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Can Massage Help In Headache And
Constipation?
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Massage therapy was at some point a luxury for those
who could afford, but today, it is not only a
necessity but also an alternative form of therapy
for a number of conditions. Normally, you would have
to visit a spa, physiotherapist or a massage clinic
to get these services. However, now that it has
become so popular, you can get a massage from about
anywhere including small licensed businesses that
specialize in offering massage therapies. With the
growing buzz around massages, you may want to know
how effective it is in tackling challenges like
headaches and constipation among others. To do this,
you will need to understand each problem and how
massaging can help.
Headaches
A headache comes in many forms and with many causes,
with the most common ones being migraines and
tension. Migraines remain a mystery in their
causality, and for some reason they are very common
regardless of age and profession. Tension headaches
on the other hand come from a number of factors
including stress, hormonal changes, muscle spasms,
trigger points, dehydration and even wrong neck
alignment among others. A tension headache comes
with common symptoms like a tightening feeling
around the head, neck, shoulders or arms, jaw,
temple or sometimes behind the eyes. The difference
between these headaches and migraines is that unlike
migraines, tension headaches do not come with
sensitivity to light, sound or feelings of nausea.
They are often just plain and simple and could in
some circumstances be paralyzing depending on their
intensity and longevity.
Massages are able to relieve this kind of pain,
often by interfering with its cause. When you get a
professional massage, the circulation in your head
is likely to improve thus allowing you to release
some of the tension. This is turn will loosen up the
tightening feeling around your head and leave you
feeling better in no time. Massage therapy also
triggers a decrease in the levels of the stress
hormone known as Cortisol while at the same time
stimulating the parasympathetic nervous system and
encouraging the release of endorphins. This means
you will reduce stress, and sleep better thus having
less headaches and being much happier in general.
The parasympathetic nervous system is responsible
for relaxation and sleeping well among other things.
When you get a good massage, you are also likely to
experience some loosening in the usually tight
muscles and tissues in your head. This loosening
helps to prevent any muscle spasms that would
otherwise be painful and cause you severe headaches.
The loosening muscles and tissue also help with neck
alignment thus eliminating this problem as well.
Loosening the muscles here is also useful in
preventing the kind of headaches that come from the
back of the head and hit the eye’, as many people
would describe their headaches.
Trigger points refer to the cause for some of the
most painful headaches that come from some
hyper-irritable tissues whose pain can go to other
parts of the body as well. A special kind of massage
for this type of cases is known as the Neuromuscular
Therapy, and it can be very useful in decreasing the
pain and stopping it from reaching the neck and the
head. Most people suffering from migraines have an
expensive dependence on pain medication but this is
not entirely necessary. While the science behind a
migraine is largely mysterious, massage therapy not
only reduces the pain, but also decreases the
frequency and the longevity of the migraine. A
number of studies over the past few years show that
people suffering from migraines are likely to feel
much better after a massage, and with frequent
massage therapy, they will have less and shorter
migraines.
Digestive problems and constipation
When you have a constipation problem, medically
speaking you have less than three bowel movements
per week and this could be because you are having
very slow movement when it comes to digesting food
in your system, especially your colon. Ordinarily,
constipation is as a result of certain medications,
consistent urge suppression and in some cases, bad
feeding habits and hormone imbalance among others.
Problems with your colon could also cause
constipation.
Massage would help you in this situation by enabling
the abdominal muscles to relax, thus relieving your
pain and discomfort, and in some cases alleviating
the constipation by reviving your regular bowel
movements. The challenge here is that there are many
specific massage therapies for this condition and it
is often important to see a professional therapist
for these services. Depending on how you are
feeling, you will need a specific therapy with a
given focus depending on the cause of your problems.
Most massage therapists are able to identify the
challenge by touching your abdomen and finding where
the tension is. The goal is then to encourage
relaxation and trigger natural movement for normal
bowel movement.
How important is a massage then?
With the many dangers of conventional medicine
today, people are frequently resorting to the
non-medicinal approaches to relieve pain and other
discomforts like the headaches and constipation.
This is because such options are often cheaper and
natural, thus healthier and acceptable to most
people. In addition, when the problem is as a result
of medication you cannot risk taking some more
medication to counter it, and will require a more
natural approach that can sort out the situation.
The most important thing that you will have to
appreciate about massages is that they only work
when they are done right. When you need to release
tension in your muscles, you have to focus on the
areas that are highly tense. This is why you have to
learn how to do a proper massage depending on the
aim behind it. As such, massage therapists are the
best option unless you have some training in this
particular field. You can also ask your massage
therapist for pointers on how to relieve your
headache or constipation by yourself seeing as you
may not always have the time or strength to get to
the massage clinic for your therapy. The key is in
doing it right, or getting a qualified professional
to touch all the right places to ease your pain. |
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