Migraine Treatment: Try Applying Heat Or Cold For Migraine Relief
I have several family members who suffer from occasional migraine headaches. Once the migraine begins they seek any and all remedies to find relief. I have watched as they seek out darkness, use compresses and various medications with mixed results. Wouldn't a real non-medicine treatment that worked immediately be the real answer?
A lot of migraine suffers (known as migraineurs) find their migraine headache pain eases with carefully applied heat and cold. The try this remedy first because they want to avoid the prescription medication if they can help it. Many are concerned with side effects or how the medicine makes them feel afterwards. This is especially true when children are involved.
Here are some hot and cold techniques I have seen work for them. I hope they help you too although clearly not all techniques work for all people. With some migraine suffers it is cold that does the trick while others find headache relief in the presence of hot. What helps one may actually make matters worse for the other.
Individual testing is required to choose to the best course of action.
Apply a cold or hot compress to the spot where the pain seems to originate. Often this will be in the temple area or in front of the ear, both of these areas have large arteries located nearby.
Do you get your migraine pain behind the eyes? Those folks will use a damp cloth (hot or cold) placed carefully over the eyes to gain relief. It also helps to shut out the light. Many migraineurs find that the light makes them hurt worse and avoid it all cost.
Taking a shower (hot or cold) with one of those massaging showerheads aimed at the head and neck is something my brother likes to do. A bath would probably work as well.
Alternating hot and cold applications to the migraine affected area is a good method. This approach is often recommended to help with swelling, sore muscles and aching joints. Works for some migraine suffers too.
Try these hot and cold migraine solutions. They should help you cope with painful migraine headaches whenever they attack.
A lot of migraine suffers (known as migraineurs) find their migraine headache pain eases with carefully applied heat and cold. The try this remedy first because they want to avoid the prescription medication if they can help it. Many are concerned with side effects or how the medicine makes them feel afterwards. This is especially true when children are involved.
Here are some hot and cold techniques I have seen work for them. I hope they help you too although clearly not all techniques work for all people. With some migraine suffers it is cold that does the trick while others find headache relief in the presence of hot. What helps one may actually make matters worse for the other.
Individual testing is required to choose to the best course of action.
Apply a cold or hot compress to the spot where the pain seems to originate. Often this will be in the temple area or in front of the ear, both of these areas have large arteries located nearby.
Do you get your migraine pain behind the eyes? Those folks will use a damp cloth (hot or cold) placed carefully over the eyes to gain relief. It also helps to shut out the light. Many migraineurs find that the light makes them hurt worse and avoid it all cost.
Taking a shower (hot or cold) with one of those massaging showerheads aimed at the head and neck is something my brother likes to do. A bath would probably work as well.
Alternating hot and cold applications to the migraine affected area is a good method. This approach is often recommended to help with swelling, sore muscles and aching joints. Works for some migraine suffers too.
Try these hot and cold migraine solutions. They should help you cope with painful migraine headaches whenever they attack.
