{"id":4960,"date":"2019-09-11T18:33:07","date_gmt":"2019-09-11T18:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ent.gr\/?p=4960"},"modified":"2019-09-11T20:33:20","modified_gmt":"2019-09-11T17:33:20","slug":"migraines-headaches-can-treated-with-acupuncture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ent.gr\/en\/migraines-headaches-can-treated-with-acupuncture\/","title":{"rendered":"Migraines\/ Headaches:Treated with Acupuncture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">We are all familiar with the pain of a simple headache, which can often easily be treated either by going out into the fresh air or taking a mild painkiller.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Many <a href=\"https:\/\/ent.gr\/en\/migraines-headaches\/\">Migraines\/ Headaches<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">, <\/span><\/span><\/span>on the other hand, are much more painful and difficult to manage. Such headaches are tension headaches, cluster headaches and\u00a0migraines. These headaches may disrupt ones quality of life due to their intensity and frequency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RoyXWOjmn7M?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11336\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11336\" class=\"wp-image-11336 size-medium\" title=\"Migraines\/ Headaches.ent\" src=\"https:\/\/ent.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/%CE%B2%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%82.%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B1.ent_-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Migraines\/ Headaches.ent\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11336\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Migraines\/ Headaches<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14pt;\">Acupuncture is a non-pharmacological and totally acceptable treatment method for the management of primary (and other) forms of headache. Researchers have found\u00a0 that acupuncture offers significant benefits in preventing and treating these headaches (1). There is a spectacular improvement in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/q\/quality-of-life.asp\">quality of life<\/a> in people who suffer from frequent, intense headaches and choose acupuncture for their treatment. Studies suggest that acupuncture should be incorporated into the existing migraine treatment protocols.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">References<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-family: helvetica; font-size: 10pt;\">Linde K, Allais G, Brinkhaus B, Manheimer E, Vickers A, White AR. Acupuncture for preventive migraine. Cochrane Database Syst. Rev. 2009 Jan 21; (1): CD001218.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">Linde\u00a0\u00a0K, Allais\u00a0\u00a0G, Brinkhaus\u00a0\u00a0B, Fei\u00a0\u00a0Y, Mehring\u00a0\u00a0M, Vertosick\u00a0\u00a0EA, Vickers\u00a0\u00a0A, White\u00a0\u00a0AR. Acupuncture for the prevention of episodic migraine. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2016, Issue 6.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row pix_padding_top=&#8221;pix-top-no-padding&#8221; pix_padding_bottom=&#8221;pix-bottom-no-padding&#8221; gradient_colors=&#8221;%5B%7B%7D%5D&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_btn title=&#8221;Contact us&#8221; color=&#8221;turquoise&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-phone&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; link=&#8221;url:%2Fen%2Fcontacts||target:%20_blank|&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_btn title=&#8221;Book an appointment&#8221; color=&#8221;turquoise&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-calendar&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; link=&#8221;url:%2Fen%2Fappointment||target:%20_blank|&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_btn title=&#8221;Get directions&#8221; color=&#8221;turquoise&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; i_icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-map-marker&#8221; add_icon=&#8221;true&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fmaps%2Fdir%2F%2FEyiasis%2BENT%2BAcupuncture%2C%2BGeor.%2BDrosini%2B16%2C%2BKifisia%2B145%2B62%2F%4038.0718225%2C23.8122364%2C15z%2Fdata%3D!4m8!4m7!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x14a19edf40479729%3A0xa4593bd0e0aed04b!2m2!1d23.8122364!2d38.0718225||target:%20_blank|&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many Migraines\/ Headaches, are very painful and difficult to manage. Such headaches are tension headaches, cluster headaches and\u00a0migraines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14060,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[171,168],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acupuncture","category-migraines-headaches"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ent.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ent.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ent.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}