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Statistics show that a substantially higher percentage of women suffer from migraines than men. The Migraine Special Issue www.ebandolier.com shows a range for women of between 11.9% and 21.9% and for men between 4.0% and 8.2%. The weighted mean prevalence for women was 17% and for men was 6%.

Over three million Canadian women suffer from debilitating migraine headaches.

An average of three weeks are lost every year by Canadian female migraine sufferers incapacitated by their condition, kept from attending work or school and often missing family and social events. 

Three quarters of these women feel they lack control over their lives, they feel misunderstood and say they must often face the cynicism of people near them because of their condition. Their suffering can be compounded by isolation and a lack of understanding from those close to them, either at home or at work.

Many have never consulted a health care professional about their headaches. Among those who have, many report being not wholly satisfied with their current medication either in terms of its ease of use, its convenience or its effectiveness.

We have found that women who have had children routinely present with a greater difference in the heights of the posterior superior iliac spines than in women who have not had children. It is our contention that the pelvic girdle can potentially be pulled further out of alignment during the final trimester by the imbalanced musculature of the buttock and lower back areas as the joints of the pelvis prepare for delivery.

This suggests the probabability of higher levels of compensation above the pelvis in order to keep the torso neck and head upright and facing forward.

The migraine surveys seen to date do not appear to differentiate in the female participants are women who went through pregnancies and the number of pregnancies they experienced, and women who had not gone through a pregnancy. The results could be quite revealing, possibly showing a much higher percentage of migraine sufferers among mothers than among women who had never experienced pregnancy.

“National Migraine Survey Shows Heavy Toll Exacted On Canadian Women, Families And Society”
www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=31126

“Prevention Strategies Reviewed for Women With Migraines.” 
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/544220

“Migraine Treatment And Prevention In Women”
www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=51369

“The Impact of Migraine on Work, Family, and Leisure Among Young Women - A Multinational Study.”
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/491091

“Women Plagued More Often by Headache”
www.medpagetoday.com/Neurology/Migraines/dh/2690

“Headache”
www.usnews.com/usnews/health/brain/headache/head.about.htm

“The Daily Headache”
www.thedailyheadache.com

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