How to Get Rid of Headaches
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How to Get Rid of Headaches
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No one wants to be stuck with a headache any longer than necessary – they are annoying, uncomfortable, and some of them are just downright painful. Whether you suffer from a migraine or a tension headache, there are several treatment options available to help you get rid of the pain.
Symptoms and Triggers of Headaches
Migraines cause the kind of excruciating pain that can render you helpless. These headaches can also cause blurred vision, sensitivity to light, nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to sound, and cold hands and feet. Migraines can strike anyone, but women and people over the age of forty a more likely to suffer from them.
There are number of things that can trigger the onset of migraines. Some of them include MSG, red wine, beer, hormonal changes, smells, obesity, stress, loud noises, lack of sleep, and bright lights.
Tension headaches are brought on by built up stress from things that happen in everyday life. These headaches are not as severe as migraines. They cause an uncomfortable throbbing sensation, and mild to moderate pain in the head. Tension headaches can also be accompanied by stiffness in the neck.
How to Treat Headaches
If migraine headaches are caught before they start, they are sometimes responsive to over the counter pain medications. Severe headaches are not as easy to treat. When migraine headaches can’t be managed at home, abortive medications are typically prescribed by a doctor to stop migraine headaches shortly after they start.
Lying in a dark room with a cold compress on your head will also help ease the pain of a migraine headache.
Unlike migraines, tension headaches are very responsive to over the counter pain relievers such as ibuprofen, acetaminophen, naproxen, and aspirin. To prevent undesirable side effects, always follow the recommended dosage amount listed on the label.
Avoid prolonged use of over the counter meds. Overusing these types of medicines can cause headaches to become more frequent.
Natural treatment methods such as massage therapy, and aromatherapy can also be used to successfully treat common tension headaches. Massage loosens knotted muscles, and relieves the stress that triggers tension headaches. And aromatherapy scents such as basil, eucalyptus, peppermint, and sandalwood have the ability to soothe and relax.
Rub the aromatherapy oil on the temple of the head and put some in an aromatherapy burner to fill the room with the relaxing scent.
How to Prevent Headaches
Keep a headache journal to write down everything that happens right before your headaches occur. Doing this will help you identify patterns, and over time, enable you to avoid the things that trigger your headaches.
Stress management techniques such as massage therapy, exercising regularly, getting enough rest, and eating properly can prevent the onset of both tension and migraine headaches.
If you suffer from frequent migraine headaches, your doctor can prescribe medications that can be taken on a daily basis to prevent migraines from attacking.
Very rarely, headaches can be caused by serious conditions such as brain bleeding, meningitis, and tumors. So if your headaches are persistent and severe, see a doctor.
Don’t let a headache interfere with your ability to be productive throughout the day. Both migraines and tension headaches can be effectively managed with medications as well as natural methods.
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In their book, Heal Your Headache: the 1-2-3 Program for Taking Charge of Your Pain, by David Buchholz and Stephen G. Reich M.D. state that all headaches are variations of the same thing. We’ve just decided categorize them into different headings based on how they manifest themselves.
Although they’ve had great success altering diet to fix headaches, I’ve had great success at correcting musculoskeletal causes of neck pain and headaches. It turns out it’s quite simple for most people. This is outlined in my book, Fixing You: Neck Pain & Headaches.
Because of this and other items I’ve read, I believe that headaches are a threshold phenomenon. What I mean by this is above a certain threshold of stress, we experience headaches. Three of the stresses that can cause us to break this threshold are dietary, musculoskeletal, and psychological.
Some people are more sensitive to certain stresses than others. Keeping any one or all three of these stressors under control seems to relieve all types of headaches. I’ve also posted two tests for neck pain and headaches on YouTube if you’re interested.