The Migraine Detective - The Migraine Detective

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2. Edition

2018 by Dr medic Roland Pfeiffer

Dr medic Roland Pfeiffer, Alexanderstr. 46, D-70182 Stuttgart

www.osteopathie-arzt-stuttgart.de

Original Title: Der Migrne-Detektiv

Translated from German by Georgina Hodge

Project management, editing and proof-reading: Gabi Haas

Cover design, typesetting and layout: Laura Newman

Cover motifs: Kues, Balintseby / Freepik

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Manufactured and published by BoD - Books on Demand GmbH, Norderstedt, Germany

ISBN: 978-3-748-11440-6

Printed in Germany

Bibliographic information from the German National Library. The German Library catalogues this publication in the German National Bibliography; detailed bibliographic information can be found on the Internet website: www.ddb.de

There are lots of books about migraines. Books full of tips on nutrition and how to relax. Books comparing painkillers and therapy options. Books that manage to reduce almost all cases of migraine to just one cause. Books that treat all migraine patients the same with a one-size-fits all approach. And unfortunately there are still a number of books that continue to perpetuate the outdated conventional opinion that migraine is in fact incurable. Yet in truth, each patient is unique and each cause of migraine is unique too. As unique as a fingerprint.

This is why I have written this book. The migraine is a puzzle that is begging for a solution. My book is aimed at everybody who suffers from migraines and aims to make this puzzle more tangible for each and every one of you. I am also addressing my colleagues doctors, alternative practitioners and osteopaths so that this puzzle can be solved for the benefit of your patients.

The Migraine Detective looks at 44 fascinating cases of migraines and unravels their unique causes. I will show you how I have been able to detect what triggers migraines through systematic investigation and following the right instincts and how it is possible to eliminate them and cure patients permanently. Migraines are fundamentally curable and this is proven solely by the fact that spontaneous cures are possible in this field. Almost every doctor knows patients that used to suffer from migraines, but now no longer suffer from them at all. Some have no migraines once their pregnancies are over, others when they move house, change jobs, when they start the menopause or sometimes even if nothing significant happens in their lives. Something or other has taken place, which has relieved their nervous system or simply had a positive effect on the causes of their migraines and subsequently cured them. This cure could just be a fluke. But no patient can or wants to hang around waiting for chance. They want to be freed from their migraines as soon as possible! By systematically decoding the migraine, I will show you how the causes of migraines can be specifically targeted and eliminated enabling your body to tackle any remaining potential causes itself. Of course you dont want to read the The Migraine Detective from cover to cover, do you? No problem at all! So how can you as a reader, patient or colleague find what you are looking for in this book? Just follow the chapter guidelines.

In you will learn about what exactly a migraine is, how it comes about and how I as a doctor treated it.

In I show you 44 detailed cases of patients with migraines to illustrate just how diverse the causes of migraine can be and how these causes can be analytically investigated, unlocked and eliminated. I describe people suffering from migraines and how I have succeeded in healing them. As a patient you will see similarities to your own medical history. The specialist knowledge I share in this chapter is intended to inspire and encourage all professionals involved in treating and curing migraines.

In I illustrate the complete root-cause-analysis. Through the eyes of the medic we look at the detailed migraine anamnesis, a special laboratory diagnosis, a complete osteopathic examination, as well as neural therapeutic interference zones and trial treatments. For the lay person this might be rather too much medicine. For the initiated a large pool of information about migraine diagnosis.

In I will explain more precisely how certain culprits can cause Migraines & Co. to come about.

, the following signposts will point the way through the 44 case studies of my cured migraine patients.

Patient Profile

This is where you can read about patients who suffer from migraine: age, sex, job, medical history, living conditions, lifestyle, life events, medication, therapy attempts everything that describes these patients.

Searching for Clues and Decoding them

Here you can read about how I systematically determine the causes of migraine in each of my patients and then combine the results of this analysis in a targeted treatment concept.

Expert Zoom

This section takes an in-depth specialist approach. Doctors, alternative practitioners, osteopaths and all those who treat migraines in a professional capacity will find what they are looking for here.

CHAPTER 1

Everyone is talking about migraine. But what exactly is a migraine? That is what we want to find out before we begin our investigation. Migraine is a primarily unilateral headache. Episodes of migraine are often paroxysmal and can go on for hours or even days. It is not uncommon for the pain to be accompanied by an aura of nausea, vomiting and sensitivity to light and noise. Sometimes there are also speech disorders, visual disturbances, memory failures and other neurological symptoms. In Germany, about eight million people suffer from migraines. Two thirds of those are women.

Migraines are caused by an energy deficit, a malfunction, or an overstimulation of different nerve centres, that are triggered by various factors. Therefore the aim of any treatment is to rebalance the nervous system and to balance the mismatch between energy needs and energy supply.