Is Long-Term Headache & Migraine Relief Finally Possible Without Drugs? (PART II of III)

My name is Dr. Jeffrey Harris and I’m the Director of The Migraine Headache Relief Center of PA. Today I’d like to continue the discussion from part 1 with you about the “medication approach” problem and its systemic nature. Then we’ll come full-circle and discuss a powerful rehabilitation alternative and its potential to break you completely free from headache or migraine pain for good – without so much as a single pill or injection.

You are suffering. You visit the doctor for help. Now imagine this scenario…

What would you say if you were told by a physician that a highly successful treatment for chronic headache and migraine conditions is available right now for the vast majority of sufferers… and no drugs were involved? Furthermore, what would you do if that doctor told you that it wasn’t just a short-term fix, but instead had the potential to free you from pain forever? If you suffer endlessly, I imagine that revelation would be a real attention-grabber. Right?

Unfortunately, that scenario is not likely to happen if you go see your physician. Here’s why.

The REAL Problem with the “Medication Approach”

The real problem with the “medication approach” runs much deeper than the inherent failure of the medications themselves to solve the age-old problem of headaches and migraines. It begins with big pharmaceutical companies, and their billions of dollars and powerful influence on the medical community. The very doctors (all docs in all specialties – this is truly industry-wide) we see are financially supported by these drug companies because their products must go through them to make it to the end consumer – YOU.

We go to doctors when we have health problems, right? Chronic headache and migraine conditions are serious problems, so the natural course of action seems to be. . . get evaluated and diagnosed by a qualified physician and act on their treatment advice, whatever it may be. Nearly 100% of the time, that solution will involve taking medication of some kind – often multiple drugs.

The reason this happens is all too clear. “Big pharma” has had its hands dipped into the proverbial pockets of this debate for decades. RIGHT NOW, the standard of treatment involves being prescribed these drugs, BUYING these drugs, and continuously using these drugs to manage the pain. Now ask yourself this: What would happen to the billions of dollars in drug sales if the headache and migraine problem just went away? Just how far would those profit margins fall? Let’s table the ethical questions for a moment – this is BIG business, so follow the money.

Pharmaceutical companies have a virtual stranglehold on the drug market, relies on a medical community at large that has been taught from day 1 to control pain with drugs. Big pharma has every financial reason in the world to maintain the status quo. They know that doctors are taught to manage pain in medical school with pharmaceuticals – drugs that patients must have (must purchase regardless of cost) to follow the guidance of their doctor. Why would the drug companies ever want to see things change? They have zero stake in alternative treatments. They already have everything they need.

Moral of the story: you are on your own if you want to find a long-term solution for headache and migraine pain.

Effective Alternative Treatments Have Been Hard to Find

HOWEVER, they aren’t impossible to find. They do exist, even if you can’t learn about them from your general practitioner. So far, perhaps the most effective treatment for long-term headache and migraine pain mitigation is neuromuscular rehabilitation. If you have never heard about it prior to reading our blog articles, well then that would seem to substantiate everything we have previously discussed.

Unfortunately, most people who suffer with headaches and migraines do not yet understand just how frequently neuromuscular imbalances are involved in generating headache and migraine pain. In fact, the vast majority of headache and migraine pain conditions involve neuromuscular imbalances of the Stomatognathic System (all hard and soft tissues connected to and surrounding the jaws). Ironically, most physicians still rely predominantly on medicating individuals to get results because they were taught to do things that way in school.

Finding Lasting Headache and Migraine Relief

So, if meds can’t solve the problem, and that is all we are being offered, exactly WHERE do we go from here if we want a long-term resolution to headache and migraine pain?

In part three of this blog article, which I will publish in a few days, I will specifically discuss the “neuromuscular rehabilitation approach”, how and why it works, and how you can find out if you are a candidate for these pioneering treatment protocols.