PMID- 24234818 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140624 LR - 20211021 IS - 1534-3081 (Electronic) IS - 1534-3081 (Linking) VI - 17 IP - 12 DP - 2013 Dec TI - Does exercise make migraines worse and tension type headaches better? PG - 380 LID - 10.1007/s11916-013-0380-5 [doi] AB - Many non-pharmacological treatments have been implicated in the treatment of primary headache, with exercise being a common recommendation. In this review we first provide an overview of the relationship between exercise and primary headaches. We then review the physiology of pain modulation, with focus on the endogenous opioids, endocannabinoids, and neuropeptides calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), and their associations with primary headache and exercise. Finally, we summarize current literature evaluating effects of exercise on primary headache in an effort to understand the benefits and disadvantages of exercise in primary headaches. FAU - Hindiyeh, Nada Ahmad AU - Hindiyeh NA AD - Stanford University School of Medicine, 291 Campus Drive Rm LK3C02, Li Ka Shing Building, 3rd floor, Dean's Office, MC 5216, Stanford, CA, 94305-5101, USA, nhindiye@stanford.edu. FAU - Krusz, John Claude AU - Krusz JC FAU - Cowan, Robert Paul AU - Cowan RP LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - United States TA - Curr Pain Headache Rep JT - Current pain and headache reports JID - 100970666 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Endocannabinoids) RN - 0 (Receptors, Opioid) RN - JHB2QIZ69Z (Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide) SB - IM MH - Acute Disease MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/metabolism MH - Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide/metabolism MH - Endocannabinoids/metabolism MH - *Exercise MH - Female MH - Headache/physiopathology MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Migraine Disorders/*etiology/metabolism/*physiopathology MH - Receptors, Opioid/metabolism MH - Tension-Type Headache/metabolism/*physiopathology/therapy EDAT- 2013/11/16 06:00 MHDA- 2014/06/25 06:00 CRDT- 2013/11/16 06:00 PHST- 2013/11/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/11/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/06/25 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s11916-013-0380-5 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2013 Dec;17(12):380. doi: 10.1007/s11916-013-0380-5.