Module 232B: Migraine Building Blocks: Nutrition and Hormones
By: Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies

Course Description

In order to effectively treat a migraine, you must understand how nutrition and hormones play a roll in the migraine condition, and how to solve those problems.

  1. Triggers and their role in migraine – Do triggers even exist? New research tells us why traditional wisdom may be a diversion from the actual cause.
  2. Nutrition & Migraine – Learn everything, including genetic components, of nutrition in migraine.
  3. Ketogenic, Atkins, Fasting, Vegan….what is the best diet for migraine??
  4. Omega 3’s and their effect on episodic migraine
  5. Caffeine – A harmful and helpful compound. How do we use it clinically
  6. B Vitamins – What are the vitamin correlates?
  7. Genetic base of nutrition, is there a method to the food sensitivity madness??
  8. Month by Month nutritional guidelines for successful migraine outcomes
  9. Antioxidants – Dealing with inflammatory aspects of migraine
  10. Sodium intake – How and when to use salt as an adjunct for treatment
  11. Vitamin D deficiency and migraine – What are the vitamin D correlates?
  12. Stress & Hormones – How does stress effect migraine? Find out how to test and interpret lab results and prescribe proper protocols.
  13. Menstrual related migraine – What can be done and why is it currently being done wrong
  14. Stress and migraine chronification – How to stop the downward spiral
  15. Estrogens role in migraine – Learn how the females hormones play a role in the migraine condition.
  16. Trigeminal alterations in menstrual migraine patients
  17. The effect of puberty on migraine
  18. Laboratory testing of stress hormones – Learn exactly what tests are worth ordering for stress hormones and which ones to skip.
  19. Interpretation and protocol development of HPA Axis dysfunction

Course Details

  • Module 232B: Migraine Building Blocks: Nutrition and Hormones
  • By:    Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies
  • Instructor:    Dr. Adam Harcourt
  • Total CE Hours:    38
  • Course Format:     Online Distance Learning
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  • Course Categories:     Chiropractic Assistants, DC Continuing Education
  • Course Subjects | CE HOURS:
    • Neurology  -28 CE Hours
    • Nutrition  -10 CE Hours