Thursday, 26 May 2005 Some of my friends thinks I've got a few handy methods to cure common nuisances and believe that I ought to share these methods. Not that it has much to do with art, but OK then:
Cure / get rid of headache without pills - simple pain relief.
Headache is almost never located in the brain. There is actually not much ability at all to sense pain in the mass of the brain - surgeons do for instance not use anaesthetics on the brain when they perform brain surgery. Headache is almost always located in the muscles of the head - caused by tension built up during long time in these muscles. You can perform a simple self-test by pressing with your fingers on certain locations on the head.
The two most common physical locations of headache are located at the places where the jaw-muscles are attached, right behind the jaw below the ears and at the temples. You should not feel any pain if you apply pressure on these two spots (see illustration) and are completely relaxed. It will though hurt quite a lot I presume, especially at the spot behind the jaw - this is a condition that people in common sadly enough has gotten used to as something completely natural. In many martial arts disciplines there actually are grips that takes advantage of these spots in order to neutralize or even paralyze adversaries.
Such tricks has no effect on balanced individuals. The cause of this pain is that you clench your teeth - stiff upper lip - and you need to do some exercises in order to put an end to that behaviour so that you can get rid of your headache at its origin. This is what you should do:
Be observant and never let your rows of teeth meet each other any other times than when you are chewing something. There's no need to go around gaping like a fish - it's easily achievable to keep your lips closed without letting the teeth meet each other - but a small ventilation hole makes things easier.
Open your mouth wide and rotate the jaws from time to time. Snapping, crackling and clicking sounds from the jaws are usually nothing to worry about, it might even hurt some in the beginning - but that will cease in time.
Shoulders in level with your ears? Drop them and make rotating movements with them. ...The shoulders, not the ears - but it did indeed look quite impressive I must admit.
Are you always knitting your brows? Stop that.
Tip your head slowly to the sides and stretch out the muscles of the neck.
To massage the aching spots works temporarily if you also at the same time try to figure out where you got to relax in order to get rid of the pain more permanently.
Exercise. The human body needs physical work. Nothing is better against physical tension than running uphill a ski-slope for instance. Painful in the beginning but a pleasure after a while when you realize that you can make it - and to be able to run up a ski-slope is self-esteem and prestige everywhere.
Drink enough water - but not too much. Headache is also often a result of dehydration, but also the opposite, that some nowadays drink too much water and thus dilute the nutrient fluids in the body causing abstinence of sorts.
Even headache due to abstinence can be partly cured with the methods above since abstinence headache caused by for instance lack of coffee mainly sits in the same tensed spots as described above. Headache due to lack of coffee is no reason to stop drinking coffee though. Coffee contains lots of antioxidants and it's also rumoured that coffee might work preventive against some neurological diseases, such as parkinson's for instance.
Another common cause of headache are tensions in the muscles of the eye. See previous post for advice on how to tackle such.
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oh my goodness...your headache cure thingies worked so good. i was practically dying with a stupid really stong headache and i was looking around on the internet trying to find something to cure it (not medicine).((and by the way, staring at a computer screen really does nothing to help a headache, surprise surprise)) and i found your site. its awesome. so im just saying thanks A LOT...and you rock :)
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Posted by: sasi
2006-01-04
I've accidently found your site ,simple -amaizing -useful Thanks . Easpecially tips on headache are simply superb.Thanks . Good lUCK. sasi
I got serious migranes lately.. this really helped especially when I slowly tilted my head side to side it made it go away so quickly after I heard that rewarding crack. Bless You, Nia F.
Posted by: Kakashi
2006-06-23
wow. your cures and ideas stuff saved my life! now i can work faster and not slow down cause of these headaches. this is brilliant!
Posted by: Sam
2006-06-30
Wow, I have been wriggling around on the floor as this headache was so painful. And then after 30 seconds of reading this, I was cured of my headache! Thanks a bunch!
Posted by: Hal
2006-08-30
Thanks so much, this really helped the worst headache I'd had in a long time, better then pills.
Posted by: Melinda Myers
2006-09-06
Thank you for the usefull information
Posted by: Eric Wargowsky
2006-10-07
I had such a bad headache i was not able to walk. I found your website and it helped alot
Posted by: Kyle
2006-10-09
This is shit it just makes it worse if u apply pressure u dumbass!!!
okay so... it only helps for a second. then it comes rushing back...
Posted by: bill gates
2006-11-10
Oo I used the method where you poke yourself behind the jaw it seemed to work :)
Posted by: Esperance
2006-11-28
Excellent. Another place to check for tension is the point where the back of the head and neck meet. Gentle pressure on this area can help stop a headache when it is in its early stages. Not everything works for all headaches, but your advice certainly helped mine.
Posted by: Gurmail
2006-12-05
You are a very good person. I just get rid of my headache using the method you mentioned. Everybody should be aware of your website. Thanks again.
This worked excellent for me, but it wasn't exactly bullet wounds I was suffering from. At least try this before pills and shit.
Posted by: callan
2007-01-29
OMG THNX
Posted by: kari
2007-01-29
Thanks it helped quite alot! since I had a strong headache and waiting on the painkillers to kick in hurted too much so i googled and found your solution! It helped quite alot but not perfectly but still enough to take this headache down a couple of levels. Kari-Erik
Posted by: mariam
2007-02-07
that was so good i will try to do it every day bravo amazing really amazing you should be a docter
Posted by: mariam
2007-02-07
that was so good i will try to do it every day bravo amazing really amazing you should be a docter i hope you do that was spelanded i want to ask do you have for fever if you do email please as fast as you can thanks so much i had a really really big big headace
Posted by: mariam
2007-02-07
that was great actully spelend amazing beautiful nice realstic if you have one for fever or shiver please email me i would love that thanks so much i had a big big big really big headace thanks agian dont forget
Posted by: sonia asha gomez
2007-02-18
I am sonia.I not only have headache but I have exzima too.Who ever is here,this is what you should know.
Thi exercise has some how helped me although not that much but it has really done something for me. I would request if you can send me some more natural sample if possible. Thank you .
Hi my migraine headache has been so bad because l have used Betapyine,Zorf,Painstop,Admitted to hospital for two weeks in vain am just in a crisis it ache up to the neck, feel dizzy so please i need your help through your web site.Thank you in advance.
You can substantially reduce or even completely eliminate many kinds of chronic pain with a special diet that's rich in certain carbohydrates, and low in fats, protein and sugar. Substantially increase your consumption of complex carbohydrates, these include foods such as wholegrains, ( with the exclusion of corn), beans vegetables and fruits, so these make up 70-80% of your food intake. Avoid refined carbohydrates, such as sugar, honey, and syrups, and cut your total sugar intake by at least 40%. Avoid all fats and oils including butter, margarine, meat fats and lard, as much as possible. Also avoid fatty meats, whole milk, cheese with more than 1% fat content, and egg yolks. Give both caffeine and alcohol a miss. Take an amino acid supplement called tryptophan, this is converted by the body into serotonin, a pain relieving chemical. The combination of the special diet and the tryptophan should dramatically elevates your pain tolerance.
omgosh! thanks so much i feel ALOT BETTER!! i mean i hate talking pills so this websight helped me alot! better then what my doctor said 2 do!! amazing work it did
Posted by: Tweety Incarnate
2007-04-23
Meh, it helped a bit, no rewarding twinge, but I wish it did.:(
your way helps but only for a little while not for the whole time i had a headache.are there any other ways to take take out a headache.
Posted by: noah
2007-07-05
i love you... that headache thing is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cool and it realllllllllllllllllllllllly works thank you thank you thank you!
I tried the headache thing and its starting to work... I was as well just looking for something other than medicine to cure it and you know its working.. thankyou
Posted by: Cori
2007-08-14
Thank you for all of this information. My dentist could tell by my teeth that I clench them. I didn't believe him and now that I'm suffering from headaches every month I am now going to get my dentist to make me a mouth piece. I wasn't going to until I read your article. Thank you again, The exercises have relieved my head ache. I now know the root cause. Cori
hello i still have a headache after i did this said "cure" i suggest you remove this information immeditaly as it is false advertising. goodbye.
Posted by: D. Ables
2007-10-30
This method really works! Thanks
Posted by: Marlene Pooley
2007-11-04
It is better NOT to rotate your jaw in circles, but advice from a dentist is to resist the opening of the jaw with the back of the hand. This can be done while closing the jaw as well. This stretches the muscles around the jaw using them as they are designed to move correctly.
Posted by: sUPER aRT GIRL
2007-11-09
tHANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INFORMATION. i HAVE HAD TENSION HEADACHES EVERYDAY. i HOPE SOME OF THESE EXERCISES WORK.
Posted by: james
2007-11-09
wow it doesent work
Posted by: missy
2007-11-12
this actually just worked!! i had a bad headache and i did some things and it worked. :) awesome
my friend kirsten has a bad headache and her sides burn worse everytime she moves. can you please find a good cure for her. i believe you can help her. i will try anything to help my friend. bless your heart.
Posted by: james allen
2007-11-27
thank you so much my headache is gone thank you
Posted by: Rachel
2007-12-11
This does not work. Applying pressure worked until you let go. The other things didn't even helped (and made me dizzy).
okay, i was looking up on how to get rid of headaches and this was the first site that popped up. i checked it out and you know what, some of the things on here actually do help. im fourteen years old and i get headaches all the time and when i try to do my work in the library and kids younger than me are in here at the same time making so much noise, gives me a major headache right away. i looked this site up and as the younger children are still in here, my headache seems to be going away. now not everything work but some do help and thats what i was hoping for. also some of the works you type on here are not spelled correctly on here and i know im not a great speller but i just wanted to let you know. thankx for some of the advice.
abbie, 14, ohio.
Posted by: Clorisa
2008-03-01
It doesn't work for me. When i tilted my head, my headache got worse. Thanks alot. :(
Posted by: Person with a bad headache
2008-03-04
Thanks, i have had this headache for the past two days, with your help it feels a lot better :)
Wow. This thing actually works!!! It's even better than over the counter remedies (though almost everything is...) You should b famous for this. R U like a doctor or something?? If not, wow. That's really cool! Thanks for the cure!!!
Posted by: Max Magnus
2008-04-16
I should be famous you say? Well, that's your job dear readers.
Posted by: james
2008-04-18
it dosen't actually work it just takes your mind off it a bit i could say go think about sex and you takin your mind off it
Posted by: Max Magnus
2008-04-18
I do not think "thinking about sex" will help anyone rid their pains - practicing sex however is a well known painkiller.
Posted by: Justyna
2008-05-26
THANK YOU SO MUCH! i had this killer headache. and i did what this said, and it got better (:
Posted by: ***
2008-08-09
wow realy good it worked alot thanks =]
Posted by: Mad
2008-08-26
i felt a sudden pain but then boom it was gone thanks 5 stars #####
Posted by: amanda
2008-08-30
this really did work for me. i've had a migrane for 2 days and this really helped me alot.
thanks!
Posted by: shania pailzote
2008-10-02
so it didnt work do you have more ways?
Posted by: Anna
2008-10-19
thanks.
Posted by: raeleigh johnson
2008-11-10
hey dont you have some otherways to hepus
Posted by: hamsa
2008-11-19
you have given the suggetipns for the type 2 (below the ear, end of the jaw)pain, what if the temples are hurting???????
Posted by: Eduardo Santiago
2008-12-23
I began to do what you recommanded us to do to get rid of the headache. I want to let you know that it worked. I don't have a headache any more. Thanks for the tip.
