I have had nothing short of a wonderful experience being a part of the Migraine – Healthline app community and startup.
The support and sense of belonging we have been able to foster inside of this group has been incredible.
In this post I’m going to cover some of my favourite parts of this app and the experience in general.
Before I get going I would like to give a shoutout to Eileen who has been the most incredible guide for the entire community, her dedication has been incredible. So let’s get into it.
Groups
The groups tab has been an amazing way to be able to dive right into specific topics you are looking for answers on and to be able to ask the questions you want answered in a place where individuals with experience in that area or with similar questions are able to come together.
The groups tab is comprised of:
General
Prodrome and postdrome
Medication and Treatments
Social Life with Migraines
Migraine Strong
Migraine and Family Life
Migraines at Work or School
Lifestyle
Mental Health
Navigating Healthcare
Alternative Therapies
Migraine Triggers
Inspiration
There is an absolute wealth of knowledge in each and every one of these groups which you can jump into any time and become part of the conversation.
Topics
My favourite topics so far have been the ones I chose to focus on. Part of our launch and to help see what the community is interested in was to do live chats. I hosted two of these live chats, one on Lifestyle and one on Alternative Therapies.
In our lifestyle live chat I started off by explaining Allostatic load, which every migraine sufferer should know:
Allostatic load is the process by which the body adds up all of the stressors it is exposed to, head to toe, mental, emotional and physical. If this load becomes more than the body can maintain normal functioning, we trigger. The more we can do to reduce this load the more we can give our body a chance to stabilize and build resilience.
I then went on to cover the foundations of lifestyle therapies such as:
Sleep
Hydration
Breath
Clean Environments
Diet
Movement
These are massively important and we could also add in properly timed and adequate daily sunlight , circadian health, grounding and supportive social structures.
After I opened up the conversation to these areas we dove in with questions, answers and experiences.
The next chat we had was in Alternative therapies where I covered a number of therapies used by practitioners to help individuals heal. These included:
Acupuncture
Manual therapies
Homeopathic
Hormonal
TCM/Herbal therapy
Nutrition
These chats have fostered community, growth, sharing, learning and support in a way that only apps like the Migraine Healthline App can.
Night Mode
One of the great introductions that developers have created since the launch has been night mode which is much easier on the sensitive migraine brain and eyes.
I have loved the continued development and improvement as well as the slowly expanding list of countries that the app is available in so that this community can continue to grow and support itself.
All in all I have loved the experience and opportunity to be a part of this movement and I would encourage you to jump on and browse around for yourself.
You can click this link to download the free app Migraine – Healthline right now and get started exploring the amazing Migraine and Headache community.