Two-and-a-half hours of exercise a week 'may reduce migraine triggers'

Exercising for just two-and-a-half hours a week can reduce your risk of migraine, a new study suggests. On top of this, people who got less than two-and-a-half hours of moderate to vigorous exercise per week had increased rates of the three triggers – depression, anxiety and sleep problems. Lastly, sleep problems were reported by 77 per cent of people in the no exercise group compared to 61 per cent in the high exercise group. People who got less than two-and-a-half hours of moderate to vigorous exercise per week had increased rates of the three triggers – depression, anxiety and sleep problems 'Our analysis suggests that exercise level below the recommended level by WHO is correlated with an increased rate of depression, anxiety and sleep problems,' the experts report. Of the people in the high exercise group who exercised more than two-and-a-half hours a week, 10 per cent had low headache frequency and 28 per cent had high headache frequency.