According to the American Migraine Foundation, Migraines affect 37 million Americans, costing more than 20 billion annually.  

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"From the medical massage point of view, we can separate headaches into three major categories: true migraines, headache as a result of somatic and visceral disorders and headache originating in the central nervous system. Thus a headache can be a symptom of a disorder or independent syndrome".(Medical Massage volume 1, Ross Turchaninov MD)

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"Massage therapy must be part of the treatment of every patient with migraine and headaches. Massage therapy is not a panacea in the same way that other methods are not. The overall result of the control of headaches comes from the integrative combination of different methods. Massage therapy may play a critical role in the complete control of headache, e.g. in cases of spasm of the posterior cervical muscles"(Ibid)

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