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Acupuncture and Treatment of Menstrual Migraines

Menstrual migraines can derail your life each month and feel terrible!Menstrual migraines are migraines brought on either before or during the woman’s period. Symptoms can cause a dull throbbing or severe pulsing headaches, sensitivity to light, nausea, fatigue, dizziness and more.

Premenstrual migraines regularly occur during or after the time when the female hormones, estrogen and progesterone, drop to their lowest levels.

In addition to a drop in estrogen, birth control and hormone replacment therapy for menopause can change the frequency or severity of migraines.

What makes menstrual migraines so tenacious is that it is directly linked to your menstrual cycle. Simply suppressing the pain in “standard” migraines is not enough to tame these types of headaches.

If your doctor has prescribed NSAID’S Non-Steroidal Anti-inflammatories (Orudis, Advil, Motrin, Naloxon, Naprosyn, Relafen), triptans-selective serotonin receptor agonists (Axert, Relpax, Frova, Amerge, Maxalt, Imitrex, Zomig) and you are still experiencing uncomfortable symptoms or would like to try a non-drug solution, it is reassuring to know that acupuncture and Chinese medicine has been used in treating menstrual migraines.

Normalizing Female Hormones

The key to treatment of menstrual migraine lies in normalizing the menstrual cycle to reduce the symptoms of migraines. Regulating the cycle and its irregularities is the key to reducing the pain and frequency of the headaches. Many times, people are trying cycle regulation medication and pain medication and yet, still, they are having uncomfortable symptoms every month. They might have had some benefits from the medications, but they are still experiencing pain. Not to mention the common “side effect regrets” that I hear from many patients. They don’t like how they are feeling while on the medications  but they do not want to feel worse by stopping the medications. This “damned-if- I do” and “damned-if-I don’t” situation is one that many women struggle with.

Acupuncture for Menstrual Migraine

Acupuncture is used to  free up poor blood flow to the head and uterus to reduce the pain.

Some women present with shortened cycles, some with prolonged cycles. Some with a lot of painful cycles and others with little to no pain.  When treating hormonal headaches, you must treat the hormonal issue that is causing the headaches  to occur to begin with. Most women do not consider their menstrual cycle to be a problem. However, many symptoms such as clotting, cramping during the cycle, shortened cycles, prolonged cycles, endometriosis, or the presence of fibroids or cysts could be a factor in regulating your cycle. Even if you’ve been using birth control to regulate your cycle, it could still be affecting your estrogen and progesterone hormones.

Chinese Herbs Can Regulate the Hormonal Imbalance

Chinese herbal medicine can be used to help balance the hormones by regulating the cycle abnormalities or by reducing stress, and reducing the symptoms of migraines. Treatment is highly individualized according to the pattern you have occurring in your body. With high quality herbs to ensure purity, Chinese herbs have less if any side effects that can be used to treat the root cuase of your menstrual migraines.

Effective Treatments for Menstrual Migraines

Treating hedaches is personalized and is different for each patient acocriding to their dysfunction If you are suffering from menstrual migraines and you are looking for more help. I invite you to have a no-pressure consultation and evaluation with me, to see how acupuncture and Chinese medicine could benefit your menstrual migraine. I have been treating menstrual migraines in my Ridgewood New Jersey office so you don’t have to run into New York City to find a practitioner. I have been providing acupuncture and Chinese Medicine for over 23 years.  Call me at 201-444-7150 or simply email me at Joshua@acupunctureYES.com. Even if you’ve never considered acupuncture for your  menstural migraines, I am here to help you smooth out the process. Using acupuncture and Chinese medicine for menstrual migraine can be used to  create a better future by reducing or eliminating your pain.

 

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My purpose is to help as many people as I can, healthy or not, by improving the quality of their lives. In Chinese medicine, there is an emphasis on addressing the underlying cause(s) of disease. It is in this spirit that I practice, motivating people to make shifts in their thinking as well as shifts in their bodies so they can make lasting positive changes in their health and their lives.
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Testimonials

My experience with him was phenomenal. He [Joshua Goldstein] is very good at what he does and he has a very well rounded approach to helping. I would recommend him to anyone, especially if they suffer from stress or aches.
Anastasia, Fairlawn, NJ
I had an L-5 fracture in my back, a broken ankle and arthritis in both ankles. Pain also existed in my lower back and ankles. I was referred to Integrative Acupuncture from my brother, who is a chiropractor, and through his website. Since seeing Joshua, my sleeping is 80% better. My lower back pain … Read more
Jim, Ridgewood, NJ
I cannot begin to thank Joshua enough for his help. My experience and results with him were wonderful. He is not focused on just helping you ameliorate your specific problems, but he also looks at everything else going on with your body rather than just one piece of you. He genuinely wants to help y… Read more
Dee, Hewitt, NJ
I returned to this office for pain related to a sports injury. I had pain in the upper body region from boxing and sparing and was not getting relief from the medications prescribed to me from the orthopedist. My most recent injury was preventing me from even raising my arm to brush my teeth as well… Read more
Donna, Haworth, NJ
When I first came into see Joshua, I had pain in my foot from running. Previously, I had tried icing, rest, and stretching. When I tried the services from Integrative Acupuncture Center, I noticed the results were incredibly helpful. After just two sessions all pain in the targeted area was gone and… Read more
Rosesann, Ramsey, NJ
I have suffered from headaches all of my life between four to five times per week. I have gone to physicians and have only been prescribed medications for my headaches. The results were always the same, and I always felt foggy due to the medication. I was referred to Joshua’s office through a frie… Read more
Anthony, Paramus, NJ
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