Migraine case

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gabrielle: If your back hurts after a chiropractic treatment ,maybe you should

look for a different chiropractor .As ,in any type of medicine, some are more

skilled than others but all cost the same.Normally I would not mention chiro tx.

on this site but I wanted to help you stop the migraines. I have found a C1/C2

subluxation in every migraine I have seen. If they don't have this, I send them

to Western Medicine to get a CAT scan as it will be a tumour or an aneurysm.

Release the muscle groups with acupuncture first for 20 minutes and then use

some gentle Tuina techniques to rotate the neck gently away from the " muscle

knob " you will feel at this area. Normal range of motion is all that is

required. Make a contact with your index finger on the ashi point and

concentrate your movement from this point. Again- only normal range of motion.

You will find, after it has been relaxed using acupuncture, it will move gently

back into it's proper position. After this, find out how your

patient sleeps. I have found most suffering this problem sleep on their stomach

with their head turned to one side. Overnight, the small muscles, when relaxed

will stretch to make this position more comfortable- but not in the morning when

they want to look both ways. I have also found a " Tempur " pillow to be very good

at keeping the neck in the proper position while sleeping. I hope this helps. I

have not had a patient with migraines that it did not help - stopping the

headaches until they slept in a poor position again out of habit. William Brown

 

 

 

 

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HI Gabrielle,

 

I " m taking a wild guess that your patient is Qi and Blood Def. So moxa on

DU 20 seems like a good idea to me since it will raise Qi and Blood close to

the Def area, but she needs more Qi and Blood to resolve the H/A's. Also I

recommend dredging the channels where they supply the painful area. Put one

needle upstream of the pain, one needle downstream and one in the most

painful spot and use dispersing technique on all of them and then use a moxa

stick along the natural direction of the channels in the painful areas.

Apply the moxa long enough to tonify the area ( " inject more Qi " ) since the

H/A's are hypothetically due to Def.Applying the moxa will take longer than

usual because of the hair.

 

It may be necessary to strongly dredge the channels. In that case you cna

insert needles longitudinally in the channel from upstream of the pain to a

point just downstream and needle a point onthe same channel around the ankle

or foot.

 

JOE