Headache Treatment: There is hope!

If you suffer from headaches, you are not alone. Over 50 million of us experience some form of a severe headache at some point in our lives. Whether you experience minor head pain or severe migraines, headaches can take valuable time out of your day and your life, and leave you searching for relief. Help is right around the corner!

Check out these common headache treatments

Many people go to their first resort, OTC medications but some offer short-term or little relief. Unfortunately, common headache medications do not address the root cause(s), and when used over long periods of time can cause unwanted side effects.

Acupuncture and naturopathic medicine offers a safe and effective approach to relieving migraine headache pain without causing harmful side effects. These therapies in our Migraine Program provide an individualized and comprehensive program that helps to find the underlying cause, treat it, and prevent future flares for headache treatment.

Causes of Headaches:

There are many factors that may play a key role in the root cause of a headache. These include environmental, physical ailments, medications, body constitution, emotions and stress, excessive work, improper diet, food allergies, and hormones. Headaches can also be diagnosed according to specific symptoms, times of occurrence, location, type of pain, and triggers.

A natural path to relief

At Starting Point Acupuncture, we take a holistic and integrated approach to health. In our innovative Migraine Program, we will take a detailed health history, and perform a physical exam, order any necessary testing to determine the most effective care to find any unknown triggers and develop a plan to support your body against future flares.

Check out our previous post on how acupuncture can outperform drugs in the treatment of headaches, here.

It is important to remember that acupuncture is not a quick fix. Changes may occur quickly or over a longer period of time, depending upon the duration you have had the issue, symptoms, and health history.

The key is finding what is causing the headaches, not just treating the symptom.

If you are ready to start living your life headache-free, give our office a call today (425) 686-4498 to learn about our headache treatment program.

Dr. Ellie Heintze, ND, LAc, is a naturopathic doctor and acupuncturist in Bothell, WA at her practice Starting Point Acupuncture. She specializes in chronic and complex cases and commonly treats neuropathy, fibromyalgia, migraines, autoimmune, and infertility cases. Dr. Ellie Heintze is also the author of the book, A Starting Point Guide to Going Gluten-Free  and Keep Calm and Zen Out available on Amazon.