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Migraine

Migraine is a chronic neurological disorder characterized by recurrent headaches, from moderate to severe. Headache usually affects only one side and can be seen with several characteristic symptoms:

  • Lasts between 2 and 72 hours;

  • Intense and pulsating pain, usually on only one side of the head;

  • Nausea, vomiting and gastrointestinal disorders;

  • Sensitivity to light and sound;

  • Irritability and mood disorders (anxiety, euphoria, depression);

  • Inability to perform daily activities;

  • Sleep disorders (drowsiness, insomnia),

  • Intellectual disorders (mental exhaustion, decreased concentration).

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One third of people with migraines see an aura, a transient visual, sensory, motor or language disorder, which precedes the occurrence of a migraine.

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By medicine, migraine is a multifactorial disease, and its main causes are:

  • Environmental

    • Frequent prolonged stress;

    • Pollution and cigarette;

    • Noise, odors and strong lights;

    • Foods containing monosodium glutamate (many spices), nitrates (processed meats such as sausage, salami and hamburgers), tyramine (processed meats and cheeses), aspartame or alcohol (especially wine);

    • Irregularity of sleep patterns;

    • Lack of caffeine in frequent coffee drinkers;

    • Heavy exercises on hot or low humidity days;

    • Vasodilators;

  • Genetic (Two thirds of the cases are familiar);

  • Hormonal (affects slightly more boys than girls before puberty and about two to three times more women than adult men due to the menstrual cycle and use of birth control pills);

  • Behavioral:

    • Inflexibility in life.

    • Perfectionist behavior pattern. They tend to charge themselves too much and commonly find it difficult to relax and enjoy pleasurable moments.

    • Very strong pride and feels very uncomfortable with authoritarian people who rule their lives or control their steps.

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The mechanisms that activate migraine are not known, but it is believed to be a neurovascular disorder. The main theory is related to the increased excitability of the cerebral cortex and abnormalities in the control of pain neurons in the trigeminal nerve nuclei of the brain stem.

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Reflexotherapy treatment .

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Reflexotherapy treatment as a knowledge is initiated by an evaluation of the feet. By the feet we will try to understand if the behavioral characteristics described as a trigger for migraine are present. The feet reveal a lot about temperament and its signs (lines, spots, skin color and peeling, nail health, shape of the fingers) tell a lot about how our recent emotional history is and even related to old traumas.

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In the therapeutic part, I will help the interactor to make life lighter and not to use reason constantly, to balance the two cerebral hemispheres (reason and emotion) and to calm internal conflicts and their somatizations. Soften your thoughts.
When a headache arises, the interactant should reflect on what is happening around him, becoming aware of his feelings.

 

  • Am I being upset?

  • Did you feel disregarded (feeling of lack of consideration)?

  • Realize if you're being adamant with yourself or someone else?

 

Look for the acceptance of everything that is beyond your possibilities to resolve or face. See if you're not like that out of pride.

Try to be more flexible with other people, acting with empathy. We all have problems and some unwanted behavior in others is the result of some background in which the person can only be a victim.

The solution goes through an exercise in flexibility. Believing that it is possible to change our behavior and end the pain without the help of drugs.

Try to loosen up and have more fun, enjoy the small pleasures of life, escape automated actions and without feelings. If you are having a coffee, enjoy the aroma before having it.

Avoid criticizing opinions that are different from yours. Empathy and love bring people together and make life lighter and more flexible.

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By reflexology, I will apply a therapy with stimuli focused on the information that the feet brought me and that when worked will help the interactant to have a better perception of the facts while some stimuli will aim to act on the mechanisms of pain and on some discomfort typical of people affected by migraine attacks.

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For no pathology, standard therapy is sufficient. By the feet we will look for signs that show the root of the problem. This information will be the basis for building an efficient therapy.

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A typical therapy for migraine treatment would involve stimuli at the reflex points:

  • Hypothalamus ;

  • Pineal ;

  • Hypophysis

  • Cerebellum;

  • Column;

  • Circulation;

  • The entire reflex area of ​​the head (Hallux therapy), with an emphasis on the corpus callosum;

  • Neck;

  • Eyes;

  • Stage breasts;

  • Thyroid ;

  • Ovaries (Women);

  • Digestive area;

  • Liver ;

  • Solar plexus ;

  • Tension point.

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Academic articles :

a) Effects of feet reflexology versus segmental massage in reducing pain and its intensity, frequency and duration of the attacks in females with migraine: a pilot study

 

Translation : Effects of foot reflexology versus segmental massage in reducing pain and its intensity, frequency and duration of attacks in females with migraine: a pilot study.

Authors :

Wojciech Kobza;

Pawel Lizis;

Halina Romualda Zięba.

Publication : Published in Periodic Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine on July 7, 2017.

DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/S0254-6272(17)30047-X

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b) Effect of applying reflexology massage on nitroglycerin-induced migraine-type headache: A placebo-controlled clinical trial.

Authors :

Nima Imani;

Shams Aldin Shams;

Moloud Radfar;

Haleh Ghavami;

Hamid Reza Khalkhali
Publication : The journal of the Turkish Society of Algology in 2018

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