Posted by: king
2009-01-30
i have the worst headache ever noone will ever have it this bad
Posted by: chris
2009-03-09
hey um i just came from school and my head is pounding so hard but this quick excessive really did help so THANKS!
Posted by: fgf
2009-03-13
they don't work
Posted by: seedy
2009-03-13
thanx this has helped me a lot you peeps should tru it it actually works unlike the other garbage on google
i saw this website and i had the worst headache to day and now its gone i was so happy no meds no nothing its great i am so happy . thank you so much do you have anymore ideas for headaches . thanks so much
Posted by: megan
2009-06-01
i have been feeling invisible, headaches 24/7, and feeling tired all day. i have a hard time remembering things, and i feel like im not really here. what does this mean? im scared and i need help. please email me and tell me what is wrong.
i ave taken all pills and and injections and not even morphene worked these headaches i get they are not normal i tryed your cure and it worked for a certain time and stopped i waz born with these headaches i have had dem always and they stop me from living my life i cant have a full time job cause of them if you have any other cures it would really be great hope to hear from you soon thank you
Posted by: Max Magnus
2009-07-03
Eamon Fearon: So you say these exercises relieve you from your headache a while... Well, that's an important clue to what's probably causing them: Tensions.
Posted by: Nabil
2009-07-10
this neva helppeed...ive had this headache 3 timez during this week...all ov a sudden i jst felt coldd and strtd shivering even tho the weather was pretty hot....and then my head jst strtz to ache... wen ever i move my head it feels as if my brains going to come out and wenever i cough or sneeze my head hurts soooooooooo badlyy ..so plsssssssss cann some1 help me
I have never heard of some of these headache cures but they totally make sense and will probably work. I have found that by mixing a little Apple Cider Vinegar with water and drinking it that my headaches go away. Sounds strange but it works.
Posted by: Joao
2009-08-24
Hi I.'m nurse student and I read in this article sme things that ive already study in class! I think this is a good work!
Respect, from Portugal
Posted by: mizz yew
2009-08-31
Hi! I actually didnt try this yet but , i will! I really hope it works! I am sick right now , i have fever , cold , headache , sore back , bad cough, period , runny nose & flem! Really sucks right now!! This happened suddenly like 2 days ago not sure .But really am hoping it works! Thanks if it does !
Posted by: Lajanee
2009-09-12
thank yuu.
tht was realli gud. it hasnt worked yet cos i hafent done it yet but i will soon.
and frm all those comments im sure it'll work realli well.
this is a great relief, i had a great big headache and it got rid of it! think you so much and I love the picture!!!
Posted by: JVBKing
2009-09-25
wow this worked, within minutes i was cured... but does it work on migraines?
Posted by: kimi
2009-09-25
Thank You Ive been having headaces for 2 weeks straight. so Thanks for the help if this dont work ill go to the docter next week and see whats up. Thanks Again
Thanks for the help. mthis site really helped me. But i think my head achs were caused by nexium. If you have a small case of acid reflux i recommend you dont take it.
Posted by: Esta
2009-10-23
Hey.. Max.. I've been having really bad pains in my neck and head, and it feels like my neck muscles are tired, but when I try to sleep or lay down... nothing works! I'm wondering if I have H1N1 flu... but I dunno... Please help!!!!
Posted by: Max Magnus
2009-10-23
Esta: Sounds like an inflammation of some kind, consult a doctor.
actually the idea of tilting your head does work, im not too certain about actually physically doing something, but another good way of curing a headache is sleep, or if you read everything on this page while closing your eyes just to where you can see what your reading, and once your done, dont go jumping around because itl only make your headache come back.
Posted by: BaLL Zack
2009-12-17
i did it to my genetals and it works better.
Posted by: Poodata Manjupi
2010-01-04
Wow!!!!! Your tricks are amazing
Posted by: Sally-Anne Peters
2010-02-25
Useful tips thanks very much....hope they help :)
Posted by: hello there
2010-02-26
or you could try a wet flannel, pain killers, sleep, and a cold soothing shower.
