NMR for Migraines

Can a Migraine be Alleviated with Bodywork?

Migraines are often accompanied and exacerbated by digestive disturbance, vertigo and hypersensitivity to a number of external stresses such as barometric pressure, light, dehydration, caffeine, chocolate or just plain stress. In my experience it’s usually a combination.

Several new clients came in this week with serious migraine issues; one with disabling and depressing vertigo. At my clinic we’ve had amazing success working with Migraine and Vertigo. Here’s what I’ve found to be universal in Migraine sufferers…

Correcting the Imbalances Contributing to Migraines

Each migraine sufferer has a functional imbalance in the rotator muscles at the top of the neck:  the sub-occipitals: Obliquus Capitis Superior OCS and Inferior OCI and the Splenius and Rectus Capitis are out of balance functionally. The neck cannot turn horizontally on the axis of the spine. The Cranium is tipped back on one side. Even when a CS Therapist can induce the muscles of the Sub Occipitals and the back of the head to let go, the lack of structural integrity and function among these muscles results in a disorienting lack of stability that is deeply disturbing to the nervous system and in one such client induced a migraine that lasted for 4 days after the CST treatment.

Our orienting functions are intimately interwoven with the muscles at the top of the neck. To top it all off, the OCS transits across the space where the Vagus Nerve descends from the Cranium. When OCS is tight, it puts pressure on the Vagus nerve, suppressing its signals to the viscera. When our Vagus nerve is suppressed our digestion is suppressed. We no longer absorb the water we are drinking. We become dehydrated. We are drinking lots of water but our lips are chapped. We may develop respiratory distress as our immune responses are suppressed and we become vulnerable to airborne or food borne bacteria.

Does this sound familiar? Correcting this imbalance in functional rotation is what NeuroMuscular Reprogramming NMR does. — Learn how to correct this imbalance and much more in Mod 1 – 4 NeuroMuscular Reprogramming classes.  Buy Advanced NMR for the Neck Tutorial on the video products page of the NMR website.