Basically,acupuncture can help headache,but needles havn't unlimited power to heal every migraine headache sometime.
For nearly a decade, researchers have been testing the concept that migraines are caused when a person's trigeminal nerve branches are irritated. When the muscles around these branches are incapacitated, the headaches stop, which is why some patients have found relief from the 'freezing' effect of Botox treatments. However, according to this study, removal of these muscles or 'triggers,' offers an easily attainable and permanent fix.[1]
This research also tell us cause of migrane headache.The theory behind the surgery is that because some migraines are caused when sensitive nerve branches are squeezed and irritated by muscles, deactivating those muscles could bring prolonged relief.It make us to understand why acupuncture work.which means acupuncture can reduce ligment or muscle inflammation around sensitive nerves.
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reference:http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090731085806.htm
Many headache specialists, Dr. Lipton and Dr. Cady included, emphasize that this migraine surgery isn’t applicable to most sufferers. “Folks who are appropriate for this procedure — they are the tip of the iceberg, not the vast majority,” said Dr. Jennifer S. Kriegler, a neurologist who is one of the study’s authors and who works at the Cleveland Clinic’s headache center.
At this stage, suitable candidates are those who endure frequent migraines and have failed more tried-and-true methods of controlling their headaches, several doctors said. The bottom line, Dr. Lipton explained, is if you can’t identify a point of irritation and “if you don’t respond to Botox, we don’t know if this treatment works for you.”
Source:nytimes
