Tension Headache Exercises. Stress Headache Relief in 4 Minutes.

Tension Headaches can respond quickly to the right type of exercises. The key is to massage the tight skull muscles, stretch the neck muscles (the suboccipital muscle especially), and mobilise any neck joints that are stuck. (Restricted spinal joints can cause the muscle tension.) If you use the right exercises, you can get remarkably quick headache relief. In chronic cases you can do these tension headache exercises daily, and use them as prevention. Watch until the end to see what the 3 most common causes of tension headache are too.

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0:00 Intro
0:20 Warning
0:34 EXERCISE 1. Suboccipital muscle
1:02 EXERCISE 2. Jaw Clenching muscles
1:53 EXERCISE 3. Wall Nods
2:29 EXERCISE 4. Side Bend Stretch
2:59 EXERCISE 5. PNF exercise
3:48 Causes & Prevention
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Poor neck posture is a major cause of tension headaches, so if you’ve got forward head posture check out these videos…

How To Fix Forward Head Posture & Neck Pain

The 3 Ultimate Neck Hump Exercises
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***NOTE*** Just be aware that there’s other types of headaches—like migraines, cluster headaches, and more serious causes—so don’t do any exercise that hurts, just do a bit to start to see how you respond, and see your doctor if pain persists.
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1. SUBOCCIPITAL MASSAGE
A huge amount of neck muscles attach to the base of the skull, and the nerves that supply your head with pain sensation pass through these muscles, so tension in these muscles can irritate the nerves and cause headaches & subocciptial pain.

2. JAW CLENCHING MASSAGE
The Temporalis muscle, is a jaw clenching muscle on the side of your head and can often get tight due to jaw tension.

And the Masseter muscle, the main muscle the closes the jaw, can be very tender if you have been clenching your jaw without realising it.

3. WALL NODS
This nodding motion mobilises the neck joints, and stretches the neck muscles that get tight due to forward head posture & looking down at devices all day.

4. SIDE BEND STRETCH
This side stretch releases the neck joints in a different direction, and stretches the muscles running up the side of your neck. (Like the SCM, Upper Traps, Levator Scapulae)

5. PNF RELEASE
“Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation” is a great way of releasing any upper neck joints that might be irritating the occipital nerves, and relaxing the neck muscles.
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[mikehanson]

Ive had tension headaches on and off for 15 years but the past few weeks have been especially bad with headaches nearly all day. Today was about as bad as its ever been and I did a youtube search on tension headache relief and this came up. I amazed how quickly this took the edge off my headache. Thank you.

[Reiuwu]

Bro the exercise 1 I aint kidding really did a difference

[samlee]

I've been having constant pain for months... This video is the only thing that works consistently! Thank you!!!

[darshsondhi]

thank you so much sir. I had headache for 1 week and this video gave me instant relief.
May God bless you

[samlee]

This is the BEST video on here. Worked instantly, especially wall nods and side bench stretch!

[laurentpecriaux]

My pain for the last 15 years ... I must say you really helped me with this. Since last video about it, I see major improvement

[benadams]

Thank you so much. I've been dealing with tension headaches from stress forever, and this was a fantastic easy way to help them.

[muliczakatalin]

In the last 4 years I've had more times headache than in 40 years before in total. I think there is a simple way to handle it: return my life just the way it used to be and get out of it.

[Joe]

Stressful days at work have brought on two days of tension headaches. Thanks for the great video. Saved it for the future

[cyclesrights]

Wow, you’ve pointed out my issues, I’ve been having for the past 3 weeks
Great knowledge !!!

[thesunsurfer]

Thank you for these videos, they really help 😭

[fclaudiopsych]

The last exercise did it for me (PNF). Thanks a lot!

[yqyinye]

Thank you for sharing I really needed this advice

[basarkarpadmakar]

Wow, excellent for neck muscle releaf as I am doing few exceirse and I got to know now new exceirse from you. Thank you so much

[ShannaM]

Woke up w/horrible headache...great movements here! Thanks so much, doc!

[charlesbutindaro]

THANK YOU for making this video for us. It is very helpful. Thank you !

[TrulyMadlyAshley]

This helped so much!!! I was dealing with a gnarly tension headache all day (looking back it was poor posture throughout the week/slouching which I normally don’t do, and new pillows that weren’t as supportive as I’m used to being used the last 2 nights) these exercises provided almost instant relief!!!

[susanhopkison]

I've woken up many mornings with pain in neck & head. Thankyou. 🇬🇧

[maryleong]

Your video came on my feed. Thank you so much for an amazing video with explanation and easy simple stretches to help me. I’ve been doing these stretches everyday and found instant relief. Suffering from anxiety and stress has contributed to my head tension and pressure. I feel there is hope and am thankful I found your video. Thank you.

[CosmicShamanElinros]

Thank you for these videos! Amazing content 🙏