5 NATURAL WAYS TO GET RID OF A HEADACHE FAST
Here are 5 ways you can get rid of headache pain fast, naturally, without drugs:
1) Give your eyes a rest. Eyestrain headaches can be prevented by avoiding the circumstances that cause the condition. Reading in dim light, staring at a computer screen, using corrective lenses that are not right for you, or not using lenses when you need them, are among the leading causes of eyestrain. Under such circumstances, the muscles around the eyes contract in an attempt to help you “see” better. The contraction instigates headaches and triggers muscles in the face and scalp to contract as well—all making for a pretty powerful eyestrain headache.
You can prevent eyestrain headaches when you are reading or working at a computer terminal by taking periodic breaks and re-focusing your eyes on some distant object. If you feel eyestrain coming on, remove your glasses or contacts (if you wear them) and dim the lights. Then, keeping your eyes open, cup the palms of your hands over your eyes to create total darkness. Stare into this darkness for about 30 seconds. Then, close your eyes and lower your hands. Slowly open your eyes.
2) Give your muscles a rest. If your work requires that you maintain a fixed position—sitting or standing—for long periods of time and/or if you have poor posture, your muscles, including those in the head, face and neck, are likely to tighten up and in effect “freeze”. This can in turn trigger or aggravate the misery of tension headaches.
To prevent muscle freeze, you should try to vary your position as much as possible. You should also take five-minute breaks at a minimum of every two hours. This will help you release both the physical and psychological tension that could lead to a headache. If you are standing for a long period of time, try to pace a little, tilt your pelvis forward and back, and rotate your shoulders. People who are in a sitting position for long periods of time should occasionally straighten and stretch their spines. Good posture can also help to further reduce the strain of maintaining one position for hours at a time—especially when sitting. You should sit with your shoulders square and your back straight against the back of your chair. Also keep your feet flat on the floor and your knees at hip level.
3) Try hot and cold treatments. While some people have discovered that applying cold helps to ease their headache pain, others prefer heat. You should try both treatments and find out which one works better for you.
To give your headache a cold treatment, wrap ice cubes in plastic and then in a damp towel. Apply the wrapped ice directly on the area that is generating the pain. You can also try applying cold to the back of your neck, the base of the skull and the top of your head. Cold may also be applied by using a damp washcloth which has been in a freezer for at least 10 minutes, or a frozen gel pack which you can find at most drug stores and some supermarkets.
Heat can be applied with a hot-water bottle, a heating pad, or with a hot, wet towel draped across the back of the neck. Another method of applying heat is to sit under a hot shower, with your arms resting on your bent knees, and your forehead resting on your arms. The hot water beating down on the back of your neck and shoulders should help ease your headache pain.
4) Learn to breathe deeply. You stand a good chance or can avoiding a tension headache if you learn to breathe slowly and deeply whenever you begin to feel stress. Most experts recommend breathing through the nose because it carries oxygen more directly to the brain. You should take a deep breath, filling your lungs completely as you inhale to a slow count of four. Hold the breath through a slow count of four, and then exhale to a slow count of four. If you do it properly, you should feel your stomach puff out slightly.
5) Perhaps the best natural way to prevent headache pain is to exercise.
Regular physical activity helps keep your blood circulating through your body, delivering more oxygen and removing metabolic waste more efficiently.
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