Friday, 08 May 2020 10:52 AM MYTPARIS, May 8 — New research has found that combining yoga with migraine medication may be more effective for treating the headaches than medication alone.
In addition, those placed in the yoga group were also taught a one-hour yoga practice that included postures, breathing and relaxation exercises, which they did three days a week for a month while supervised by a yoga instructor. The medication-only group also showed improvements, but they were smaller: after starting the study with an average of 7.7 headaches per month, this number decreased by just 12 per cent to 6.8 at the end of the three months.
“Migraine is one of the most common headache disorders, but only about half the people taking medication for it get real relief,” said study author Rohit Bhatia, MD, DM, DNB.