Acupuncture is an effective, evidence-based treatment for reducing the frequency and intensity of chronic tension-type headaches and migraines.
It works by stimulating nerves, increasing blood flow, and releasing natural painkillers like endorphins.
Research suggests it can be as effective as preventive medication, with fewer side effects.
If you have been dealing with recurring headaches, migraines, or symptoms that seem to come out of nowhere, there is a reason your body keeps returning to this pattern.
Migraines are one of our top specialties.
By using points along facial pathways and affecting the way that vasoconstriction and dilation work in the body, we are able to modulate and fix headaches that have plagued you for years.
We can even treat headaches that have been resistant to medication.
Most approaches treat headaches as isolated events. At BPHAC, we treat them as part of a larger system involving your nervous system, circulation, hormones, and stress response.
Real talk: if you are only chasing the pain, you are missing the reason it keeps coming back.
Most treatments focus on stopping the headache. We focus on stopping the pattern that creates it.
This page is for people who deal with recurring headaches, migraines, or head-related symptoms that disrupt daily life.
We treat:
- Migraines
- Tension headaches
- Cluster headaches
- Post-concussive headaches
- Hormone-related headaches
- Stress-related headaches
- Neck-related headaches
If your headaches seem tied to stress, your cycle, your sleep, or your environment, there is a reason.
Why Headaches Keep Coming Back
Headaches are not random.
They are often the result of how the body is regulating blood flow, nerve signaling, and stress.
Migraines in particular are closely tied to the way blood vessels in the head constrict and dilate.
When this system becomes dysregulated, it can trigger recurring pain patterns.
The Systems Behind Headaches
Headaches are often influenced by:
- Nervous system regulation
- Blood flow and circulation
- Hormonal changes
- Muscle tension (especially neck and jaw)
- Stress and environmental triggers
When these systems are not working together, the body can fall into patterns that repeatedly trigger headaches.
Real talk: your body is not randomly giving you headaches. It has learned a pattern—and it will keep running it until something changes.
Real talk: your body is not randomly giving you headaches. It is following a pattern.
Acupuncture works by addressing the systems that contribute to headaches and migraines.
What Acupuncture Does in the Body
Modulates blood flow and vascular response
Regulates the nervous system
Reduces muscle tension in the neck, jaw, and shoulders
Releases endorphins and natural painkillers
Reduces inflammation
Why This Matters for Migraines
By influencing blood flow, nervous system activity, and muscle tension, acupuncture helps reduce both the frequency and intensity of headaches.
This allows the body to move out of reactive cycles and into more stable patterns.
This is why acupuncture can be effective even for patients who have not responded to medication.
This is how we help you feel better—and stay better.
We approach migraines and headaches by addressing both immediate symptoms and long-term patterns.
Our Approach to Headache Treatment
Use acupuncture points along facial and cranial pathways
Regulate vascular response (vasoconstriction and dilation)
Address neck and jaw tension
Support nervous system regulation
Identify triggers such as stress, hormones, and environment
We don’t just treat the headache. We treat the pattern that causes it.
This is how we help you feel better—and stay better.
Every treatment is custom and personalized.
In your first treatment, we have a full health history, review imaging, review new patient paperwork and do any relevant testing.
You will also receive a full treatment at that appointment.
We tell every patient to plan on coming once a week for three weeks initially.
At that third appointment we see what has changed, what is better, and what is still to be addressed.
From there, your practitioner will work with you to establish a treatment plan moving forward.
Yes. Acupuncture has been shown to reduce the frequency and intensity of migraines by addressing blood flow, nervous system regulation, and inflammation.
We typically recommend starting with one session per week for three weeks, followed by a reassessment.
We take those triggers into account and adjust your treatment plan accordingly, helping your body respond more effectively over time.
We regularly treat patients whose headaches have been resistant to medication by addressing the underlying systems involved.
The longer you wait, the longer you are in pain.
Let’s start treatment and give you a headache free life.
You don’t have to keep living around your headaches.