Do aerobic exercises and magnesium use improve the severity of migraine headaches?

Migraine is a common and debilitating disease and preventive treatments are used to reduce the severity of headache attacks. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of aerobic exercises and magnesium on the severity of headaches in migraine patients.

The present study was a semi-experimental and applied research. In this study, 30 women with migraine disease aged 25-40 years were selected randomly and divided into three groups: aerobic training, magnesium consumption, and combined exercise group with magnesium The patients' training program included eight weeks and three sessions each week for 90 minutes (15 minutes warming, 60 minutes of workout, 15 minutes of cooling) with an intensity of 50-75% of maximum heart rate. Magnesium oxide pill also contained 500mg, which was taken twice daily by groups.To compare the results, independent and correlated Ttest was used to examine intergroup and intra-group changes.

Statistical results showed that aerobic activity (P<0.001), magnesium consumption (P <0.01) and combined group (P<0.001) significantly decreased the severity of headache in migraine patients.

The findings of this study showed that aerobic activity and magnesium consumption can be used as a therapeutic method to improve the severity of headache in patients with migraine