4 Easy Ways To Relieve Headaches

Having a headache is annoying and sometimes it is difficult for us to avoid. Mostly when we are under pressure, headaches appear automatically. If it gets worse, we might faint due to the pain we felt.

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 headache, but most of the time headaches are  brought on by stress, too long in front of computer, 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 taking over-the counter aspirin or having a nap 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 a headache strikes us.

Do not worry! The easiest way to handle headaches and we can do it 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.

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When we suffer from headache, we can help ourselves with self-massage. 

Simple and everybody can do it, either at work or home.

Here are four easy ways we can use massage to heal our headache. 

1. Eyes Area Massage -- Close your eyes. Place your middle fingers to your eyes that are above cheekbones. Massage that area gently but firmly in circular motion for 1 minute.

2. Eyes to Nose Massage -- Using thumb, go along the underside of eyebrows (along the bone on top of eye socket). Feel where this bone meets the bridge of your nose and eyes and find a point where there is a small indentation. Very gentle pressure, press your thumbs into the points. You can do it four times by holding and press that area for 10 seconds in each press.

3. 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. Specially, at the tops of your neck that meets the base of your skull. Massage for a few minutes using finger tips gently in circular movement.

4. Scalp Massage -- Let your palms of your hands massage your scalp on the top of your skull for a minute gently. 

Once you have done all these massages, take a deep breath. Lift your shoulders towards your ears for five to 10 seconds to relieve the remaining pain, and then let them drop back down into their natural position. 

You are going to feel better when you do this a couple of times. 

Not only will your massage relieve your headache but your head will also feel less heavy.