The Headache Clinic - Blog #headache during pregnancy home remediesThe Headache Clinic - Blog #headache during pregnancy home remedieshttps://www.theheadacheclinic.net/blogs/tag/headache-during-pregnancy-home-remediesMon, 09 Mar 2026 12:04:34 -0700http://zoho.com/sites/<![CDATA[Dealing with migraines during pregnancy ]]>https://www.theheadacheclinic.net/blogs/post/dealing-with-migraines-during-pregnancyHeadaches during pregnancy can be troublesome, but, unless there’s a more serious underlying cause, they’re usually normal, especially in the first an ]]>

Headaches during pregnancy can be troublesome, but, unless there’s a more serious underlying cause, they’re usually normal, especially in the first and third trimesters, writes Melany Bendix

Headaches during pregnancy can be troublesome, but, unless there’s a more serious underlying cause, they’re usually normal, especially in the first and third trimesters, writes Melany Bendix. 

Facing the pain of headaches during pregnancy head on features the headache clinics PMA. See one readers story.

A Reader’s Story

Madelein Joubert is eight months pregnant and suffered with severe migraines. She say, “After months of treatment, hopping between doctors, and expensive medical bills, I went to the the Headache Clinic. After a series of test, the doctor recommended I have a posture modifying appliance (PMA).

A PMA is a tiny custom-made wearable plate that fits into the patient’s top or bottom palate behind their teeth. It’s prescribed for patients who present with muscle tension as the cause of their pain, and is used to encourage the muscles of the jaws and neck to relax into their natural position

The natural resting posture for the lower jaw should be to hang open two to three millimeter without the teeth touching or clenched like most people do. Everyone has their own unique ideal rest position.

When the jaw muscles are more tense than normal, they shorten, and when they shorten, they pull the lower jaw up closer to the top jaw, and the tongue is raised so that the space between the tongue and palate is reduced. The posture of the jaw can have an incredible effect on all the muscles of the face, head, and neck causing spasms that create the headaches. To make the muscles relax, we have to get the tongue and lower jaw to return to their natural rest positions, which relieves the tension in all the muscles and corrects the patient’s jaw posture.

The PMA was developed by Dr Shevel at Johannesburg’s Headache clinic. Patients must wear it night and day for the first week or two of treatment and within that time they should have positive results. Once their headaches have reduced or disappeared, patients can then evaluate how often they need to wear their PMA’s to keep their headaches at bay.

Madelein says. “After just two weeks of wearing the PMA, I was free from migraines and headaches, which I had throughout my pregnancy”


To download a pdf of  Your Pregnancy article,(213KB) click here . 

]]>Wed, 17 May 2023 13:48:03 +0200<![CDATA[Migraine is a risk factor in pregnancy]]>https://www.theheadacheclinic.net/blogs/post/migraine-is-a-risk-factor-in-pregnancyIt’s best to get the condition sorted out before falling pregnant. Migraine may become worse during the first three months of pregnancy, but is most women, the migraines remits or ameliorates during the last six months.]]>

It’s best to get the condition sorted out before falling pregnant.

Migraine may become worse during the first three months of pregnancy, but is most women, the migraines remits or ameliorates during the last six months. 

According to The Headache Clinic (based in Johannesburg), studies have now found that migraine increases the risk of problems for both mother and child.

In one study of 4911 people in Taiwan, researchers demonstrated that women with migraine had an increased risk of pre-eclampsia.

This is a condition where the mother develops high blood pressure, and with increased protein in the urine, it can lead to a number of serious side-effects that can affect both mother and baby.

It can also lead to premature delivery and increased need for caesarian delivery. Babies can also have an increased risk of low birth weight.

A study from Hungary confirmed the higher incidence of pre-eclampsia, and found that women with migraine suffered more from severe nausea and vomiting.

Dr Elliot Shevel is an internationally recognised migraine expert and migraine surgery pioneer.

He’s also the medical director of The Headache Clinic.

He said the results of these studies underline the necessity for women with migraine to have the condition treated before falling pregnant.

The best way therefore to avoid the increased risk to both mother and baby is to eliminate the migraine before planning a pregnancy.

This is now possible with the highly successful treatment methods developed by Dr Shevel for the diagnosis and treatment of the underlying causes of migraine.

Pregnant women cannot use the usual migraine medications because of the risk to the baby, so the drug-free methods used at The Headache Clinic are particularly valuable during pregnancy.

To visit the South Coast Herald Site – click here.

]]>Wed, 17 May 2023 13:47:08 +0200<![CDATA[Ideal computer posture]]>https://www.theheadacheclinic.net/blogs/post/ideal-computer-postureRead this article to get some quick tips and tricks on the ideal computer posture to help prevent headaches and migraines.]]>

Try these easy suggestions and you may not need 
​any further treatment

Our patients are generally those that have already tried everything. 

Click here to read the full article to find out if you have done everything you possible can when working in front of a computer to cure your headaches.

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