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Headache and Migraine Symptoms
What are the symptoms for headaches and migraines?
The most common symptom for headaches is that of an ache in the head. The feeling is of a pain running from the base of the skull across the top of the head and finishing somewhere behind the eyes. Some people report throbbing inside the temples.
A Tension headache is the most common type. It is caused by excessive tension in the muscles at the base of your head. This type of headache is commonly associated with dizziness, ringing in the ears (tinnitus), and in many cases jaw pain and clicking. Tension headaches are due to misalignments of the spine and skull so it is very common for sufferers to report neck pain and stiffness also. Sometimes there can be associated nerve compression leading to numbness, pins & needles and carpal tunnel symptoms.
A Migraine is another common type of headache. It is characterised by a severe headache. Classic migraines have a visual aura associated with it. An aura is some kind of visual disturbance that precedes the migraine. Common auras include spots in the vision or blurry vision, flashes of light, zig zags, or blind spots in your vision or tingling in one arm or leg. Light sensitivity is also very common with migraine headaches. Some people suffer from nausea and vomiting with migraines too.
Another common type of headache is the cluster headache. They are characterised by intense one-sided pain, often described as having a burning or piercing quality that is throbbing or constant. Pain is located behind one eye or in the eye region, without changing sides. Pain lasts a short time, generally 30 to 90 minutes. But, it can last from 15 minutes to three hours. The headache will disappear only to recur later that day (most sufferers get one to three headaches per day during a cluster period). Headaches occur very regularly, generally at the same time each day, and they often awaken the person at the same time during the night.
Inflamed or blocked sinuses can also give headaches. They are characterised by deep and constant pain in the cheekbones, forehead or bridge of the nose. The pain usually intensifies with sudden head movement or straining and usually occurs with other sinus symptoms, such as nasal discharge, feeling of fullness in the ears, fever, and facial swelling.
Chronic sinusitis can be caused by tension in the muscles at the base of the skull also, so if you have headaches and sinus problems get your neck checked out.
Treatment is dependant on the type of headache and the underlying cause. Chiropractors are the experts in treating headaches and headache related symptoms.
Doug has a particular interest in helping people with headaches and neck pain, shoulder blade pain, low back pain, and fott, ankle, knee and spinal problems caused by foot dysfunction.
Without a doubt, one of the most important tools for a reflexology practitioner to have in their repertoire is some reflexology charts. These charts show exactly where the nerve ending points are for the various points on the feet and hands that correspond to different parts of the body.
Many people choose to learn reflexology in order to benefit their health in many different ways. Some people choose to become a reflexologist in order to assist others with the problems that they may be having.
Reflexology is in essence, touch therapy, and that is one of the reasons it is so effective in the healing process. Thanks to technology, the human touch has become obscured behind machines created to make our jobs "easier".
Reflexology is the practice of strategically applying pressure to areas of the feet and hands as they correspond with specific body organs. By stimulating nerves on specific areas of the feet and hands, we can stimulate blood flow and eliminate toxin buildup in the corresponding organs and systems of the body. Reflexology is not only effective for self-healing, but has made it's mark as an effective detoxification procedure as well.
There are many reasons for memory loss. One of the primary reasons is an insufficient supply of necessary nutrients to the brain, especially the B vitamins and amino acids. In addition, the brain depends on substances called neurotransmitters.
One of the best alternative treatment options for colon health and many other problems is reflexology. If you are unfamiliar with reflexology, it is simply the practice of strategically applying pressure to areas of the reflexes of feet and hands as they correspond with specific body organs.
With all of the different types of alternative medical treatments that are out there, it can be difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff. There are some types of alternative treatments that can easily be dismissed as pseudoscience, with no real positive effect on the human body.
Reflexology is a form of treatment started by the ancient Chinese in centuries past. It was found that by stimulating specific reflexes of the feet and hands, you could not only bring healing to the body, but could cleanse the body of common toxic substances and even parasites.
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