This week on Talking Head Pain, Joe is joined by Samuel Kelokates, a physical therapist specializing in treating migraine. Sam is no stranger to pain and stigma having lived with tension headaches and a visible disability. His unique experiences and education inform his physical therapy practice focused on helping people living with headache disorders.  

Join Joe and Sam as they discuss non-pharmacologic options for migraine, practical physical therapy tips, and managing migraine triggers with the help of physical therapy.

Among the highlights in this episode:

01:05- Joe kicks off the episode by asking Sam to describe what a tension headache feels like

02:29- Sam tells Joe how exercise can be helpful in managing migraine triggers

05:16- Sam talks about how he has conversations about exercise with people who are in pain

07:21- Joe asks Sam about the kinds of non-pharmacological approaches that he discusses with his patients

08:53- Sam and Joe discuss how he talks with patients who received dismissive advice about their disease

10:50- Sam talks about how living with a visible disability helps him connect to those with invisible disabilities

12:00- Sam shares practical physical therapy tips for people living with migraine

14:07- Joe asks Sam to talk about how he works with patients who are using medication to help treat migraine

15:34- Sam shares that he wishes the world knew about migraine and his work in physical therapy

16:45- Sam defines cervicogenic headache and tension headache

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