Guest guest Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Jyoti, Remember, I had asked about rubbing certain points if I feel a migrain coming, and you asked me to keep you posted. Well here's what's happened so far. And I thank you so much for the trigger point education. First off, I've been trying to be really good about taking a cal-mag-zinc supplement along with my regular regime. I'm also taking kelp. When I felt the right back of my head starting to get that 'feeling', I began rubbing/gripping my clavicle at the sternal end, then I'd move up my neck following the SCM. Can we say HUGE difference! I have a little massage tool, so I was able to use that in a way that would allow me to relax my right side and still have leverage. Also, deep in my right trap, there were fibers that were a direct line to 'that feeling' behind my right ear where the migraine always starts. I've rubbed my shoulder before, but it wasn't till I really gripped it and felt those deep fibers and the linking pain that I REALLY GOT IT. I'm going to make a appointment w/an accupuncturist and see if we can the core of these muscles to settle down, come back into balance. At first touch you may feel that my neck and shoulder are realatively in balance, but that's just the 'sleeve', deep inside, they are like piano cords. Thanks again, for that trigger point education. I hope I'm using it correctly. Debra - supervixen08 herbal remedies Wednesday, March 01, 2006 6:03 PM Herbal Remedies - Re: Accute Migrain Headaches Hi!I'm a licensed massage therapist. In school we received some greatinformation on what are called "trigger points". Google will alsohave great resources. Basically, what these are, are portions ofhyper-irritabe muscle tissue that refer pain to OTHER areas that don'tseem to relate in any way. These patterns have been established andare predictable. Often, you don't feel the trigger point--you feelthe referring pain! Almost all headaches, if not due to dehydration,low blood sugar, toxicity (like carbon monoxide), blood pressure, orsome organic cause, are almost ALWAYS due to trigger points. Thisgoes for stress headaches, cluster headaches, and migraines are nodifferent. The difference between these headaches is often simply amatter of the location of the trigger point, because different TrPswill have different "referral zones". About 70-80% of ALL the pain out there is due to nothing but TriggerPoints. The good news is, these can be done away with, and withoutdrugs! Call around to find a professional massage therapist who KNOWSTRIGGER POINT therapy. Hugs and hope you get better!!~Jyoti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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