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I used to always say if I could have just one wish it would be to never have a migraine ever again. It has now been almost 10 years since my wish was granted and I’ve been (relatively) migraine free ever since. But before I tell you about this amazing discovery let me give you an insight of what it was like to live with migraines…

I had had migraines for as long as I can remember being on painkillers from a very early age. So many missed days of school, work and life in general. If you’ve never had a migraine you probably have no idea what I’m really talking about. Imagine an axe being split through your scull over and over again or knives being poked through your eyes. It is a debilitating pain and one that is extremely hard to live with. The only thing you can do is go to bed in a very dark room, take copious amounts of painkillers and ride it out. Then add a few more days to get over all the drugs and your zombie-like state.

As time went by I grew immune to all the medication (they actually starting having an averse effect on me) so the Dr’s just upped the anti and started giving me pethidine injections instead. Then I grew immune to them too. After a car accident back in 94 my migraines hit with vengeance and the Dr’s then prescribed epilepsy tablets as a preventative medication. Of course I followed their orders – who was I to question a Dr, they’d been helping me all my life or so I thought. The new drugs didn’t do a thing and only made things worse – I became someone I didn’t really like very much. They totally messed with me and I turned into a bit of a monster. Anyway, a few years later I got to the point where I’d had enough – I’d become addicted to my painkillers and life was pretty shit!

Enter my quest for an alternative path…

After hitting my turning point, I spent the next few years trialling different therapies from physiotherapy and acupuncture to natural substances (of the legal type of course). All of which gave some relief but nothing was long term. Then one day in 2001 a friend of mine recommended I go see her Chiropractor who was also a Kinesiologist. I had never even contemplated it before as I had a fear of Chiropractors and I didn’t even know what a Kinesiologist was. But I plucked up the courage and booked in. I was on a mission!

My first appointment with Justin was truly life changing and it was more about the Kinesiology side of things more than the Chiro side. He asked my body a whole bunch of questions and it suitably responded with the answers. It was like being in a counselling session but without having to say anything. He got to the root cause of my migraines within minutes and I was shocked, literally!

He unlocked a fear that I had deep inside of me that sent me into a massive emotional reaction. My palms were sweating and I was holding back the tears. And I still hadn’t said anything – how did this guy know all this stuff about me? Because my body had been holding onto it for years and finally someone was listening. I cried my eyes out all the way home and for the next few days or so – just letting out all of what I had been holding onto.

That day was like a miracle for me – it was an instant release. For the first few months afterwards I was seeing Justin every week then we gradually cut down our sessions from there.  The only time I now get migraines is if I am completely run down, seriously hung-over, totally overstressed or I just haven’t been taking care of myself. I have gone from having weekly episodes to only a few a year if I’m unlucky. Actually I’ve had a few in the past 12 months purely through the stress of starting a business (scary stuff!).

I have found an amazing Kinesiologist in Sydney (Lyn – who is just gorgeous) since moving from Perth who has helped me get through chronic shoulder pain that my Chiro just couldn’t quite fix. Don’t get me wrong I absolutely love my Chiro who usually keeps me on the straight and narrow but sometimes it goes a lot deeper than that and Kinesiology is just a voodoo kinda magic that works for me.

Yours in health & happiness!

Dicko xx

Ps. I am grateful every single day that I no longer have to go through the pain of migraines like I used to.

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