Ulster Tatler – June 2019

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Tried & Tested

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Belfast

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http://www.apexclinic.co.uk

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For over eight years, 42 year-old Margaret Watson from
Belfast was living with horrendous migraines. Thinking this
was due to stress, Margaret believed that migraines were
something that she would have to live with for the rest of her
life. After a friend recommended Apex Headache Clinic, she
booked an appointment in desperation to see if she could
get any relief at all. Here, Margaret shares how the clinic’s
unique regime of specialist manual physiotherapy treatment
for headaches and migraines, called The Nelson Headache
Approach™, cleared her migraines, meaning that she could
finally enjoy life again.

Margaret, when did your migraines begin?
My migraines started about 8 years ago, around the time my
youngest was born. She was born with down syndrome and
spent two months in hospital, so I thought the onset of migraines
was due to stress. Once they arrived, they never left. I had a
migraine every single day for these eight years. In 2013, I had
a CT scan of my brain, which was clear and I therefore believed
this was just something I was going to have to live with. The GP
prescribed a nerve drug and I was taking paracetamol daily.
Neither did anything to cure my migraines, only ever easing the
pain slightly.

How did the pain affect your life?
It was awful. I would wake up in the morning, get the kids
ready for school and just go back to bed again. It was no life. I
wasn’t sleeping at night because I knew I would wake up with a
migraine. I had no option but to just get on with things but it was
a struggle.

What led you to Apex Headache Clinic?
One day, when my migraine was particularly bad, I put a post on
Facebook asking if anyone knew any remedies. To my surprise,
a few friends contacted me and recommended Apex Headache
Clinic. After going onto the website and doing a bit of research,
I called and booked an appointment straightaway. I had nothing
to lose.
During my first appointment, Nicola diagnosed my migraines
as stemming from my neck. I couldn’t believe it! I was so relieved
to finally know what the cause was. I began attending physio
twice a week initially and we gradually spaced the appointments
out. After less than a month, I noticed a drastic improvement.
I remember waking up one day and wondering where my
migraine was. It felt like a massive weight had been lifted off my
shoulders. I’ve been off painkillers for two months now and in
that time I haven’t had a single migraine.

“Apex Headache Clinic cleared

my 8 year migraines”

How has Apex Headache Clinic changed your life?

My life has drastically changed. I am now able to get the kids off

to school and get on with my day, rather than having to climb

back into bed due to the pain. It’s the best thing I ever did and

definitely money well spent.

What advice would you offer someone suffering from

migraines?

I can’t recommend Apex Headache Clinic highly enough.

Anytime anyone mentions suffering from headaches or

migraines, I tell them to book an appointment. My life has

changed and so could so many others with their treatment.

To book an appointment at Apex Headache Clinic, call 028

9048 4153. No GP referral is necessary.