Acupuncture for Migraine/Headache
Can Acupuncture Help with Migraine and Headaches?
A growing base of scientific evidence supports the use of acupuncture as part of a treatment plan for patients who suffer from chronic headaches and/or migraines. Alongside lifestyle modification and sometimes medication prescribed by a physician, patients report that acupuncture can help to reduce frequency, duration and intensity of painful episodes. Read more in the articles we’ve gathered below.
Scientific Studies Supporting Acupuncture for Headache and Migraine
- Manual Acupuncture for Migraine [BMJ]
- Acupuncture vs Standard Pharmacological Therapy for Migraine Prevention [Medscape]
- An Overview of Systematic Reviews of Randomized Controlled Trials on Acupuncture Treating Migraine [Pain Research and Management]
- Baseline Brain Gray Matter Volume as a Predictor of Acupuncture Outcome in Treating Migraine [Frontiers in Neurology]
- The Long-term Effect of Acupuncture for Migraine Prophylaxis [JAMA Internal Medicine]
- Acupuncture for Migraine Prevention [American Academy of Family Physicians]
- An Overview of Systematic Reviews of Randomized Controlled Trials on Acupuncture Treating Migraine [Pain Research and Management]
- A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Acupuncture for Chronic Daily Headache [Headache]
- Acupuncture for Headache [Harvard Health Publishing]
- The role of acupuncture in the treatment of migraine [Canadian Medical Association Journal]
- Acupuncture for Headache: Possible Clinical Improvements—Analysis of Two Typical Case Reports [Medical Acupuncture]
Mainstream and Media Coverage of Acupuncture for Migraine and Headache
- Acupuncture shows promise in migraine treatment, study says [CNN]
- Acupuncture for Headaches and Migraines [Healthline]
- Acupuncture and Migraine: Finding a combination that sticks [American Migraine Foundation]
- Headache Relief Pressure Points [US News & World Report]