I am often asked about chronic tension headaches and what the best treatment is. So I will give you my overview of what I would recommend.
Diagnosis
Firstly with headaches I would always advise you see your Doctor to make sure there is no underlying problem, in other words get a diagnosis and get yourself checked over.
If having done this and the headaches are coming from tension I would then suggest the following.
Exercises for Chronic Tension Headaches
1.) Start doing some daily exercises to relieve any tension building up in the muscles at the base of your neck and going upwards – in other words all the muscles at the back of your neck and as well as around the shoulders.
There are numerous stretches that you can do which will help reduce tension in the these muscles. Apart from stretching I would also do some light contractions – so stretch and contract the area.
This helps reduce tension and increase the blood flow to the neck and head which is extremely important.
Diet
2.) Diet – this is always important with ones health.
There is a tremendous amount of information on good diets and how to eat well and hence a subject that is to big to properly cover in this post.
However – very simply whatever you choose to eat I would always recommend salads and vegetables and drinking water form part of your daily consumption and the less processed and the more whole looking your food is the better it is going to be.
If you live of fast foods, junk drinks, loads of coffee, alcohol and cigarettes you are going to be creating health problems, tension headaches just being one of the many side effects that is likely to occur.
Psychology
What I Have Found When Doing This
3.) Then look into your lifestyle and try and find out what is causing the tension headaches. What are your concerns and worries? Are you addressing them or hoping they will just go away? If you are not addressing them it is unlikely they will just go away…
So often once a problem is faced it is not as scary and as bad as we believe it to be.
Whatever the problem, the worry, or sadness, face it and work out what you can do to try and resolve your problems. One thought I keep in my head is, “if it wasn’t impossible what would I do”, then whatever answer you come up with go and do this…..
Louise Hay in “You Can Heal Your Life”,” says headaches are about, “Invalidating the Self and Self-criticism. Fear.”
She goes on to say the positive of this, is to say and think,” I love and approve of myself. I see myself and what I do with eyes of love. I am safe.”
Remedies for Headaches
4.) Remedies – Traumeel is ideal in helping with chronic headaches. You can take the drops or the tablets and then supplement this by using the Traumeel Gel or Ointment.
Massage the ointment around the base of your neck and on the temples, if you have someone who can help you then also apply it to your upper back and shoulder area.
You can use the Gel/Ointment twice a day and the tablets or drops 3 times a day until symptoms resolve.
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Other Treatment
5.) You can also explore and find many alternative treatments which will further help you.
Osteopathy and cranial osteopathy/chiropractic treatments can all go a long way to helping tension headaches, so can acupuncture, reflexology, aromatherapy and massage.
It will depend on who there is locally who can help you and how much you want to spend. All these treatments are good – but you can go along way without any of them if you do the above recommendations.
Rest and Sleep
6.) Rest and Sleep – sounds so simple but this is so important yet so often we don’t get good rest and sleep.
It is hugely beneficial, if you are not getting the rest and sleep you need then make a note and rectify this – it will really help.
To Summarize
6.) If you do all of the above you should be well on your way to resolving your tension headaches. It goes without saying that if you are consuming alcohol and smoking both of these things are likely to slow down your improvement in my opinion.
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