Hi. How your headaches start will to a large extent determine how you treat them, or more importantly how you prevent them. I guess the easy solution is to follow the common advice and reach for a pain killer for rapid relief. This is of course a valid short term solution, but it doesn't address the cause and therefore doesn't provide any measure of prevention. In this article we will look at stress induced headaches & muscular tension. Stress induced tension requires a number steps. You may elect for a neck adjustment or massage, but the source of the stress still remains, and the build up of tension will begin the moment the stressful thought or situation presents itself again. If you can solve the stress that's great, but quite often we can't influence circumstances. The good news is that the power to release the stress lies within you.
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