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Beating tension headaches: a simple remedy

Headaches can be traced back to whole range of factors; dehydration, low blood sugar, trauma, stress and a whole host of others. When it comes to stress it tends to present itself in the form of muscular tension, as we become more and more stressed our our body gradually tightens up as the adrenalin and cortisol turns our bodies into a knotted mess of trigger points and stiff joints.

The most noticeable point for most people is the upper trapezius and levator scapula muscles in the back of the neck. Because these muscles have attachments directly onto the base of the skull, they literally pull on the skull creating that horrible dull ache that just keeps coming back no matter how much water you drink, panadol you take or massage treatment you get.

While massage might provide some temporary relief it is only part of the solution, you need to retrain the muscles of the scapula using the best gym secret in the world: reciprocal inhibition.

Muscles work in opposites, like biceps and triceps, or quads and hamstrings. When one muscle in the pair contracts the other will become reciprocally inhibited to allow movement of the joint. If it didn’t relax we would all be permanently frozen stiff like statues. By activating and strengthening the lower trapezius with reverse shrugs you can down regulate and switch off chronically tight levator scapula and upper trapezius muscles, all through the magical power of reciprocal inhibition.

The best result we have ever had with reverse shrugs was from a female client who suffered multiple severe migraines every week for the last ten years. She became completely migraine free after only one set of ten reverse shrugs! Literally five minutes of this exercise cured a problem she had had for 10 years!

Start light on either an assisted chin-up machine or lat pull-down machine. Try doing 2x10 reps twice a week and hopefully it will provide a new solution to your headache woes!