Music to Overcome Headache and Migrane

Headache is medically known a s cephalalgia, sometimes spells as cephalgia. It is a condition of pain in the head. It ranks amongst the most common local pain complaints. Headaches have a wide variety of causes ranging from strain to eyes, sinusitis and tension. There may be other life threatening situations also leads to headache. The most common type of headache is a tension headache. Some time it occurs recurrently even without any reason or real tension. These headaches disturb the routine of an individual. Individuals that experience headache are dehydrated or suffering from caffeine withdrawal symptoms. Treatments of uncomplicated headaches are usually symptomatic and with painkillers they vanishes! Some specific forms of headache like migraine will demand better suitable treatment. Here in this angle music plays an innovative role in helping the individual to overcame the severity and intensity of the migraine. Regular exposure to classical music reduces the duration also. Migraine pain is one symptom of several disorders of the serotonergic control system- dual hormone neurotransmitter-with numerous types of receptors. Music has an influence on the Neurotransmitters; it does the necessary job for anyone who is exposed to music as therapy for reducing the severity and intensity of the headache. The ragas selected in this album are played in such a way to enhance the serotonergic function qualitatively and helps to diminish the severity of headaches. ** This CD is based on the research carried out by Dr. T. Mythily Ph.D., a Research scholar, a Clinical Psychologist and Music Therapist. A Doctoral Degree Holder in Psychology with Classical Music and its therapeutic values for the improvement in the behavior. She is a graded artist by AIR, a performing vocalist, disciple of the performing phenomena of the century, world celebrity, the legend Padma Vibhushan Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna. At present she is the Director, Music Therapy department at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai.