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Stress

Stress can manifest in many different forms and can even contribute to symptoms of illness.

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What is progressive muscle relaxation?
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Progressive muscle relaxation is a technique that teaches you to consciously concentrate on relaxing every muscle in your body beginning at your toes and working all the way up to your head. Reducing muscular tension helps reduce pain. Progressive muscle relaxation is a two-step process. First, you deliberately apply tension to certain muscle groups and then you stop the tension and turn your att...
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What is biofeedback?
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Biofeedback is a technique that involves learning how to relax and better cope with pain and stress by altering your behavior, thoughts, and feelings. More specifically, biofeedback uses electronic devices to measure physiologic processes such as breathing rate, heart rate, skin temperature, skin conductance (which varies with perspiration) and muscle tension (which is measured with a device calle...
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What is cognitive therapy?
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Cognitive therapy gives you insight into sources of your stress and other triggers and the development of headache. Common sources of stress in children and adolescents include: problems at home/family conflict having overly permissive or overly strict parents not getting enough sleep rejection or harassment by peers at school having no close friends academic challenges joining too many e...
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How can physical therapy help manage headaches?
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Physical therapy is a medical discipline that deals with the muscles, joints, ligaments, tendons, and nerves of the body. Physical therapy can be very helpful for headaches that originate in the muscles or joints of the neck (also called cervicogenic headaches). Patients who have migraines or tension-type headaches may have their headache pain brought on by neck strain and therefore may benefit fr...
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How can massage therapy help manage headaches?
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Massage has become a popular approach for relieving chronic pain, easing muscle tension, and for promoting relaxation. People with headaches triggered by muscle tension, poor posture, or emotional stress or anxiety might benefit from massage therapy.
How is hypnosis useful for managing headaches?
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Hypnosis uses a blend of relaxation, imagery, and the power of suggestion to achieve a heightened sense of relaxation. Headache relief is achieved through deep relaxation and posthypnotic suggestion.
How is chiropractic manipulation useful for managing headaches?
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Chiropractics is a form of treatment involving spinal manipulation. It has been claimed that migraine, tension-type headache, and post-traumatic headache may benefit from this technique based on the theory that pain arises from abnormal motion and irritation to the neck muscles and nerves and other tissues and that manipulation can alleviate the pain by restoring normal mobility and function. It's...
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How is aromatherapy useful for managing headaches?
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Aromatherapy involves the distillation of essential oils from plants. These oils are inhaled or absorbed through the skin in the form of ointments, compresses or aromatic baths. Some aromatherapy products may benefit some headache sufferers. (On the other hand, some odors may increase or provoke nausea if used during migraine attacks.) In particular, oil from lavender flower has been used to relie...
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How is yoga useful for managing headaches?
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Yoga, a Hindu-based practice for achieving mental and physical relaxation through stretching, breathing and meditation exercises, can be a stress-reducing outlet that enhances your health and well-being. Increased flexibility, chronic disease management, weight loss and improved balance and coordination are among yoga's many health benefits.
How are magnesium and riboflavin useful for managing headaches?
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There is some scientific evidence showing that the mineral magnesium given daily either alone or with a daily dose of riboflavin (also known as vitamin B2) can reduce migraine frequency. Ask your doctor about this treatment option.
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