Using their heads to ease pain of migraine

Migraine, classified by the World Health Organisation as the seventh most disabling disease, can be devastating for sports people.

The first national seminar about migraine and sport is on Sept 18, as part of Migraine Awareness Week. Dr Edward O’Sullivan, director of the Cork Migraine/Headache Clinic, will talk about ‘understanding migraine in a sporting context.’

Dr O’Sullivan says many high profile Irish sports people suffer from the neurological disorder. He treats them, but for reasons of confidentiality he naturally can’t name them.