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Headaches affect over 200 million people in the US during each year, and nearly 90% of men and 95% of women have had at least one headache. Twenty million Americans see their doctors each year because of headaches.

There are two main types of headaches, primary and secondary. Primary include tension-type, migraine, and cluster headaches and are not caused by other underlying medical conditions. More than 90% of headaches are primary. Secondary headaches result from other medical conditions, such as infection or increased pressure in the skull
due to accidents or tumors. These account for fewer than 10% of all headaches. Migraine headaches are less common than tension headaches. Even though less common, migraines still afflict 25 to 30 million people in the United States. Roughly
three out of four migraine sufferers are female. Among the most distinguishing features of a migraine is the potential disability accompanying the headache. Migraines are felt on one side of the head by about 60% of sufferers, and the pain is typically throbbing in nature. Additional effects of migraine headaches can include nausea with or without vomiting and sensitivity to light and sound. There are various other classifications and several sub-classifications of headaches,
such as cluster headaches and rebound headaches. Rebound headaches are actually a reaction to prescription or nonprescription pain relievers and, as the last dose wears off, the victim takes more and more pills, creating a vicious pain circle.

What Causes Headaches?

Many things or conditions may trigger a headache such as stress, certain foods, odors, menstrual periods, emotional factors such as depression, anxiety, frustration, letdown, and even pleasant excitement such as a holiday, may be associated with developing a headache. Even changes in weather are among the many factors that are said to cause headaches.

Standard Remedies

Most people with headaches resort to self-care, using nonprescription pain relievers to treat their symptoms. Over the counter non-prescription drugs are a multi billion dollar industry in the United States. Store shelves hold a remarkable array of pain relievers and the drug industry resorts to all types of advertisements to convince the headache/ pain victim that their products are the best. Any over-the-counter pain medication like aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen sodium or acetaminophen should be used very carefully. No one medication has ever been proven more effective than the other, though there is great variability in effectiveness from person to person. There is no difference in composition or effectiveness between
migraine-formula over-the-counter preparations and their non-migraine brand names, other than the higher cost of the migraine-formula brands. Narcotics such as codeine and Demerol are generally not useful for treating headache and should not be prescribed for that purpose.

Non-Prescription Pain Relievers Can Increase The Likelihood of Headaches What is misunderstood by the public is that the drugs recommended for treating headaches not only cause reoccurring headaches but cause more serious problems, such
as liver and kidney damage, as well as ulcers. Many headaches are reactions to other over the counter or prescription drugs or combinations of drugs. In orthodox medicine, when the cause of reoccurring headaches is not readily diagnosed,
then it is said to be “psychological”. As is the case with other medical disorders, psychological factors have been overemphasized as causes of headaches. Wow! All this diagnosis and classification is enough to give anyone a headache. As with most medicine, the area of headaches is strong on diagnosis and short on the “cure”.

A Better Solution – Low Level Laser Therapy & Life Style Changes To prevent headaches, it makes good sense to practice a life style including adequate sleep, healthy diet, regular exercise and good stress management. Quitting smoking is
essential in reducing the risks for all headaches. Relaxation and related stress reduction therapies can diminish the frequency and intensity of headaches. Alternative therapies used for headache management include hypnosis, biofeedback, meditation, visualization, guided imagery, acupuncture, acupressure, yoga and other physical relaxation exercises.
Most headaches can be relieved in less than 3 minutes using low level laser therapy. Mode 2 of the Q1000 laser used directly on the head balances the energy of the brain with the alpha/theta frequency which relieves headaches quickly. Results are even quicker and longer lasting when low level laser therapy is combined with proprioceptive
feedback techniques that change the signal to the brain. This can be done by placing a one inch piece of pop cycle stick between the back teeth during, and after low level laser treatment.

Headache may also be treated using low level laser on the acupuncture points. In my experience the best laser for laser acupuncture is the 660 Enhancer Probe. Meridians can be balanced with approximately one joule of energy. The 660 Enhancer is a 50 Mw rated instrument that plugs into the Q1000 laser and emits one joule of energy in 30 seconds and is so easy to use that any person can locate the acupoints and use the instrument. To relieve headaches, regardless of the cause, tight muscles in arterial walls of the brain must be relaxed and released. Think about it. If you have a blood pressure cuff around your arm, there will be reduced blood flow to the hand. If the muscles in the arterial walls of the brain are tight, the result is the same – reduced blood flow. Mode 2 of the Q1000 laser is the quickest way to relieve tight muscles in the arteries of the brain and is a special feature only available in the Q1000 low level laser. This special mode reproduces the alpha/theta transfer frequency, which quickly balances the energy centers of the brain. Chronic headache sufferers should own their personal low level laser and should never leave home without it because they don’t know when headache attaches may occur.

Shedding low level laser light on headaches is safe, quick, effective, and affordable and just makes good sense.