23/07/2025
Headaches 🙆♂️
I have been seeing so many patients coming into the clinic over the last few weeks with headaches, which has inspired me to write about it here💡
Headaches have various causes, and there are different types
1️⃣ Primary
2️⃣ Secondary
3️⃣ Neuopathies, Facial Pain/Other
Today, I am going to write about the most common primary type.
Tension Type Headaches (TTH) 🤦♂️
TTH can be infrequent, frequent, or chronic and are:
✅️More common in women
✅️Classified as recurrent episodes
✅️May last a few minutes up to weeks.
✅️A tightening/pressing, mild to moderate pain usually originates in the temples
✅️Does not worsen with activity
✅️Sensitivity to light/sound can occur
✅️ Felt in both sides of the head
✅️Accompanied by neck tension
✅️ Associate with stress, dehydration, insufficient sleep, muscle strain
Manual Therapy is a highly effective intervention for this type of headache. I find using a combination of working energetically on acu points, alongside soft tissue techniques, and joint mobilsations works exceptionally well for providing relief and reducing pain 🙌🏼
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Struggling with headaches yourself?
Send me a DM with any questions, and I'll do my best to help📩
