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Bachelor of Health Science (Complementary Medicine)
Advanced Diploma Naturopathy Migraine Management for Practitioners Let me take a moment to introduce myself. My name is Josie Carin. I am a qualified and accredited naturopath, busy mum and yes – I live with migraine too! I started to get migraine attacks in my teens, and as I reached my 30’s and early 40’s, they just got worse and more frequent, until I got to the point where they were no longer just once a month – I was getting them almost daily. |
At this point, I was told by my neurologist that taking daily medication to prevent migraine attacks was my best hope. But some of these medications had really nasty side effects, and as a natural medicine practitioner, I just knew that there had to be another way.
Up until then, I thought migraine was something that had to just be “put up with”. My mum had them, my grandmother and even great-grandmother suffered from migraine attacks. I thought it was just my genetic bad luck.
It wasn’t until I really started to educate myself about migraine, and realise how debilitating a condition it is and that there were a whole heap of strategies and healing approaches out there that no doctor had ever told me.
Even though I had already spent 10 years studying health science and naturopathy - and another few years in clinical practice – migraine was often a subject that was lightly touched on in textbooks and by my lecturers, and often lumped in with other types of headache. It seemed that migraine was just “too complex” to deal with and not well understood.
And so I began a journey of diving in deeply and educating myself about migraine. I read hundreds of books, consulted with neurologists and other healthcare practitioners and achieved a certificate in Migraine Management with the University of Melbourne.
I gained control over my own migraine. And then I began to specialise in migraine to help women to learn to thrive with migraine. Along the way, I have gathered tonnes of valuable information and developed a life-changing migraine treatment protocol which has successfully helped many clients.
How I help clients break free from frequent migraine attacks
After an initial consultation to understand a client’s individual migraine journey, experience and drivers, we then follow these steps to write a personalised migraine management plan:
1. Outline the right nutritional program for you to reduce inflammation and minimise dietary drivers of migraine
2. Support the nervous system through beautiful herbal medicine and supplements
3. Manage stress and anxiety
4. Address other drivers of migraine including hormone imbalance, digestive health
or musculoskeletal issues
5. Balance hydration and electrolytes
6. Learn to tune in to the very early signs of a migraine attack, and take action immediately to reduce inflammation
7. Specific supplement recommendations
Up until then, I thought migraine was something that had to just be “put up with”. My mum had them, my grandmother and even great-grandmother suffered from migraine attacks. I thought it was just my genetic bad luck.
It wasn’t until I really started to educate myself about migraine, and realise how debilitating a condition it is and that there were a whole heap of strategies and healing approaches out there that no doctor had ever told me.
Even though I had already spent 10 years studying health science and naturopathy - and another few years in clinical practice – migraine was often a subject that was lightly touched on in textbooks and by my lecturers, and often lumped in with other types of headache. It seemed that migraine was just “too complex” to deal with and not well understood.
And so I began a journey of diving in deeply and educating myself about migraine. I read hundreds of books, consulted with neurologists and other healthcare practitioners and achieved a certificate in Migraine Management with the University of Melbourne.
I gained control over my own migraine. And then I began to specialise in migraine to help women to learn to thrive with migraine. Along the way, I have gathered tonnes of valuable information and developed a life-changing migraine treatment protocol which has successfully helped many clients.
How I help clients break free from frequent migraine attacks
After an initial consultation to understand a client’s individual migraine journey, experience and drivers, we then follow these steps to write a personalised migraine management plan:
1. Outline the right nutritional program for you to reduce inflammation and minimise dietary drivers of migraine
2. Support the nervous system through beautiful herbal medicine and supplements
3. Manage stress and anxiety
4. Address other drivers of migraine including hormone imbalance, digestive health
or musculoskeletal issues
5. Balance hydration and electrolytes
6. Learn to tune in to the very early signs of a migraine attack, and take action immediately to reduce inflammation
7. Specific supplement recommendations
Josie's special areas of interest and training includes:
Migraine and headache
Women's health
Stress, anxiety, mood and sleep
Digestion and gut health
Immunity and allergies
Services include:
Private and online consultations
Personalised treatment planning
Food intolerance testing
Hormone balance testing
Microbiome and gut health testing
DNA wellness testing
Meal planning