Treatment of Chronic Headaches

A systematic review of 31 trials looking at treatment of chronic headaches, including migraine and tension headaches, by acupuncture, medication, non-drug treatments and sham acupuncture, concluded that acupuncture was superior to both medication and sham acupuncture, in improving headache intensity, frequency and response rate.

(Acupuncture for the Management of Chronic Headache: A Systematic Review. Anesthesia & Analgesia, December 2008.)

Author: Robin Costello

I offer traditional Chinese acupuncture in Exeter, from a tranquil clinic a mile from the city centre, and next to the University of Exeter. I graduated originally from the London School of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine’s 3 year full time Acupuncture Diploma (DipAc) course. I am on the practitioners register of the British Acupuncture Council (MBAcC), a regulatory and professional body with an entry standard of a full three year undergraduate degree level training. I have worked in a hospital in south west China, deepening my knowledge and using acupuncture and Chinese massage (tuina) as the treatment of choice in its country of origin. I have taught Chinese medicine in colleges, the NHS and at university level. I also practise Qi Gong, and Chinese dietary therapy, that is the medicinal use of ordinary foods, chosen to help achieve particular therapeutic effects in different individuals.