Headaches are one of the most common health issues in the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 40% of people experience headache disorders. There are many different types of headaches, and while people often use the word “migraine” to describe a bad headache, a migraine tends to be a more painful headache disorder with complex symptoms and features.
Along with the painful pressure and throbbing in the head, migraine symptoms like nausea, sensitivity to light, and vomiting may last for hours and days.
What Causes Migraines and Headaches?
To understand how to treat headaches and migraines, it’s important to understand their causes. From a physiological standpoint, both are the result of specific pain-sensitive nerves that affect the muscles and blood vessels reacting to a trigger and then sending a pain “message” to the brain.
While genetics are a strong risk factor in your predisposition to migraines, there are also a variety of other factors that can trigger a headache or migraine including:
- Changes in sleep or lack of sleep
- Skipping meals
- Certain foods like chocolate, processed meats, and cheeses
- Caffeine
- Environmental factors such as bright lights, changes in barometric pressure, air quality, and some odors
Therapies for Migraines and Headaches
The symptoms of migraines and headaches can be managed through a variety of ways, including avoiding known triggers, lifestyle changes, and the incorporation of science-backed therapies.
Our team of experts can work with you to customize a 30-day Wellness Plan for managing your pain based on your goals or help you decide how to best use our therapies à la carte to help manage your headache and migraine symptoms.
Our 30-Day Wellness Plan for managing headaches and migraines includes:
Magnesium IV Drip
Our IV Drip Therapy delivers an extensive menu of essential vitamins, nutrients, minerals, and amino acids directly into your bloodstream, allowing your body to quickly absorb those hydrating nutrients. It’s the most common invasive procedure used by medical professionals around the world thanks to the speed, convenience, and efficiency that it provides.
Magnesium specifically has been found to support muscle and nerve function, energy production, and provide pain relief. At Restore, a medical professional will discuss your needs and discuss options for how you can optimize your drip by stacking specific ingredients.
What to Expect
A medical professional will take your vital signs and monitor you throughout your IV Drip experience. During your treatment in our IV Drip Therapy space, you can sit back and relax, read a book or get some work done on your laptop for the next 60-90 minutes.
Did You Know?
Magnesium acts as a natural muscle relaxer and plays a critical role in 300 enzyme systems that regulate reactions throughout your body.
Whole Body Cryotherapy
Our Whole Body Cryotherapy sessions involve exposing your whole body to sub-zero temperatures for no more than three minutes. During that time, the extreme cold activates your body’s natural fight or flight response, constricting blood vessels to redirect blood away from the extremities and toward the core to protect your organs.
It’s during this time that the body increases its oxygen levels and certain proteins, and when your session is done and you return to a normal room temperature, this oxygen-rich blood moves back through the body. As a result, Whole Body Cryotherapy has been found to reduce pain and inflammation and alleviate the symptoms of migraines, arthritis, and some mood disorders.
What to Expect
You’ll be directed to a private changing room. Since our Cryotherapy chamber uses sub-zero temperatures, personal protective equipment (PPE) is required, and we provide you with a hat, socks, slippers, and gloves to protect certain parts of your body from the cold. We’re also happy to provide a robe if you would feel more comfortable with additional coverage.
Next, you’ll head back to the Cryotherapy chamber and choose a song to listen to while you're inside. You'll enter the chamber for a maximum of three minutes, where you can expect a 20º-40º drop in skin temperature. Afterward, you’ll likely feel alert and energized.
If three minutes sounds a bit daunting, you can choose to do less! Many people choose to gradually increase the time they spend in the chamber each visit.
Did You Know?
Cold therapy also increases adipokines—a protein/hormone that helps regulate energy expenditure, fat distribution and metabolism.
Mild Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber (mHbOT)
Our Mild Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (mHbOT) is designed to help you sharpen your cognitive edge and enhance the body's natural healing processes. All of your cells need oxygen to properly function, but while the air we breathe is only 21% oxygen, the air in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber is 100% pure oxygen. At the same time, the air pressure in the chamber is also two to three times higher than normal. This helps the lungs absorb more oxygen, which is then used to help heal damaged tissue, strengthen the immune system, stimulate skin cell growth to reduce signs of aging, relieve fatigue, and improve sleep and cognitive function.
What to Expect
Our staff will take your vitals and then lead you to the Mild Hyperbaric Oxygen chamber, where you can lie down and relax with music or a podcast or read on your tablet. A medical expert will ensure you’re comfortable and will check on you with a walkie-talkie.
When the chamber begins to pressurize, you’ll likely feel additional pressure or ear popping similar to what you might experience on an airplane. The chamber is fully pressurized in over 10 minutes, and your session will last between 60 and 90 minutes, depending on your goals.
After your Mild Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy session, you may continue to feel relaxed, alert and well-rested. As with most health and wellness habits, consistency is key. The more treatments you receive, the better your body can feel.
Did You Know?
When our cells and systems receive more oxygen, healing processes are supported for optimal cellular repair.
Sample Monthly Schedule
Below is a sample 30-day Wellness Plan for managing headaches and migraines.
Week 1
Visit 1: Whole Body Cryotherapy, Mild Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Visit 2: Whole Body Cryotherapy, Magnesium IV Drip
Week 2
Visit 1: Whole Body Cryotherapy, Mild Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Visit 2: Whole Body Cryotherapy, Mild Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Week 3
Visit 1: Whole Body Cryotherapy, Mild Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Visit 2: Whole Body Cryotherapy, Mild Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Week 4
Visit 1: Whole Body Cryotherapy, Mild Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Visit 2: Whole Body Cryotherapy, Mild Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Ready to Start Feeling Better Sooner?
No one should live with the pain and frustration of chronic headaches and migraines. Our Restore therapies can help you manage your pain to get back to doing more of what you love to do.
Visit your nearest Restore Hyper Wellness studio and book your appointments today.
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