Acupuncture is not only effective for migraine headaches, but also works very well with tension headaches, cluster headaches, post-traumatic headaches, and disease-related headaches that might be due to sinus problems, TMJ, stroke, high blood pressure, or sleeping disorders. The greatest advantage of acupuncture over Western medicine is that it does no harm. Unlike synthetic drugs and surgery, acupuncture has virtually no side effects. Acupuncture, as an effective treatment modality, was applied to headaches from the earliest beginnings of traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine has a very coherent, consistent and philosophically-based framework for headache etiology, physiology, diagnosis, and treatment strategy.

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, headaches fall into two general categories, Excess Headaches and Deficiency Headaches. Both result in the diminished flow of qi and blood in the head. Poor flow is experienced as pain. Both acupuncture and herbs are used to treat headaches.

In addition, Chiropractic can be an effective treatment for headaches. Chiropractic treatments can release tension on nerves, muscles, bones and supporting structures through adjustments and alignments, and soft-tissue manipulation or massage.