There are numerous formulas that we can resort to try to find an effective solution to headaches. From the most traditional, such as Western medicine, to the most exotic ways in an attempt to solve what other models can only alleviate. Recently, after many years of criticism and comments about its effectiveness, acupuncture has received approval – from a part of the scientific community – as a remedy for chronic headaches after the publication of more than twenty studies in this regard.
Acupuncture as a means to cure headache
Despite this, we can find positions that place acupuncture as a means as effective as the treatment of migraines and headaches with drugs, as well as positions that establish that this technique, even accepting that it can help patients feel better, it only carries a placebo and psychological effect. From this controversy we can conclude that, despite everything, the suitability of this method remains in suspense given the lack of consensus among the researchers involved. Given this situation, the best solution at a time when we suffer incessant headaches is to go to our regular doctor.
Acupuncture is a technique, extracted from traditional Chinese medicine, through which numerous long and very thin needles are inserted into specific areas of the dermis, with the aim of eliminating pain and stress. The areas where the professional sticks the needles will necessarily depend on the previous information -about our symptoms- that we provide. The nature, the location of the pain, the symptoms that accompany it and the severity of the discomfort are factors that will help the acupuncturist to make an accurate diagnosis of the origin of our ailment.
Migraines are often related to stress or physical exhaustion and are also accompanied by nausea, muscle aches, and dizziness. In all cases, acupuncture can be used for pain relief or to treat the root of the problem itself. The most widespread theories show that acupuncture has some effectiveness in relaxing tense muscles in the back, neck or shoulders, a situation that, by itself, could already help to solve many cases of headaches.