How to Massage Away a Headache?

Answer 1

The day was carried on your shoulders, and the afternoon has been tightening in your temples. Your frontal lobes are starting to scream out that you need to shut everything off. Medicine would be a quick fix, but is it really necessary to run to the bottle every time? It certainly has a proven track record, but more and more people are looking to homeopathic treatments, and this one comes without a long list of possible side effects. If you have someone to do this for you, take advantage of them! If not, you can massage away a headache on your own.

First, get to a quiet place and lie down, or sit comfortably in a chair. Lower the lights if you are able.

Using your index fingers, rub in small circles just above the inside ends of your eyebrows, slowly moving along the top and toward the ends of your eyebrows. You may be able to feel the little knots under your skin.

Switch to your thumb knuckles for some deep-pressure massaging. Start again in the same area, and this time, go one layer above the last, rubbing along the lower part of your middle forehead, toward your temples.

When you arrive at the sides of your head, walk all of you fingers down along your neck, pressing and kneading the skin down to the shoulders. Rub deep into your shoulder muscles a few times, feeling the release of strain.

Walk your fingers up the back of your neck, pressing into the muscles going up alongside your spine, to the back of your skull, tilting your head back as you rub.

Continue with all of your fingers pressing into your scalp, circling and pressing up each side, feeling anymore tight nodules, all the way back to your eyebrows.

Repeat.

As you relaxed these tightened muscles, you were actually allowing the blood to flow easily once again to your brain. Now, you will be able to enjoy your kids, your spouse and cooking that dinner that is waiting for you.