Tackling tension headaches.

Tackling tension headaches :-

Tension headache, usually develops in the afternoon, causing mild or moderate pain that may feel like dull tightness or a band of pressure. Tension headaches occur when neck, shoulder, and scalp muscles become tense. 

If you have headaches more often than once or twice a week try this

1. Don’t skip meals, get enough sleep, and pace yourself to avoid stress and fatigue.

2. Physical and relaxation therapies can help stave off tension headaches, so long as you practice these techniques regularly. These include applying a heating pad to your neck and shoulders to relax the muscles. Exercising these muscles also helps, by strengthening and stretching them. Relaxation exercises that focus your attention on various parts of your body in order to relax and release tension and stress can also help.

3. Biofeedback relaxation technique requires special training but can help people avoid recurrent tension headaches. You learn to recognize when you are becoming tense and then find ways to relax the muscles before they tighten so much you develop a tension headache.

4. Some people with tension headaches have very sensitive areas, known as trigger points, at the back of the neck or in the shoulders. Injecting a local anesthetic into these areas may eliminate the pain and prevent the headache from occurring again.

Krishan Kumar Aggarwal