Case series, repeated-measures design, pilot study. Adult, female, migraine patients underwent seven Ischemic Compression Myofascial Trigger Points (IC-MTrPs) therapy sessions. The aim of the study is to investigate whether therapy of the shoulder girdle and neck muscles by deactivating MTrPs causes modification of biomechanical and biochemical variables in the blood and reduces headache in people with migraine, improving their quality of life by improving their health. People qualified for the study were divided into 3 groups according to the type of migraine: 1. CM group - patients with chronic migraine 2. EMa group - patients with paroxysmal migraine with aura 3. EMb group - patients with paroxysmal migraine without an aura. All patients underwent 7 interventions in the area of the muscles of the shoulder girdle and neck (by deactivating trigger points) performed every 2 or 3 days. They did not take any headache medications during the treatment period. However, during a migraine attack, they could undergo treatments and research measurements. Biomechanical measurements of the cervical spine, shoulder girdle muscles and blood chemistry were performed before, during and after the patients' therapy. All treatments were performed on the following muscles: * m. trapesius pars descendent (trapezius upper), * m. sternocleidomastoideus (sternocleidomastoid), * m. temporalis (temporal), * m. legator scapulae (levator scapula), * m. supraspinatus (supraspinatus), * m. suboccipitales (suboccipital).
Age range
18 Years – 65 Years
Sex
FEMALE
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ROM cervical spine
Timeframe: Before the first treatment.
ROM cervical spine
Timeframe: After the first treatment.
ROM cervical spine
Timeframe: Before the fourth treatment.
ROM cervical spine
Timeframe: After the fourth treatment.
ROM cervical spine
Timeframe: Before the seventh treatment.
ROM cervical spine
Timeframe: After the seventh treatment.
ROM cervical spine
Timeframe: Described data was collected for 1 month after the last intervention.
Health-related quality of life
Timeframe: Before the first therapy.
Health-related quality of life
Timeframe: After the first therapy.
Health-related quality of life
Timeframe: 1 month after intervention completion, the subject completed the WHOQoL-BREF questionnaire again.
Muscle pain perception
Timeframe: Day 1
Muscle pain perception
Timeframe: Day 4
Muscle pain perception
Timeframe: Day 7
Headache pain perception
Timeframe: Before the treatment cycle.
Headache pain perception
Timeframe: 1 month after the end of treatment.