{"id":2137,"date":"2019-04-24T08:44:08","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T08:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/?p=2137"},"modified":"2020-02-18T16:26:28","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T16:26:28","slug":"use-yoga-breathing-techniques-tackle-migraines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/managing-pain\/use-yoga-breathing-techniques-tackle-migraines\/","title":{"rendered":"I use yoga and breathing techniques to tackle my migraines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#32373c\" class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-profile-box round ab-has-avatar ab-font-size-14 ab-block-profile ab-profile-columns\"><div class=\"ab-profile-column ab-profile-avatar-wrap\"><div class=\"ab-profile-image-wrap\"><figure class=\"ab-profile-image-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"ab-profile-avatar wp-image-2364\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2019\/04\/07211428\/Louise-oSullivan-headshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2019\/04\/07211428\/Louise-oSullivan-headshot.jpg 200w, https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2019\/04\/07211428\/Louise-oSullivan-headshot-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ab-profile-column ab-profile-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"ab-profile-name\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Louise O\u2019Sullivan<\/h2><p class=\"ab-profile-title\" style=\"color:#32373c\">29 year old. Works in residential sales, Cork<\/p><div class=\"ab-profile-text\"><\/div><ul class=\"ab-social-links\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Fear, panic, nausea, numbness and throbbing pain. For me: what my first migraine felt like.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It took me a long time to understand the connection between the mind and the body, and how it can help me deal with my migraines. I&#8217;ve battled with intense anxiety for most of my life, but I\u2019ve learned to manage it with counselling and yoga. The knock-on effect this has had on my migraine has been hugely beneficial.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>You have no control when\na migraine hits<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">&#8220;You have very little \u2013 if any \u2013 control of when a migraine will strike. You could be in work, driving or in a social setting. That would immediately make me panic: \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.ie\/life\/health-wellbeing\/15-ways-to-cope-with-migraines-31168338.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"How will I cope? (opens in a new tab)\">How will I cope?<\/a> How will I get home? What about the task I need to finish for work? My anxiety raced all the while my body was trying to process the migraine itself.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>My migraine routine<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;However, many migraines later, I&#8217;ve managed to level off my fear at the onset of attacks with a ritual that I stick to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Once I feel the visual aura starting, I immediately take my medication. I get plenty of water and find as quiet and private a space as possible. Once I&#8217;ve managed this much, I sit down, close my eyes and very simply try to breathe deeply in and out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I reassure myself, sip water, and just breathe to distract myself as much as possible from the physical symptoms. Once my mind is calm I find that I&#8217;m far better equipped to manage the migraine itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">&#8220;Although focusing your attention away from the physical symptoms is challenging, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/managing-pain\/the-benefits-of-a-migraine-diary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">with practice<\/a> it can become a powerful skill and one I definitely recommend integrating into in the battle against migraine.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Fear, panic, nausea, numbness and throbbing pain. For me: what my first migraine felt like.&#8221; &#8220;It took me a long time to understand the connection between the mind and the body, and how it can help me deal with my migraines. I&#8217;ve battled with intense anxiety for most of my life, but I\u2019ve learned to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/managing-pain\/use-yoga-breathing-techniques-tackle-migraines\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":2138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2663],"tags":[2662,2682],"class_list":["post-2137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-managing-pain","tag-managing-pain-2019","tag-migraine-patient-stories"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2019\/04\/07211445\/pablo-orcaray-209926-unsplash-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2019\/04\/07211445\/pablo-orcaray-209926-unsplash-600x600.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Your Future Career","author_link":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/author\/harveyodonnell\/"},"vicky_index_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2137"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4131,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2137\/revisions\/4131"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}