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Menstrual Migraine – It’s Not Your Hormones!

November 4, 2009 by dean · Leave a Comment 

As a clinician I am often asked why I recommend the necks of menstrual migraine sufferers be examined when menstrual migraine supposedly results from hormonal imbalances or abnormal fluctuations etc.

As I have mentioned in previous posts research shows that menstrual migraine sufferers do not have irregular hormonal profiles or fluctuations and that the brainstems of menstrual migraine sufferers are sensitised just as they are in tension headache and migraine sufferers – and one source of sensitisation is abnormal information from neck disorders.

Review other posts about Menstrual Migraine by keying in Menstrual Migraine on the ‘Home Page’.

Cheers

Dean

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About dean
Consultant Headache & Migraine Physiotherapist; International Teacher; Director, The Headache Clinic & Watson Headache Institute; PhD Candidate Murdoch University, Western Australia; Adjunct Lecturer, Masters Program, Physiotherapy School, University of South Australia; MAppSc(Res) GradDipAdvManipTher Experienced health practitioners trained in the Watson Headache Approach perform the examination and treatment techniques developed by Dean Watson. These techniques are based on his extensive experience of 7000 headache patients (21,000 hours) over 21 years and are now taught internationally. For your nearest practitioner who has completed training in the ‘Watson Headache Approach’ please refer to the ‘Practitioner Directory’.

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