Suffering from migraine? This new app helps reduce frequency of headaches

Primary symptoms of migraine include moderate to severe head pain that is often accompanied by nausea and sensitivity

Researchers have developed a smartphone-based relaxation app which may help reduce the frequency of headaches in people suffering from migraine. Migraine sufferers who used the technique at least twice a week experienced on average four fewer headache days per month, said researchers from the New York University School of Medicine (NYU) in the US.

The app, called RELAXaHEAD, guides patients through progressive muscle relaxation, or PMR.
 

In this form of behavioural therapy, patients alternately relax and tense different muscle groups to reduce stress.

The study, published in the journal Nature Digital Medicine, is the first to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of an