complementary medicine

Having headache is annoying and sometimes it is difficult for us to avoid. Mostly when we are under pressure
headache appeared 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 at our upper back or neck. There are different types of headache
but most of the time headache 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 some sleep or consume over-the counter aspirin to release 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 of aspirin when headache strike us.

Do not worry! The easiest way to handle headache 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.

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 in 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 minutes using finger tips gentle 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 those massages
start taking a deep breath. Lift your shoulders towards your ears for five to 10 seconds to relief remaining pain
and then let them drop back down into their natural position.

You are going to feel better when you can do that for a couple of times. Your massage will relief your headache and your head will feel less weighty.