Natural Relief for Migraines & Chronic Headaches with Acupuncture
Evidence-informed acupuncture located in Millcreek, for those seeking a complimentary and holistic, non-pharmaceutical approach to recurring headaches and migraines.
Feeling better just means showing up and relaxing for an hour. It’s that simple. The needles are painless and you’ll probably enjoy the treatment more than you can imagine.
Retreatment Wellness is a calming, restorative clinic for individualized care.
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Does Acupuncture Work to Treat Headaches & Migraines?
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Can Acupuncture Prevent Headaches & Migraines?
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Is Acupuncture Safe with Migraine Medication?
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Does Acupuncture Help the Side Effects of Headaches & Migraines?
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Why Choose Retreatment Wellness for Migraine Acupuncture?
Happy Patients & Proven Results
Can Acupuncture Help Migraines and Chronic Headaches?
If migraines or recurring headaches are interfering with your work, sleep, exercise, family life, or sense of wellbeing, you may be looking for more than temporary relief. At Retreatment Wellness in Millcreek, Utah, acupuncture offers a gentle, non-pharmaceutical approach. It is a well-researched complementary therapys for migraine prevention. And it’s been used for thousands of years with people over the long ages reporting relief.
A major 2025 systematic review and meta-analysis examined 23 randomized controlled trials involving 2,295 patients with migraine.
Researchers found that acupuncture was associated with:
Fewer migraine attacks
Fewer migraine days per month
Shorter migraine duration
Improvements in migraine-related quality of life
The researchers concluded that acupuncture was significantly associated with reductions in migraine duration, migraine attacks and migraine days, while also improving quality of life. As with all areas of medical research, they noted limitations in the existing studies and called for additional rigorous trials.
The Cochrane Collaboration, one of the most respected organizations for evaluating medical evidence, reviewed 22 clinical trials involving nearly 5,000 participants. In studies comparing acupuncture plus usual care with usual care alone, approximately 41% of people receiving acupuncture experienced at least a 50% reduction in headache frequency, compared with 17% receiving usual care alone.
The Cochrane reviewers concluded that acupuncture can be considered a treatment option for migraine prevention.
More recent research continues to strengthen the case. A 2025 meta-analysis comparing acupuncture with conventional migraine-prevention medications analyzed 19 randomized controlled trials involving 2,296 patients. Acupuncture was associated with improvements in migraine frequency, migraine intensity, number of migraine days and migraine duration. Researchers also reported fewer adverse events with acupuncture, although they cautioned that the quality of the available evidence ranged from moderate to low.
For people who would prefer to explore non-pharmaceutical migraine treatment, acupuncture represents an increasingly well-researched complementary option.
At Retreatment Wellness, patients typically experience meaningful relief in as few as 3 treatments, with long term benefits after 3 months of treatment.
The benefits are more than just reduced migraine and headache pain. Patients also experience improved sleep, digestion and mood regulation.
Can Acupuncture Prevent Headaches & Migraines?
One of the most important distinctions in studies about the benefits of acupuncture, is that acupuncture is also successful for migraine prevention.
The goal of a course of acupuncture is to help reduce the overall burden migraines place on your life.
Depending on the individual, meaningful progress may include:
Fewer migraine days
Less frequent headache attacks
Reduced headache intensity
Shorter migraine episodes
Improved ability to function during or between episodes
Better quality of life
Less disruption to work, family life, sleep and exercise
This is why acupuncture is generally approached as a series of treatments rather than a one-time intervention.
Can Acupuncture Be Used Alongside Migraine Medication?
Yes. Acupuncture is commonly used as a complementary treatment, meaning it can be incorporated into an existing medical treatment plan rather than replacing it.
In fact, many patients seek Acupuncture because the efficacy of their prescriptions has reached a plateau . Many times folks seek relief without risking adding another medication to their regimen. And Acupuncture offers safe, effective relief.
If medication is working well for you, there is no reason to abandon conventional treatment. Adding Acupuncture to your care routine may simply improve your results.
People who are concerned about medication side effects, have not achieved adequate migraine control, or simply prefer to incorporate non-pharmaceutical approaches into their healthcare may want to discuss acupuncture with their healthcare providers.
The goal is not Eastern medicine versus Western medicine. Both work!
The goal is fewer days lost to migraines by incorporating approaches that work together.
When Headaches Need Medical Evaluation:
New, severe, unusual or rapidly changing headaches should always be medically evaluated. Acupuncture should not delay appropriate diagnostic care.
Seek prompt medical attention for a sudden severe headache, a significant change in your usual headache pattern, headache following a serious injury, or headache accompanied by concerning neurological or systemic symptoms.
For established recurring migraines and chronic headaches, acupuncture can be a part of a broader integrative treatment strategy.
Does Acupuncture Help the Side Effects of Headaches & Migraines?
Talk about what genuinely makes the experience different:
Evidence-informed care. A whole-person approach. Longer, individualized appointments. A peaceful private treatment environment. Experience working within integrative healthcare. And a treatment philosophy that looks beyond simply putting needles where it hurts.
This is also where I'd introduce your approach to combining acupuncture with relaxation and nervous-system-supportive therapies when appropriate.