THE EFFECT OF STRESS IN THE OCCURATION OF HEADACHE AND THE PLACE OF ACUPUNCTURE IN THE TREATMENT
When a person is faced with a real danger stimulus (for example, when confronted with a person with a stick in his hand); first of all, his heart starts beating a lot, he has two options in front of him; Either he will take the stick from the man’s hand, or he will run away.
Both conditions require our arms and legs to work. That’s why the veins that go to our arms and legs expand. How will he get the stick or how, where will he run away. So your brain needs to work, the vessels going to the brain expand. The person takes the stick or runs away; is saved as a result. The manager of all these functions is the sympathetic part of the autonomic nervous system, which works under the control of the limbic system. This is a function of ours that ensures the protection of the person by working in all kinds of danger situations.
Limbic system; overcoming any stimulus that creates stress; it tries to come by regulating our organ functions appropriately.
Thus, it tries to protect the person from the negative effects of stress.
However, in people who are under constant stress or in sudden high stress situations (unemployment, being in an earthquake, dangerous traffic accident, death of a loved one, divorce, etc.), the limbic system cannot fulfill the function of overcoming stress by regulating organ functions. may become.
The limbic systems of people in this situation may perceive a simple stress stimulus of daily life as a danger stimulus and may cause the vessels to expand to the brain, even though it is not necessary, and this may cause headaches due to the pressure of the vessels around the vessels.
Also; The trapezoidal muscle located on the neck and back contracts under extreme stress. The resulting contraction spreads to the nape of the neck and triggers the formation of tension-type headaches.
Acupuncture produces satisfactory results in chronic headaches and migraine pains. As shown by scientific studies, acupuncture produces a pain-relieving effect by secreting morphine-like substances called endorphins in the human brain. In addition, acupuncture regulates the limbic system, making the person more resistant to stress and preventing the occurrence of headaches.
HOW IS ACUPUNCTURE APPLIED IN THE TREATMENT OF HEADACHE AND MIGRAINE?
Headache and migraine treatment is 15 sessions. Ear and body acupuncture are applied together. Treatment is done 3 sessions per week. Sessions last 20 minutes.
During the treatment process; Avoiding stress stimuli as much as possible and creating a peaceful period also increase the effectiveness of the treatment.
