Migraine: Hacking Your Brain’s Hidden Painkillers | Mark Braschinsky | TEDxUniversity of Tartu

"Stress as migraine treatment?" Mark Braschinsky explains what's really happening in a migraine brain, and how sleep, exercise, stress management, and even orgasm can ease the pain as much as any pill. Dr Mark Braschinsky is a senior neurologist at Tartu University Hospital and an associate professor of neurology at the University of Tartu. He graduated from the University of Tartu Faculty of Medicine and earned his PhD in neurology in 2010. Since 2006, he has worked at Tartu University Hospital, where he specializes in headache and migraine disorders. He is the founder of the Tartu University Hospital’s headache clinic, which he established to advance specialized care for headache patients. Dr Braschinsky also founded the Estonian Headache Society and served as its first president. He has held board memberships in the European Headache Federation and the International Headache Society, playing a key role in developing clinical guidelines for headache management. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx