Health Scout recently reported 6 tips to “Help Prevent Childhood Migraines” as formulated by the American Academy of Family Physicians. These tips are: 1) Eat regularly and don’t skip any meals. 2) Maintain a regular sleep schedule. 3) Get frequent and consistent exercise. 4) Recognize what triggers migraines (examples may include stress or overexertion) and [...]
Reducing muscle triggers should be added to the other common sense approaches to avoiding migraine headache in children and adults.
More just released research confirms that reducing chronic tension in the tight muscles of the head significantly reduces the frequency and severity of migraine headaches. This is good news for headache sufferers, the picture is getting clearer. If anyone wants to reduce or eliminate chronic headaches they should start by relaxing the muscles of the jaw, face, head, neck and shoulders.
Tom's work in pain clinics, counseling, biofeedack therapy and T'ai Chi led him to appreciate the importance of these often overlooked headache triggers. He teaches headache sufferers how to identify and eliminate these powerful hidden triggers.
