Overcoming Headaches and Migraines: Clinically Proven Cure for Chronic Pain

by Lisa Morrone

Overview

As many as 45 million Americans have chronic and severe headaches—and they’re desperate for practical, clearly explained help and answers.

Physical therapist Lisa Morrone extends hope. Nearly 20 years of teaching, research, and treating patients have given her a comprehensive, multidisciplinary perspective. Headache/migraine sufferers don’t have to resign themselves to being pill–popping victims. Rather, they can achieve lasting changes by discovering how to...

• uncover the sources of head pain and avoid unnecessary medication
• eliminate pain originating from neck dysfunction or muscle tension
• ward off migraines and cluster headaches by pinpointing and avoiding “triggers”
• decide whether self–treatment, treatment by a practitioner, or a combination is best
• loosen the traps of stress, anger, and emotional/spiritual bondage that clamp down with head pain

This multifaceted resource combines effective habits, exercises, and lifestyle adjustments to end head–pain disability and give readers back a life to enjoy and share.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780736932790
Publisher:	Harvest House Publishers
Publication date:	08/01/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Lisa Morrone, PT, has helped thousands of patients and readers get free from physical and emotional pain. A speaker, physical therapist, and adjunct professor for doctoral programs in physical therapy, she has authored Sleep Well Again, Overcoming Back and Neck Pain, and Diabetes. She graduated her university PT training magna cum laude and now practices in New York state, where she lives with her husband and two children.

Table of Contents

Foreword     9
Pain, Pain, Go Away     11
Why Won't My Head Stop Hurting?
What Kind of Headache Do I Have Anyway?     19
Could Something Else Be Wrong?     35
Headaches That Can Be a Real Pain in the Neck
Tension-type and Cervicogenic Headaches     49
Do-It-Yourself: Healing Through Posture Changes     69
Do-It-Yourself: Relief from Stiff Muscles, Stiff Joints, and Disc Pain     81
Do-It-Yourself: Core Strengthening and Proper Breathing     91
Putting Yourself in the Hands of a Professional     109
Brain Pain
Migraines and Cluster-type Headaches     125
Figuring Out Your Triggers     141
Defusing Your Triggers     151
Prescription for Relief     163
Emotional Headaches
Navigating Through the Seas of Discontent     181
Headache Resources     195
Notes     197