How can one relieve the stress headache found at the back of the head & neck?
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1. The best treatment i have found consist of applying heat, massaging the neck and shoulders, and stretching my shoulders, upper arm, and lateral muscles of the chest.For heat, dry rice placed in a cotton sock and heated in a microwave is by far the best approach i have found.
2. Heat and massage certainly help, but you must try and determine why you are stressed. Is there a real problem you must deal with, or is it more vague?
It helps to make a firm decision on any pending problem, You can always consider new information if it comes in later. Just making the decision can pretty much eliminate the stress feelings.
General tendency to anxiety and stress may require deeper thinking about the onset of the behavior. You may be able to do it yourself, but consider counseling.
By the way, the best proven stress reliever is exercise and physical activity. Get a daily workout, and feel better.
3. *I was told by several doctors that a headache at the base of the neck is an allergy headache. Try benedryl. If it goes away then you will know the next time. I get them from time to time and will not show no outward signs of allergies such as pressure by the eyes and nose, no runny nose, watery eyes, no congestion. All I get some times is the pain at the base of the neck. When that hits I know exactly how to take care of it from past experiences.
