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The Best Cures for Stress Headaches

Lots of people have headaches. It is not normal, however, to have a throbbing headache every day or even every week. If you would like to be taught how to prevent or even cure your stress headaches, keep reading! Obviously the success of each of these solutions is dependent upon what the underlying cause of your headaches actually is.

The most common cause of stress headaches is failure to get enough sleep. People typically need at least seven hours of sleep at night to feel rested and good. If you get less than this amount it is likely that your risk of certain problems like headaches can be increased.

You might want to make a schedule change or two so that you can get to bed earlier. Other options include drinking fewer caffeinated beverages and turning off the TV and computer earlier. If you can fit in a nap sometime during the day, this can be another solution. Even when you can't sleep during the middle of the day, simply lying down and closing your eyes for a couple of minutes can be good therapy. Don't wait for a headache to happen; by relaxing each day you could keep the headache away completely. A fast headache cure is a cold glass of a caffeinated beverage such as iced coffee or tea. Caffeine helps to reduces the size of the blood vessels that can cause a tension headache, and any kind of cold beverage also does this. You do need to be careful with this technique however because consuming too much caffeine can cause headaches in the long run when you start to go withdrawals after failing to get your "fix." So if you're experiencing a bad tension headache, a cold beverage with caffeine may help, but it's best to also think about reducing the stress or other factors that are causing your headaches.

Giving yourself a foot bath in hot water is also a great way to counteract the effects of a stress headache. You can use your regular bath for this or a bucket or one of the foot bath spas that are made specifically for this which are usually easy to find in the pharmacy or on the internet. This is a fantastic treatment to do right before going to bed. If you purchase your own foot spa, you can set it to your comfort level but remember a good temperature is hot but not scalding. Keep your feet in the hot water for ten or fifteen minutes. In addition to being good for your feet, it helps your entire body relax and can at least prevent and sometimes cure tension headaches.

There are, as you can tell, a lot of ways to deal with stress headaches. It's tempting to take over the counter pain relievers or drink cold beverages when you've got a bad headache but you need to make sure that you get to the root of the problem if you really want to manage it. You don't have to live with stress headaches, they are usually a message from your body that you need to lower your stress in your daily life.

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