Thursday, September 16, 2010

How to Do Calisthenics for Headache Relief

How to Do Calisthenics for Headache Relief



If a headache is slowing down your busy day, take a few minutes and do some calisthenics for relief. Learning how to do a few simple facial and scalp calisthenics can help to reduce muscle tension in the head, scale, face and neck. As a result, you may stop a headache before it stops you, or at least reduce the headache's severity and duration.









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Breathe deeply and relax your entire body, giving particular attention to relaxing your head, face and neck.





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Start with the eyes. Relax and breathe deeply. Close your eyes and squeeze them together as tightly as you can, holding the squeeze for about 2 seconds. Repeat several times, breath deeply and relax.





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Relax your entire body, particularly your face and neck area. Lower your jaw as far as possible, then move it to the left, back to the center and then to the right. Put as much tension as possible on the muscles of your lower jaw and neck.





4


Finish with a scalp massage. Put the second and third fingers of each hand on the indentation of your temples and massage with medium to firm pressure for several seconds. Close your eyes and concentrate on relaxing your facial and scalp muscles as you massage.





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Repeat the calisthenics for headache relief as needed. They are especially effective if you do them when you feel the first signs of a headache.


http://www.ehow.com/how_2271853_do-calisthenics-headache-relief.html

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