SAN ANTONIO — Some people claim the daith piercing, located on the innermost fold of the ear, can help alleviate migraines. But doctors are skeptical. Rhonda Ramirez has suffered from chronic ...

If you have pain in the back of your head, you’d probably enjoy some relief. To find a long-lasting fix, you need to find the root of the problem. From poor posture to different types of headaches, ...

As many as one in five Americans suffers from chronic migraine headaches, an episodic condition exacerbated by a lack of consistent treatment options. Many migraine sufferers struggle to avoid known ...

More than 60 million people in the U.S. suffer from migraine pain. Two-thirds are women. Many people will do whatever it takes to rid themselves of the pain, including daith which is a piercing of the ...

Studies show that stretching can help reduce the frequency and duration of headaches. People can try neck, shoulder, and back stretches to relieve tension. Stretching can be a helpful tool to use ...

An ear piercing for migraines — called a daith piercing — is not a proven treatment and may actually put you at risk for infections. For more effective treatments, try alternative migraine remedies ...

Many things can irritate or strain the nerves in the neck, which could trigger a headache. This includes poor posture, neck strain, injury, or medical conditions like a pinched nerve or herniated ...

There’s a saying: pain begets pain. It is used in the context of physical pain, and also when someone inflicts their own psychological pain on others. On the physiological front, mounting research is ...

Lisa Brackett, 59, from Lake Worth, Florida, knows she’s in for trouble when her neck starts to hurt. “It feels like a white-hot golf ball at the base of my skull,” she says. “It’s a sickening and ...

It always starts on the right side of my neck, a single, deep spot that hurts so much that I press on it as hard as I can, thinking that will somehow loosen the knot and ease the pain. People often ...

Researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to investigate myofascial (muscle and surrounding connective tissue) involvement in tension-type headaches and migraines among 50 people. Besides ...