I help personally customize movement strategies to build full body resilience instead of triggering migraine attacks. This is often the most important, yet misunderstood pillar of migraine recovery. We work together to create a personalized program that truly meets you where you are and helps you make it work for even the most sensitive systems and busiest lives. Maybe you’ve experienced movement as a trigger, but exercise is actually an underexplored (and very effective) strategy for migraine attack reduction. Together, we’ll look into gentle, brain-friendly exercises to help with regulating your nervous system while making sure to avoid the overstimulation that may trigger your migraine symptoms. Plus, this pillar helps so much. Exercise is widely agreed upon as one of the best possible things we can do reduce migraines, reduce pain and support pain – my job is to help get you there.

High quality sleep is crucial because it’s a the foundational of our brain and body’s innate repair systems, so we work on evidence-backed sleep optimization strategies to help support deep recovery and basic brain function. This is critical for both migraine and all other pieces of human health including cognitive function, cardiovascular disease, all cause mortality, etc. We use evidence backed strategies for improving the 3 most important features of sleep: quality, duration, and consistency. Addressing sleep hygiene, the role of stress and other life factors on sleep, substance use, and much more.

What we eat can play such a big role in migraine, but things are not usually as simple as they seem: there is usually no miracle superfood cure, nor a single item in your diet that is causing your migraines. But my years of research and my clinical and coaching experience have made clear some patterns that we will apply to your eating habits, so that your diet is supporting and not hurting your path towards healing and many more migraine-free days. I meet my clients where they’re at currently, and help start shifting their diets towards strategic fueling and nutritional support to promote enhanced neurological stability and inflammation regulation.

Your nervous system is your internal shield, and we’ll work together to make it as strong as possible. Stress is a known component in all things migraine, but being told to “stress less” has never really helped anyone. As your dedicated coach, I’ll take the time to get to know you and how you relate to nervous system resilience. In our sessions together, we’ll talk about powerful techniques like HRV training, pain reprocessing strategies, breathwork, and meditation, along with self-regulation strategies with the goal of easing your hypersensitive migraine system.

We both know that migraines aren’t just simple headaches. In the coaching program, we’ll go through how musculoskeletal contributors like your neck, jaw, and shoulders may be making your migraine load heavier, and how to approach the connection between these parts to ease that load. As a doctor of physical therapy, I draw from an extensive understanding of how musculoskeletal systems contribute to (or can help reduce) migraine burden in each individual situation.

Everyone’s migraines are unique, and yet there are patterns to what tends to trigger migraine attacks. Most neurologists and medical practitioners can’t spend the time with you needed to start to identify those, but as you coach that will be part of my job. You might’ve already tried logging your symptoms or keeping basic food diaries to avoid your next attack, and we will build on that work. In our sessions, I’ll introduce you to The MigraineMetrix System, a comprehensive way to identify and track your migraine triggers to proactively manage them down the line.

All of the migraine advice in the world means little if the change you feel isn’t sustainable. In our sessions together, we’ll apply neuroscience-backed behavior change techniques to build towards a lasting, positive transformation for your migraine. You’ll also have the opportunity to join a group where others are going through struggles similar to your own, providing you with mutual support and warm connection to guide you on your migraine management journey.