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Hi everyone. Todays blog will be short as I have a migraine starting up and you\u2019ll have to excuse me while I go off-line to handle it. Usually I\u2019d be entertaining you with some artwork, music creation or another handy hint for personal development<\/a> or even more great info about marketing on the web with this blogging<\/a> platform.<\/p>\n However, I decided to blog about migraine headaches this today because very often the fact of having a migraine headache affects us so badly<\/strong> that we cannot function normally.<\/p>\n I have known people who have had to disconnect from the world in a total quiet often for many hours or even overnight wasting the entire day because of a migraine headache. I know many people who take drugs (medication) in an attempt to handle it, with more or less success (often less).<\/p>\n What a migraine feels like\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Personally I do not take any form of drug. My personal choice. So paracetamol, codeine, or any other drug-based pain killer is not an option.<\/p>\n I do not want to hide the pain from myself.<\/p>\n I want to achieve a harmony with my mind\/body so that the pain goes<\/em>.<\/p>\n Anyone who has suffered from\u00a0migraines\u00a0will tell you that it is a tricky beast and not easy to combat. They will also tell you how completely debilitating<\/span> it can be.<\/p>\n Many people will tell you also that going to sleep is not an option for the fact of lying down just increase<\/em>s the pain. I have experienced this too, with nausea and vomiting, a state of very reduced\u00a0faculties and such intense pain I thought my head would explode.<\/p>\n I wasn\u2019t willing to let this continue so\u2026 I found a way through.<\/strong><\/p>\n This is just my personal experience and does not in any way\u00a0constitute\u00a0medical advice. If you want medical advice see your doctor.<\/strong><\/p>\n I stood in the middle of a sport floor mat (to be softer to fall on if I was to fall over.)<\/p>\n I shut my eyes and stood straight, relaxing my body as much as possible. (I lift my head up lengthening my neck as if a string was\u00a0attached\u00a0to the top of my head.) I allow the blood to circulate freely in my limbs.<\/p>\n the room is quiet and without disturbing lights.<\/p>\n (\u2026. this is where I left to get rid of the pain\u2026.the rest is written the next day)<\/p>\n I relax and allow myself<\/em> to align<\/strong> with my body<\/em> as I feel it.<\/p>\n I do not try to think.<\/p>\n I relax every part of my body as much as possible, especially arms shoulders and neck.<\/p>\n I keep my weight distributed evenly left and right and take a relaxed \u2018tai-chi\u2019 type of stance (knees slightly bent, bottom in, shoulders relaxed arms by my sides)<\/p>\n I let go,<\/strong> of tensions. I \u201clet go\u201d of thoughts that try to begin a train of thought. I just let go of everything that I can.<\/p>\n I take my attention units OFF of everything that they are stuck to.<\/p>\n Problems, appointments, undone actions, incomplete actions etc etc. I just let them go.<\/strong><\/p>\n I \u2018sense\u2019 which way I can go (mentally) that is less painful.<\/span> I feel around \u2018where\u2019 there is less pain and I \u2018go\u2019 in that direction.<\/p>\n If<\/span> I get a picture, idea, or concept appear and it is less<\/em> painful, I follow. If its more<\/em> painful I go the other way. This is all mental activity, not body movement.<\/p>\n I often get a \u201cdisconnected from body\u201d feeling( odd sensation in the limbs often, light headed\u2026.a kind of slowly lifting sensation) \u00a0and I let that happen<\/em>.<\/p>\n The more disconnected<\/em> the better = less pain.<\/p>\n I considered it prudent to be on a soft floor, just in case I disconnected a little too much, but I know the body is totally capable of taking care of itself and it doesn\u2019t need me, so I can disconnect for a while and I know I\u2019ll feel better when I get back.<\/p>\n Often the eyes will \u2018cry\u2019 and I will yawn.<\/p>\n I continue the relaxing, following the less-pain pathway and\u00a0controlling\u00a0my breathing. Deep long intake , slow full exhale.<\/p>\n I continue this activity for as long as it takes<\/strong> to completely relieve the pain.<\/em><\/p>\n As I was writing this last night I had to stop and do exactly as explained above for almost an hour, and afterwards when the pain is all gone, I get very hungry!<\/span> I\u2019m sure that the mental activity engaged in while doing this uses up a bunch of calories!<\/p>\n So I got a melted cheese and Marmite sandwich and went to bed. I slept great and woke up full of life! (My wife can vouch for that!) <\/p>\n So, there you have it. For me, it works every time<\/strong> and it\u2019s worth spending the hour or two that it takes to completely rid myself of the\u00a0migraine headache<\/em> \u2018attack\u2019.<\/p>\n Honestly, when I have freed myself from this pain I feel as good as this :<\/p>\n I have already tried many other solutions before when I was younger, and nothing ever worked. I have before spent a day or two in bed, suffering and thinking I\u2019d be afflicted for life with this.I know I can turn it off,<\/strong> without having to resort to any medication or waste a day \u00a0in pain.<\/p>\n I truly hope this can give some hope to you if you suffer from these type of headaches.<\/p>\n Try it and let me know what happens.<\/p>\n UPDATE: This morning I had that tense sensation creeping up on me that occurs just before the onset of a migraine<\/span> and it was just not<\/strong> the day to have a migraine crisis!<\/p>\n OK, so I didn\u2019t yet have the pain so I couldn\u2019t do my above actions to get rid of it, but I had to find a way<\/strong> to prevent it from catching hold\u2026.<\/p>\n I\u2019ll tell you if you promise not to laugh!\u2026.<\/p>\n Promise?<\/p>\n OK. So I set up my dvd player and put on my Callanetics(tm) video! Yes, and\u00a0exercise\u00a0video from the \u201980\u2032s. I did the hour workout and found that the gentle but\u00a0powerful\u00a0relaxing\u00a0exercises helped me to get a good warm-up and then gently stretching the body limbs, spine and joints.<\/p>\n I felt much better at the end of the session and felt more in communication with my body. I can happily tell you that the creeping tension was gone and I carried on with my day without any problem at all.<\/p>\n I thought that this information was totally worth sharing,<\/em> because if<\/strong> you can do a simple, gentle stretching workout to prevent<\/em> a migraine attack and save yourself from that nightmare, I\u2019m going to be doing that workout as often as I need to!<\/p>\n Catch you all tomorrow!<\/p>\n Jeremusic<\/strong><\/p>\n My New Years resolutions\u2026.<\/a><\/p>\nWhat I do to handle my migraine headache.<\/h2>\n
I will just explain to you here what I did that was successful, so perhaps you too can benefit\u2026<\/h3>\n
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