Help Sheet: Headache Pain
Acupuncture for Headache Pain How Acupuncture Helps Migraines may occur due to stress and/or muscle tension. Acupuncture helps by disrupting these trigger points in muscles. As a result, promoting muscle relaxation and decreasing migraine or headache symptoms. Acupuncture also helps stimulate the release of the body’s natural hormones and chemicals. Specifically endorphins, one of the main chemicals of the body and its’ natural pain killer. Physiologically acupuncture increases circulation, decreases inflammation, relieves pain and muscle spasms and increases T-cell count. Therefore, stimulating …