Visual Cure for Headaches

During this month I have been trying a new headache cure taught to me by my dentist, Roger Kay. I mentioned that my teeth ached after running in weather that was cool to cold. In looking at my dental x-rays, it was apparent that my sinuses were hovering closely over my teeth. Dr. Kay explained that signals to the brain can get confused and my sinuses and teeth could have indirect responses to pain. I told him I had frequent headaches (sometimes daily) and he asked if I were interested in curing them with visualization techniques. He got me interested when he said it was based on PHYSICS, as it is impossible for two things to occupy the same space at once. Frankly, I was hooked more on it being a SCIENTIFIC, rather that "New Age" technique.

I have been using his technique this month with spectacular results. Previously, the fewest amount of headaches I experienced in a month was thirteen (I have taken sumitriptan to control pain). That was a GOOD month. In fact, the average amount was closer to twenty. Here it is the end of November and I have had the grand total of seven headaches! I have medicated four of them. That means I have gone from using close to EIGHTEEN sumatriptan tablets a month to FOUR!

Here is my interpretation of the technique:
Sit or lie comfortably in a quiet space where one can tune out the world.
Breathe slowly and intentionally, deeply.
Picture the pain in a concrete way. Dr. Kay suggested giving it as a shape. I picture it as smoke whirling around my head.
Breathe in, picturing fresh air coming into your head, pain-free air. I picture it as icy blue.
Breathe out, picturing the pain leaving. With me, I picture yellow smoke leaving my nostrils.
While breathing in and out slowly and deeply, I am picturing the pain-as-smoke getting less and less.
I say to myself, BLUE as I inhale, YELLOW as I exhale.

If it doesn't work entirely in about ten minutes, I move on, but I come back to this during the time that the headache lasts. Sometimes it doesn't erase the headache entirely, but alleviates it significantly.

Most surprising of all is the fact that I have had far fewer onsets of headaches this month. It's almost as if my headaches have sought other territories where they are freer to roam...or died!

THANK YOU, DR. KAY!