When it comes to headaches, tension headaches are the most common, with the ache being experienced around the whole head or in a particular spot, such as behind the eyes or at the base of the skull. There are huge amounts of factors that contribute to tension headaches like anxiety, poor posture, depression, stress, and your sleeping pattern can also play a fair part. Headaches should not be overlooked as they often turn out to be signs of a severe medical condition. Such as a damaged blood vessel or even a brain tumor.

Writing it down in you headache diary will assist in differentiating this. It will also help you identify if it is certain foods or stress at work giving your headaches, happening 4 – 12 hrs after you have had a activating food. Moreover, you want to give your headache rating pointed at its severity i.e. 1 to 5, one being slight tension and discomfort and five being a disabling migraine. Only you can determine for yourself the severity of the pain you are experiencing. There are many tension headache remedies like chiropractic, acupuncture, and other alternative cures which are famous among those who suffer from tension headaches. “Headache”, a Journal published a research survey of more than 100 people who experienced constant tension headaches. Only 41% believed alternative remedies and methods had any positive impact.

At the Harvard teaching hospital, named Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, have of late conducted placebo-controlled studies of chiropractic effects, and acupuncture on tension headache. One study concluding that out of 29 students suffering from a range of tension headaches, one session of acupuncture lessen the total number of days, when they had headaches in comparison with the placebo studies in which false acupuncture was conducted. Nevertheless, on a separate research on tension headaches, 39 students had no convincing evidence that they had gained from acupuncture. However, tests performed on more than 150 people at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, showed that chiropractic spinal manipulation for a period of six-weeks showed an equal amount of improvements. Even four weeks after the treatment people who had received the therapy showed a marked decrease in the frequency and the intensity of the headaches.

BIDMC also deciphered that some natural remedies for a tension headache were equally effective, like Tiger balm, which is also utilized to help relieve muscle pain. It consists of camphor, menthol, and cajaput forming a type of aromatherapy. Studies carried out on 57 people compared Tiger balm, applied to the fore head, against a particular placebo ointment that that had a minty smell. Tiger balm was more useful in over 60% of the case studies even compared to acetaminophen, alias Tylenol.

In search of tension headache remedies, there is also a small list of herbs and supplements you should stay away from. Kava, which is prescribed as a muscle relaxant and will help reduce stress has not been proven to reduce tension headaches or help boost muscle relaxation. Its use has also been connected with severe liver damage. As always, use caution and consult a doctor before using any herbal  or natural remedies.

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