| A short overview of what headache is, and how | | | | originates from muscles in your neck or from your |
| acupuncture, more specifically an acupressure mat, | | | | spine can be felt in your head. |
| can alleviate or even cure headaches. | | | | Who suffers from headaches? |
| Let's first define a headache! | | | | Nearly everyone will suffer a headache at some point |
| To put it simply, a headache is a pain in the head | | | | in time. There are studies that suggest as many as |
| caused by a variety of causes. These can be tension, | | | | 50 million Americans may be suffering from more or |
| muscle contraction, circulation problems, trauma, | | | | less chronic headaches. |
| infections, even some medications can cause | | | | What can acupuncture do for headaches? |
| headaches (particularly when they are being | | | | Acupuncture has been used to treat headaches from |
| withdrawn)! | | | | the earliest beginnings of traditional Chinese medicine. |
| One common way to define headaches is to split it | | | | All different kinds of headache are relieved |
| into three groups: tension headaches, migraines and | | | | effectively by acupuncture. One big plus with |
| cervicogenic. | | | | acupuncture is that there are no side effects. |
| Tension-type headaches are the most common. | | | | Conventional medicine does not know how |
| People who suffer this kind of headache usually have | | | | acupuncture works, but there have been lots of |
| mild to moderate pain on both sides of the head. The | | | | studies that show it is effective. |
| pain is commonly described as having a "band" around | | | | The "Hedgehog Mat" uses the same basic treatment |
| head which is being inexorably tightened. | | | | principle as acupuncture, but instead of needles it |
| Practically everybody has experienced this type of | | | | uses acupressure points. |
| headache at some time in their lives, and some | | | | Simply relax on the mat, and the numerous |
| people are more affected than others. | | | | acupressure points (more than 6000), will trigger your |
| Migraines affect far fewer people than tension-type | | | | immune system. |
| headaches and have a much shorter duration but the | | | | Since the mat is in your home you can use it at any |
| symptoms are more severe. | | | | time, no need to make appointments and take time |
| They are more common among women and are | | | | off work. |
| usually one-sided. In severe cases migraines can force | | | | This amazing and powerful headache cure has been |
| the sufferer to stay in bed for days. | | | | developed in Sweden, based on research done in |
| The last type of headache to be separately | | | | Russia and the US. |
| described is the "cervicogenic" type. Pain that | | | | |