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Pet therapy for migraines
This post is about ‘pets for migraines’ – as opposed to ‘pets with migraines’ – which is really too terrible to think about… Although if you do think about it, it makes you wonder what specifically it is about the human brain that sets us apart from animals. Perhaps one…
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Duck-duck-swan
When I was younger, I found anacronyms helped me remember things. “Roger Of York Gave Battle In Vain” was for the order of the colors of the rainbow. Or you might be old enough to recall “My Very Earnest Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas.” (Of course, kids today no…
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Finding migraine relief
The Migraine World Summit is almost over, but there’s a few more hours left of their good information. I’ll definitely be back next year to listen again. Yesterday’s presentation was by headache specialist, neurologist and founder of Migraine Quebec, Dr Elizabeth Leroux. The contents of her interview are simplified, and…
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Drinking water in slow motion
“Drink more water” is the catch cry of chronic pain curers and well-wishers everywhere: this post is not about hydration… not the normal sort anyway. This morning was like any other. Tai Chi, farewell hubby, walk the dogs, and then the manic scramble to get the kids out the door…
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Wall Pilates for migraines
Wall Pilates is a TikTok trend I heard about in my news feed (I’m not even on TikTok?!). Normally I would be instantly averse to anything that comes to me via ‘recent trends’, but I confess I have been interested in trying Pilates for a while now, and I thought…
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The future of migraine research
In another instalment from the Migraine World Summit, (which is still accessible if you want to watch), Dr Walter Koroshetz, director of neurology disorders (NINDS) in the United Sates, was asked about the future of migraine research. The interview stretched my pain-brain a tad, and there was a lot of…
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‘Mindful-lite’ and ‘inchstones’
When I look back on the beginning of my holistic healing journey, I realize that I was a bit ‘intense’. Due to my chronic migraines, I had reached such a low place, and needed to make such drastic changes, that I went into ‘bed-bound bootcamp’ mode. The program that I…
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The global migraine
Each day, after I upload a post onto the blog, I can go ‘behind the veil’ as it were. I can see how many people have been reading the individual posts, and the blog in general. I don’t always check, because I often find myself becoming a little compulsive about…
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Controlling chronic migraine
The Migraine Summit is currently underway, and I’ve watched 2 of the first 4 sessions available. So far, I’ve been impressed with the quality of the speakers and the material they cover in the 30-minute sessions. There’s enough material in each session to make a blog post, but I won’t…
The Mindful Migraine 