As a cure to severe headache, the Ancient Egyptian scriptures suggest strapping a crocodile to the head which might have surprised and disturbed the sufferer considerably beyond his headache (Tepper, 2004, i). Thus, providing root to the Shock Theory. However ironic this may sound, time and research has devised and brought forth such advances in migraine treatment as would have been undreamed of, even 25 years ago. Research on migraine management shows despite the intensity of Migraine pain, clinical treatment may not be the soundest approach to combat it and hence several alternative treatments are being recommended.

             STATISTICAL DATA OF MIGRAIN SUFFERERS.

             Statistics reveal that, "Eighteen percent of women, six percent of men, and four percent of children have migraine. All races are affected, although for reasons that are unknown, whites are affected more than African Americans, and Asian Americans are least often afflicted". (Tepper, 2004, vii). Among all the complex disorders, migraines are more common than asthma, diabetes or congestive heart failure. According to American Medical Association migraine causes severe and often unbearable pain to about 26 million Americans. (Karen Goldberg Goff, 1999). This disease has considerable social and economic damages, to both the sufferers and the society as a whole. Since the U.S society alone is at as much as of 13 billion dollars of lost-work owing to migraine (Tepper, 2004). Most sufferers miss out around of two days of work a month as a result of migraine-related problems (Heins, 2003). Therefore this problem is very critical and requires constant research for more effective treatment procedures. .

             However, surprisingly so, National Headache Foundation study estimates that less than half of migraine sufferers seek any kind of medical help (Heins, 2003). Even if they did seek help, it's likely that sufferers might not get the right treatment and support.