Got a Tension Headache? Try These Stretches & Exercises for INSTANT Pain Relief!
Tension headaches can cause a lot of pain. Stress is a common cause of tension headaches. Relaxing the muscles around the neck and shoulder area can help decrease the pain caused by tension headaches.
Starting off with chin tucks is great for working the muscles around the neck and the shoulder area. This helps reset the neck muscles and relieve tension in the area. They are also great for posture correction.
Next, isometric exercises, like cervical sidebend and rotation, are great ways to release the muscles without making big movements that might cause pain.
Some full stretches like an upper trap stretch and a levator scapulae stretch will help relieve pressure along the cervical spine.
Finally, a SNAGs or cervical rotation stretch with a towel, helps isolate each segment of the cervical spine to get a great stretch to help decrease tension.
Relieving Chronic Pain through simple stretches and exercises starts with finding the right movements for your body. In this video, I'll show you gentle stretches and exercises to help relieve chronic pain without causing a flare-up.
When it’s hard to take a deep breath, it can often be from tight chest and pec muscles from poor posture. These simple breathing exercises should help open up the chest area to help you breathe better.
Wearable technology can help relieve stress and anxiety by improving your heart rate variability (HRV). Over time, this can help your body learn how to recover from stress more quickly.
Writers and Office Workers often get really focused on their work and tend to have a lot of neck and back pain from bad posture at a computer. Their wrists and hands can get tight and over worked as well. These stretches and exercises are not only great for writers, but they are also great for anyone who works at a desk all day.
If you're a Retail Worker and you stand all day, that can put a lot of stress on your body, especially your back, neck, feet, and hips. These stretches and exercises are great for retail workers, teachers, factory workers, or anyone who stands a lot throughout the day.
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo, better known as BPPV, can literally stop you in your tracks. Make sure you are properly diagnosed with BPPV before trying these because vertigo symptoms can be an indication of something more serious.
Core exercises are very important to have a healthy and stable back as well as the whole body. The core is not only the front, sides, and back of the trunk, but it is also the pelvic floor. When first starting core exercises, it is best to try modified ones first and then progress to harder movements as the core gets stronger.