At Portland Wellness Care, we treat a wide range of migraines and headaches, including tension headaches, hormonal migraines, and stress-related pain. Our expert acupuncture practitioners provide acupuncture services that reduce inflammation, calm your nervous system, and ease muscle tension if your headaches are disrupting your daily life and activities. 

Chronic and Episodic Migraines

Chronic and episodic migraines don’t have one single cause; they develop from a mixture of muscular, neurological, hormonal, and environmental factors that make the brain more sensitive to pain. Reducing the triggers that cause them, like posture issues, stress, jaw tension, disrupted sleep, hormones, and muscle tension, and receiving acupuncture treatment at our clinic creates a calmer physiological state, decreasing flare-ups. 

Migraines With Aura

Migraines with aura can create visual changes, light sensitivity, and neurological symptoms. Acupuncture reduces sensory overload, calms overactive nerves, and makes aura episodes less disruptive. Neurological signaling becomes overstimulated when you have a migraine with aura, and an acupuncture session regulates these pathways and makes your nervous system function better. Our clinic offers acupuncture treatments designed to support you if you are experiencing aura‑related migraines.

Tension Headaches

Tension headaches can create persistent discomfort, and acupuncture unwinds the muscular and neurological patterns that cause them. By calming the body’s fight‑or‑flight response, acupuncture sessions reduce pain in areas where tension builds, like the neck, jaw, and shoulder muscles. Our patients with tension headaches look to us for headache pain relief so they can become more clear-headed. 

Hormonal and Menstrual Migraines

Hormonal and menstrual migraines develop in women who are experiencing cyclical changes that affect their nervous system. During monthly hormonal shifts, acupuncture can stabilize and regulate the body’s response to stress by calming overactive nerves and softening muscle tension. You can feel more comfortable each month when these triggers and shifts occur and support more predictable hormonal patterns that bring you relief and fewer hormone-driven migraines. 

Cervicogenic Headaches (from Neck Tension or Injury)

Neck tension and previous injuries can trigger cervicogenic headaches that may develop when tight or injured neck muscles refer pain upward, and acupuncture relaxes deep muscular layers, reduces nerve irritation, and releases their underlying sources of pain. Treatment that includes acupuncture helps to restore neck and upper spine stability.

Cluster and Sinus Headaches

Intense sinus and cluster headaches stem from inflammation and pressure, and acupuncture helps calm neurological pathways and reduces congestion in your sinuses. Treatments may reduce the severity of these headaches and provide natural relief for patients.