How to Ease a Tension Headache

This article is about instantly relieving tension headaches the natural way! All you need to do is learn the proper way to stretch three specific muscles! Ready?!

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• A Firm Chair to sit in

1. Sit in a Chair and place your hands, palms up under your glutes. Make sure your arms are stretched down your sides. Your arms will stay under your glutes the whole time.
   
   The first muscle to stretch is the Middle Scalene muscle. Simply take your Right Ear to your Right Shoulder and hold it for 3 seconds and come back to starting position. Do this 10 times.

2. Next, we want to stretch the Posterior Scalene muscle. In the starting position, take your Right Ear to your Right Shoulder. From here, gently rotate your chin down towards your chest. Hold for 3 seconds and come back to Ear to Shoulder. Do this 10 times.

3. The last muscle we want to stretch is the Anterior Scalene muscle. Again, in the starting position, take your Right Ear to your Right Shoulder. Gently rotate your chin towards the ceiling. You might even feel this tug on your jaw. Hold for 3 seconds and come back to Ear to Shoulder. Do this 10 times.
   
   Now that you've taken your Right Ear to your Right Shoulder - Repeat on the opposite side. Left Ear to Left Shoulder, Chin to Chest and Chin to ceiling.

Tips & Warnings

• Remember to keep sitting on your hands.
• Remember to always start with Ear to Shoulder.
• Be gentle! No forcing! Muscles will stretch when they are ready!
• Drink lots of water!
• Ask your Doctor for other stretching exercises to help ease your pain.
• Alternate Hot and Cold wraps