"101
Ways to Attack Your Headache
BEFORE the Pain Starts!" Tip 99 : Some more exercises.
Here are some more exercises for that tension headache...
You have to understand that the tension headache comes purely
from tight cervical and neck muscles. When muscles become tight,
what actually happens is that lactic acid gets accumulated in
them.
Under ordinary conditions, when a muscle works, glucose gets
converted into carbon dioxide and water. The blood easily removes
these two waste materials.
But when a muscle has to work for too long or for tow hard the
energy demand is too high that the cells do not get time to convert
glucose fully into carbon dioxide and water. Instead the glucose
is converted into another substance that is lactic acid.
The problem with lactic acid is that it restricts further movement
of the muscles and this results in muscular cramps. In such conditions
application of a little bit of pressure can help the muscles release
the pent up lactic acid. When the cervical and neck muscles get
accumulated with lactic acid, it often results in a headache.
The exercise that is described below can prove to be very effective.
- Turn on the shower and direct the flow of the stream of water
onto the back of your neck
- Now turn your head as if you are trying to see who is behind
you.
- Stand like this for one or two minute.
- Then repeat the exercise but looking in the opposite side
this time.
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