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eLearning Series:
My Headache Is Killing Me!
Headache Relief and Treatment
(Migraine
Headaches, Sinus Headaches & Tension Headaches)
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11 pages )
41.
Try massaging
your temples. Massaging your temples gently stimulates the circulation
of blood and relaxes the muscles of the forehead and temples.
This itself soothes a person and provide relief from a headache.
42.
Touch therapy
is a new technique that is just becoming available to cure headaches.
A lot of research is going on this area and even now experts
have not been able to identify how touch therapy can help in
healing. The best possible explanation is that our bodies are
in fact tuned to respond to the touches of others.
When we were babies
our mother’s touch was perhaps the most reassuring thing in
the world. In fact experts are baffled by the way new born babies
are able to distinguish between a mother’s touch and the touch
of a stranger.
As we grow older
we delight in the encouraging pats and caresses of our parents
and teachers. Even in our social life there is a lot of touching
going on. That is probably why people use the hand shake as
an exchange of warmth.
So when a person
is ill and miserable, the touch of another person especially
if it is a person who really cares for you can relieve you of
your pain.
The only thing
that the person has to do is to be gentle. He or she should
stop when the patient has had enough.
43.
Try massaging
certain key points of your body like the nape of your neck,
the shoulder and neck muscles and the muscles at the web between
your thumb and the rest of your fingers.
The entire nervous
system, the blood vessels, the skeletal and muscular systems
are all interconnected. So if you can identify certain nodal
points of the body and apply the right pressure there, you can
indeed get relief from a headache.
This is the basic
philosophy of the principle of acupressure. Just be careful
to apply the right amount of pressure.
44.
Do not wash your
head in hot water. It can trigger off a lot of vascular changes
that can do more harm than good. So though a hot bath may be
stimulating to your body it is not the best thing that you can
give your head.
Take a steam bath
if you want to but try to keep your head above the steamy fumes.
Cold water is best for your head so keep it that way. And mind
you, by cold water we are not referring to chilled water.
45.
Heady fragrances
of some perfumes and room fresheners can give you a headache.
This need not be something that you have used on your own body.
It can be a perfume that your neighbor has used. So if you sit
next to person and feel that your head it getting woozy, try
to move to a safe distance.
46.
Incense smoke
is not good for you. Incense smoke contains a lot of alkaloids
and the inhalation of these can spark of a lot of changes in
the internal mechanism, do not take the risk.
47.
Too much noise
is bad for you. In fact sound pollution is one of the causes
for headaches to become so prevalent.
Contrary to popular
belief, sound pollution is not cause just by machines and automobiles.
I do not want to argue with the fact that machines and automobiles
cause a lot of sound. A journey down the street during the rush
hour is enough to give any body a headache. But apart from that
blaring music too does a lot of harm.
Take care to lower
the volume if you want to listen to music. Loud music is not
really good for you. And if you want to play music in order
to soothe your nerves and instead you are playing loud music,
it will have just the opposite effect. Your blood pressure will
actually go up and your adrenalin levels too will increase.
The best thing
that you can do is stay away from all sources of loud noise
and that includes noisy kids as well.
48.
Plug your ears
if you are moving into a loud sound zone. Use ear plugs, ear
muffs or thick wads of cotton. Most grocery stores and convenience
stores carry sound-reducing and sound-blocking earplugs, many
of which are not too noticeable.
49.
Try steam inhalation.
This is especially true for those who have a sinus problem.
Steam inhalation is an excellent way of clearing all the spaces
inside. If you have an infection too, a steam inhalation can
be very soothing. But there is a word of caution that I have
to offer here.
Be very careful
about you eyes. Remember that it is not advisable to expose
your eyes to steam and so take care to protect your eyes when
you are inhaling steam.
Another thing
that you should be careful about is the temperature of the steam.
You just need fairly hot water and not scorching hot, sizzling
vapors of water. The object is not to scald your skin but to
send some warm vapors up your nose. In fact steam inhalation
is one of the most recommended therapies for people who get
sinus related headache.
The point that
you should bear in mind is that the sooner you inhale once you
get the headache, the better. If you wait for long hours before
you inhale, you are going to have to inhale longer and at shorter
intervals for the inhalation to have any effect on the headache.
50.
Menthol vapors
too can be of some relief. Menthol vapors too can help towards
clearing your sinuses. Try dissolving a balm or ointment in
the hot water that has to be inhaled. Then inhale the vapors.
This is the best way of inhaling menthol vapors.
that are not good for the body. More and more stores
are carrying organic foods that are safer for your body and
reduce the number of foreign chemicals entering into your bloodstream.
If your local grocery store does not carry any of these food
items, check to see if your city has an organic store somewhere
else.
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