tips and Top Picks
Migraine is a complicated neurological disease. Finding relief from its multitude of symptoms comes in many forms. Medication, supplements, hydration, movement, diet and so much more can empower us to take a control. But even when the best treatment plans help us lessen the frequency and severity of our migraine attacks, we are likely to still experience them. In addition, abortive medications must be limited to avoid medication overuse (rebound) attacks making rescue strategies all we’re able to reach for some days. This makes natural strategies like finding and using the best migraine stick a good solution for symptom relief.
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Which Magnesium is Best for Migraine – Everything You Need to Know
Anyone in the know about migraine knows about magnesium for migraine. But, when you see a neurologist or headache specialist, the doctors may not lead with specific information on the best magnesium for migraines. They may even forget to mention it as they focus on other priorities like medications, therapies and/or tests for you.
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MSG Headache- The Controversy, the Facts and the Real Story
Can MSG cause migraines and headaches? Yes and no. It's controversial but I think once you understand more about this food additive you can answer this question for yourself. Some of you might be on the fence about it as whether or not you have MSG as a migraine trigger while others emphatically notice a strong MSG headache connection. My goal is to help you understand what MSG is and explain the contradictory messages on the internet as well as your own doctor's office.
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Sinus Headache vs. Migraine? Know the Difference and Find Relief
What is the difference between sinus headache, sinus migraine and migraine headache? As it turns out, not much. Your sinus headache is very likely migraine. The location of the pain, as well as some common symptoms between sinus headache vs. migraine, seems to be the main reason for misdiagnosis by patients as well as primary care doctors.
