Decreasing Headaches

This session is offered by Kathy Somers.

More than 1 or 2 headaches a month are too many . . .

After looking at numerous research studies, the U.S. Headache Consortium (which includes 7 medical societies) has given relaxation therapy, cognitive stress management approaches, and specific biofeedback treatments a Grade A efficacy rating in treating migraine headaches!

This 4 session group program meets once a week, providing an introduction to current information on the proven, drug-free strategies most helpful in decreasing, better understanding, and managing stress-related tension headaches and migraine headaches.

YOU WILL LEARN :

• the most common causes for awakening with a headache
• headache trigger combinations - and the ones to really watch for
• the 4 triggers that account for two-thirds of all migraines
• the specific types of stressors that prompt headaches
• 2 ways that breathing can cause headaches
• the "3 mini-days" approach to headaches
• to eat or not to eat?
• practical strategies to try as a headache is coming on
• stages in the migraine's neurovascular process where you can intervene
• skeletal muscle and smooth muscle self-regulation techniques
• 4 techniques to relax your eyes
• how to release tension in neck, shoulder and back muscles
• see what a psychophysiological profile (using sensitive biofeedback monitors) can tell you about the brain/body connection and headaches
• practice with 2 types of biofeedback helpful in decreasing or aborting headaches
• techniques that decrease head pain
• developing a personal pain management action plan

FEES :

• $ 20 for University of Guelph students   (due to a subsidy from U of G Student Health Services)

• $ 60 for members of United Steelworkers Local 4120   (due to a subsidy from Local 4120). To request your coupon code for the subsidized fee, email your name to ksomers@uoguelph.ca before you register.

• $ 120 for all others

Learn more and register.