Having a headache is very annoying and sometimes it is difficult for us to avoid. Mostly when we are under pressure, a headache appears automatically. If it gets worse, we might even faint due to the pain we feel.
A headache is a condition of mild to severe pain in the head. It can also attack our upper back or neck. There are different types of headaches, but most of the time headaches are brought on by stress, too much time in front of a computer, too much noise and others. One of the main causes of headache is tension in the muscles of the neck, scalp and jaw. We usually deal with it by getting some sleep or consuming over-the-counter aspirin to relieve our pain. However, can we do this at any place?
Obviously, we cannot sleep at the office or at the mall. In addition, we might run out of aspirin when headaches strike us.
There is nothing to worry, The easiest way to handle a headache, which we can do everywhere, is through massage. Massage is the practice of applying pressure or vibration to the soft tissues of the body to heal injury, relieve psychological stress, manage pain, improve circulation and relieve tension.When we suffer from headaches, we can help ourselves with self-massage. Simple and everybody can do it, either at work or at home.
Here are four easy ways to use massage to heal our headaches:
- Eyes Area Massage: Close your eyes. Place your middle fingers on your eyes that are above your cheekbones. Massage that area gently but firmly in circular motion for 1 minute.
- Eyes-to-Nose Massage Using the thumb, go along the underside of eyebrows (along the bone on top of the eye socket). Feel where this bone meets the bridge of your nose and eyes, and find a point where there is a small indentation. With very gentle pressure, press your thumbs into the points. You can do it four times by holding and pressing that area for 10 seconds in each press.
- Neck Massage - Massage a point where you can feel it by moving the middle fingers of your hands to the back of your head and feel the base of your skull. Specifically, at the tops of your neck where it meets the base of your skull. Massage for a few minutes using fingertips in gentle circular movements.
- Scalp Massage and Let the palms of your hands massage your scalp on the top of your skull for a minute, gently.
Once you have done all those massages, start taking a deep breath. Lift your shoulders towards your ears for five to 10 seconds to relieve remaining pain, and then let them drop back down into their natural position.
You are going to feel better when you can do that a couple of times. Your massage will relieve your headache and your head will feel less weighty.
