Denton County Living Well Magazine September/October 2017 | Page 35

interrupted and the body and brain can return to normal.
In over 18 years of experience with migraine sufferers, I
have learned of a few conditions that seem to be fairly com-
mon and will explain a cou-
ple of them. One seems to be
related to a woman’s monthly
cycle. Sometimes the pituitary
gland becomes unbalanced
and stimulates the release of
chemicals in the brain that
cause inflammation to occur
(as described above).
A Bowen “move” on the coc-
cyx (tailbone) at the base of
the spine can emit a signal to
the pituitary gland to come
back into balance.
Another common source of
migraine can be a malfunctioning stellate ganglion, lo-
cated at the base of the neck at C7. Once this glitch
happens, it impairs blow flow in the brain. Specifically,
blood is delivered to the brain, but the same amount of
blood is n