Over 11 million Americans suffer from migraine headaches, which involve a number of debilitating symptoms, such as visual and auditory disturbances, nausea/vomiting, sensitivity to light, irribility and fatique. While drug therapy has been used traditionally to treat migraine, the fact is that it can take multiple visits to a health care practitioner before an effective comibination of medicnes can be found. Patients often lose motivation and drop out of treatment before this happens. Massage therapy and other alternative methods are being used mor and more to help migraine sufferers experience positive outcomes and lasting relief.

Massage works several ways. It addresses the "whole person," including how musculoskeletal problems in the neck and shoulders can refer pain into the head. Stress and muscle tension in the neck and shoulders can put pressure on the nerves running between them, triggering headaches.