Category Archives: Headache

04Jun/17

Headache

June 4, 2017Chronic pain, Headache, Neck pain, Pain, Pain Coach, understand painchronic pain, headaches, migraines, painrichmondstace

Headache is a leading cause of suffering Headache and migraine are in the top 12 of the Global Health Burden of Disease Study (2011) If you watched Doctor in the House on BBC recently, youRead More…

20Jun/15

The problem of migraine

June 20, 2015Chronic pain, Fibromyalgia, Functional Pain Syndromes, Headache, Hypermobility, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, JHS, Joint Hypermobility Syndrome, Migrainechronic pain, Headache, Migraine, overcome chronic painrichmondstace

The problem of migraine is bigger than most people realise. In fact, the problem of chronic pain is bigger than most people realise, this being apparent as I purposely ask people I know and meet ifRead More…

22Oct/14

Girls, stress and pain

October 22, 2014Chronic pain, Functional Pain Syndromes, Headache, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Joint Hypermobility Syndrome, Migraine, Pain, Pain Education, Stresschronic pain, Functional pain syndromes, Headache, IBS, Migraine, stress, Women and painrichmondstace

I have seen a number of teenage girls over the past year who are affected by chronic pain. They are often referred because of recurring headaches or migraines but we discover that there is widespread sensitiveRead More…

05Nov/12

Women and pain | Part 1

November 5, 2012Bladder pain, Chronic low back pain, Chronic pain, Dysmenorrhoea, Endometriosis, Fibromyalgia, Functional Pain Syndromes, Headache, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Low back pain, Migraine, Pain, Pelvic Pain, Pregnancy, Pudendal entrapment, Pudendal neuralgia, Pudendal neuropathy, Stress, Women and painFibromyalgia, Functional pain syndromes, Migraine, pain, pelvic pain, physiotherapy, Pregnancy, Pudendal neuralgiarichmondstace

‘As many as 50 million American women live with one or more neglected and poorly understood chronic pain conditions’ Generally I see more female patients than male. This observation supports the view that chronic pain is moreRead More…

26Sep/11

Dysmenorrhoea and Pain

September 26, 2011Chronic low back pain, Chronic pain, Dysmenorrhoea, Fibromyalgia, Functional Pain Syndromes, Headache, Low back pain, Migraine, Pain, Pain Education, Understanding painback pain, chronic pain, Dysmenorrhoea, functional pain syndrome, Headache, Migraine, pain, pain specialist, pelvic pain, physiotherapy, physiotherapy Chelsea, physiotherapy London, specialist physiotherapyrichmondstace

Dysmenorrhoea and pain — You may wonder why I am writing about dysmenorrhoea. It is because in a number of cases that I see, there is co-existing dysmenorrhea and other functional pain syndromes. These include irritableRead More…