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Case 09 · Neurological health

Chronic migraine, considered lifelong, reversed

What changed

  • Frequency ↓
  • Intensity ↓
  • Trigger stability ↑
The presentationPresented at HolistiCon 2025

Years of persistent migraine episodes with medication dependency, disrupted sleep, light and sound sensitivity and unpredictable triggers affecting work.

What are you missing when you only treat the pain?

What happened

How the case unfolded.

Within weeks she reported fewer episodes. Over the following months the migraines reduced dramatically and eventually stopped - a condition often treated as lifelong, corrected by changing the body's environment.

Clinical lens

What this case asks you to hold at once.

  • Anti-inflammatory patterns
  • Hydration
  • Sleep
  • Gut restoration
  • Trigger identification

A case like this is rarely resolved by the most obvious intervention. HNTP learners work through the presentation, the wider context and the reasoning behind each decision - then follow what actually happened.

The coach

Who ran this case

Presented by K. Sandhya Raj at HolistiCon 2025.

How cases are worked

Present. Question. Connect. Refine.

Cases like this one are presented to the HNTP community every Friday. Coaches structure the case, articulate their reasoning, and take questions from peers and mentors.

  1. 01

    Present

    Structure the case and articulate your clinical reasoning.

  2. 02

    Question

    Explore what was observed, assumed, missed or learned.

  3. 03

    Connect

    Bring nutrition, lifestyle, physiology and human context together.

  4. 04

    Refine

    Return to practice with clearer thinking and better questions.

Case notes

Case discussions are educational in nature. Individual results vary, and holistic lifestyle interventions support - but do not replace - appropriate medical evaluation, treatment and professional judgement.

This is the kind of reasoning the Challenge assesses.

Two cases, about twenty minutes, and it sets your fee.

₹35,000from ₹3,500a year, with a scholarship

  1. Step 01

    Take the challenge

    Two real clinical cases, ten questions and six reflections. About twenty minutes. Your answers save as you go, so stopping costs you nothing.

  2. Step 02

    Earn your band

    Scored on clinical reasoning, not recall. Every completed challenge earns a scholarship of at least 30%; the strongest earn 90%.

  3. Step 03

    Enrol and begin

    Your band sets your fee for the year. Seven modules, weekly live case sessions, and the pathway to ALSM certification.

Or start today with Standard Admission at ₹31,500 a year - no assessment, no waiting.