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  1. Steven Cedrone
    16 April 2013 @ 6:40 pm

    I went for RMT and it didn’t work for me…

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  2. Tanya Stewart
    16 April 2013 @ 6:45 pm

    Massage is an essential treatment strategy for me!! I see a big difference when I skip going. I just wish it wasn’t so expensive- it’s not covered by my disability insurance

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  3. Linda Rehmert Frantz
    16 April 2013 @ 6:50 pm

    made me worse, I was miserable

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  4. James Bogash
    16 April 2013 @ 6:57 pm

    The therapist has to know what they are doing and it likely matters whether structural issues are a component of your headaches (very common). If they are purely physiological, massage will likely not help as much, unless it is for the stress management aspect. Stress destroys the brain.

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  5. Leslie Begany
    16 April 2013 @ 7:25 pm

    I go once a month for therapeutic massage, and the second month I did, I dropped the number of migraine attacks I get by 1/4. I wish I could go more often, but it isn’t covered by insurance, so once a month only.

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  6. Linda Waldron
    16 April 2013 @ 10:08 pm

    Thank you for posting this as I had forgotten how helpful a massage was for me. 🙂 I suffer from hemiplegic migraines and multiple other injuries from an accident, so I’m difficult to treat. I cannot have just any massage, it has to be a hot stone massage as they don’t inflict any “hands” on approach that would aggravate pain that is already present. I have found that they help twice a month and give pain relief for about 10 days. The reason I stopped was because I was getting spinal injections…i will be going back!

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  7. chris
    17 April 2013 @ 2:59 am

    Massage on the head is likely not to work because it may-well compress the trigeminal nerve and is more likely to trigger a migraine, massage on other parts of the body may help you relax. The important thing for people to understand about migraine is that it will likely help you to learn how to relax the muscles in the face, head and neck – in particular not to frown, chew hard or clench your teeth.

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