Effectiveness of Heating and Cooling Therapy
SootheAway System: is the ideal source of thermal therapy to relieve all sorts of pain using traditional pain relief methods. No one can deny the effectiveness of
heating and cooling therapy for pain relief. Moreover, these therapies have no side effects and ease the pain instantly.
The Basics
- Most patients know, and research studies have confirmed, that heating and cooling therapy helps provide relief from migraine or tension headache pain
- Heating works because it relaxes the muscles that are tight or in spasm and are pinching the nerves
- Cooling works because it shrinks the head’s blood vessels (which open more widely during a migraine episode), and reduces pressure on the nerves
Published Evidence: About Migraine Treatment
“Many Migraineurs relieve the pain of a migraine with the judicious application of heat or cold. This type of pain abatement is particularly popular with people trying to minimize or avoid prescription medication use, especially among pediatric patients and their families.” – American Chronicle
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/45848
80% of Migraine Sufferers responded favorably to cold application to treat migraine headache pain. – “Cold as an adjunctive therapy for headache” study conducted by Seymour Diamond, MD, and Frederick G. Freltag, DO.
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“Migraine pain is usually the result of enlarged blood vessels pressing on the surrounding nerves. When you expose this area to cold, it causes the vessels to constrict which reduces the pressure on the nerves and in turn lessens the pain.” –
migraineheadachestreamtent.com
“Simultaneous pressure, heat and cold help relieve headache and reduce headache duration.” – Stephen H. Landy, MD, Wesley Headache Clinic
http://archfami.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/9/9/792
Recommended by Experts
Mayo Clinic
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/migraines/HE00004
WebMD
http://www.webmd.com/migraines-headaches/guide/treating-headaches-yourself
CNN - Elizabeth Cohen, Senior Medical Correspondent, CNN Health
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/health/2010/01/11/cohen.migraine.pain.light.cnn?iref=allsearch
HelpForHeadaches.org
http://www.helpforheadaches.org/homeremedies.html
eMedicineHealth.com
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/migraine_headache_faqs/page8_em.htm
MigraineTrust.org
http://www.migrainetrust.org/C2B/document_tree/ViewADocument.asp?ID=28&CatID=24
Physicians Acknowledge the Effectiveness of heating & cooling therapy