Natural medicine management of migraine, tension-type headache, and headache pain

Rounding out our series on pain we are look at the use of natural and complementary therapies for the treatment and prevention of migraine, tension-type headache, or headache pain.

Headache disorders are common with 62% of adults affected by episodic tension-type headache and 2% by chronic migraine.¹ Migraines severely disrupt the lives of sufferers, or migraineurs, and are estimated to affect 1 billion people worldwide – they are the leading cause of disability for neurological disorders.² Supporting migraineurs with pain relief and prophylactic therapy is important.