Can Touch Hurt Migraine?

One troublesome symptom of migraine is skin hypersensitivity during an episode, a condition called allodynia. Anything touching the skin and even the hair—a hat, clothing, eyeglasses—can feel painful or overwhelming. 

A migraine sufferer might avoid touch therapy for fear it could cause more pain, which is possible with a massage that uses movement, too much pressure, or works too quickly, especially with a body holding chronic tightness, tension, and myofascial pain.

The Mundo Method approach is unique; this very gentle touch protocol modulates, quiets, stills, and releases a migraine’s sensations during an episode, along with accompanying symptoms. Interestingly, the protocol uses mind-body techniques to move toward instead of away from the pain to conquer it.

Early on in my experience, my hands would naturally find the heart of the pain on someone’s head (and my own) without thinking about it. When I transcribed into written instructions two decades of hands-on headache knowledge, my clients were able to relieve their own migraines. Around this I created my comprehensive relief and prevention Mundo Program because why suffer?

In 2006 I added phone and video sessions and found I could teach the protocol even without the benefit of in-person touch training, which later proved essential during pandemic times.

This means that when you are too sick with migraine to go get help, you can help yourself and turn your day around! I am grateful and amazed to have had this powerful, natural migraine therapy for fifty years that helps so many people (and me) to heal their pain, minus side effects.

Want to learn how? Schedule a 30-minute FREE Headache Detective Call with Headache Coach, Jan Mundo. (It’s on Healthie, where I manage my practice and take great care of my clients.) 

Don’t wait! Believe it or not, the work is fun, you will learn so much about yourself and living a balanced life, and once you’re done, you’re done!

Want to know what that means? Let’s talk!

Engaging Embodiment Conference

I am honored to present a live online session at the international conference Engaging Embodiment: Somatic Applications for Health, Education & Social Justice

The conference is being held March 3-7, 2021, live online, with taped replays and is co-sponsored by ISMETA (International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association) and Pacifica Graduate Institute. Filled with talks and experiential workshops led by inspiring pioneers, leaders, teachers, and expert practitioners in the field of Somatics!

Cost is $125 members, $150 non-members. Video replays are available for one year. If attending live, check time converter for your time zone.

Even if you sign up now in the final two days of the conference, you can have access to the video replays all year. This conference holds a wealth of information and experiences for somatic professionals, related fields of psychology, movement, dance, occupational therapy, and more.

My session is A Somatic Journey at the Intersection of Headaches, Migraine, Myofascial Pain, and Awareness, Saturday, March 6, 10:10 am PDT. The video replays are posted approximately 24 hours after the live presentation.

NCCIH – NIH HEAL Initiative Myofascial Pain Workshop: Researching Pain, Fascia, and Non-Drug Therapies – Open to the Public

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I’m honored to have been invited to serve as a panelist (Panel 1) in a groundbreaking, virtual NCCIH/NIH HEAL Initiative Workshop on Myofascial Pain. I’ll be bringing my perspective and experience of working with headache and neck pain. It’s free and open to the public (with registration) and, with stellar speakers in the fields of fascia, pain, imaging, research, and science, promises to be interesting for anyone drawn to the topic and its current scientific explorations. More info and registration at the link below:

Register now for an NIH Helping to End Addiction Long-Term Initiative (#nihHEALInitiative) Workshop on Myofascial Pain taking place virtually on Wednesday, September 16 and Thursday, September 17. Experts in the field will present in-depth analyses of the state of science of myofascial pain, current usage of technologies (e.g., methodologies) and their limitations, current technologies to be adapted for myofascial pain biomarker imaging or recording, and emerging technologies and methodologies. Learn more and register: https://go.usa.gov/xf9As.

This workshop is jointly organized by the NCCIH and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. NIH partners include the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research, the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.