POTSius Posted September 8, 2019 Report Share Posted September 8, 2019 For years one of my major symptoms has been headaches triggered by mental exertion I want to share something I have found that helps tremendously: self massage If anyone is interested in trying this, I would advise they try massaging various spots in the regions I describe below and see if it helps I find that I can find sore spots in these regions and that, after a few days of massaging these spots, they stop being sore and my headaches improve! If anyone tries this or has tried something similar, I would love your thoughts Regions: See the "Temporal" muscle in this picture, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporal_muscle#/media/File:Gray382.png I find the best spots are the part of the temporal muscle as close to the front of your face as possible (directly posterior to the eye area) Another part you can find like this. Stick your fingers on the top of your ears and then move a little bit toward your eyes and there is an often sore spot (for me at least) Additionally, I find that sometimes massaging only helps from a certain angle (i.e. an up or down motion vs a side to side motion) Edit: I do the massaging quite frequently, maybe a dozen times a day even if less than a minute each time. I don't know if that is important or not for this to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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