Tension Headache Relief with Simple Stretches - Ask Doctor Jo
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- Tension Headache Relief with Simple Stretches: www.AskDoctorJo.com Tension headaches are very common, and they can really shut you down. Stress is the number one cause of tension headaches. Use Doctor Jo's simple stretches and exercises to relax the muscles that are causing the pain. For a detailed blog post about this video, visit www.askdoctorjo.com/content/re...
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DISCLAIMER: This video and any related comments are not medical advice. Check with your own healthcare professional before attempting anything in this video. This information is only intended to show you the correct technique for physical therapy exercises and should not be used to self-diagnose or self-treat any medical condition. If you experience any pain or difficulty while doing these exercises, stop immediately and see your healthcare professional. - Sport
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AskDoctorJo I’m having quick sharp pains in my head and pressure and congestion in my sinus’ I also have impacted wisdom teeth.. I’m wondering if these headaches could be a symptom of all the above....
AskDoctorJo I’m having quick sharp pains in my head and pressure and congestion in my sinus’ I also have impacted wisdom teeth.. I’m wondering if these headaches could be a symptom of all the above....
Pressure and congestion in my sinus’ but no nausea or any other symptons besides a stiff neck... bad sleep habits etc...
Its really help thank you😊
You're welcome.
I've been getting a tension headache almost every day for a week and this just helped me instantaneously. Thank you!
You're welcome!
Yes, this helped me too, great video!
8 years here
2 whole years with Sensitive hearing + headaches
I’ve been getting them everyday for at least a week too
Sometimes my headache gives me an anxiety even its just mild
i'm litteraly an overthinker
I hope this will help me
Sameee. It gives me so much anxiety that causes me to not sleep😔
@@aesthetics6506 i'll be like tryna sleep at 2am with my head aching and then gonna overthink 'til 5am about why am i getting it and why it gets worse 😩
And the corona symptoms is the reason why i overthink OMYGOD
@@tasha5062 but I use to think about the brain tumor more
@@H1raya.Manawari um, mine is not everyday but, it's just frequent
Since i'm an overthinker, even if it's frequent, i'm so anxious about it I even cried because I think I will have a serious problem
My Mom ever had a migrane when she was a kid I asked her how it feel, it feels like "your skin is opening" and "it lasts up to few days"
Im so affraid to have a migrane
I’ve been suffering with a bad tension headache for a while now, this nearly instantly helped where even pain killers wouldn’t, thank you so so so soooo much!!!
You're welcome!
Can you describe what a tension headache feels like?
@@asadhus Like your muscles around your head are moving/twitching
did you have pain at top of your head??
I've had brutal pain in my head/neck for almost a month now.
Just tried these and it seems to already feel better. Lots of popping and crackling but it feels soooo much better. Hope it lasts :) Thanks for taking the time to make this.
Jon Wedel You're welcome! I'm glad it helped!
For everyone that has pain in head/ neck you have to look for posture correction videos, bad posture causes this headache/upper neck tension. Hope this helps and trust me
I have a headache in my right side for 2 days now with a pinching pain between 10 to 15 seconds. Please help me what exercises will I do. Thanks.
@@nicolasajohnson9603 I had that too, you probably had a migraine
Omg. My headache instantly went down by 30%. I have recommended this video to so many people
Now i don't need to take pills. It works really well.
azim saleh I'm glad it has helped!
I agree with azim. I am able to skip my pills now.
I have this feeling for a few years. I guess I had it for sleeping in a wrong position my entire life. Add the fact that I'm in front of the PC for 40 hours a week. This exercises will be a big help. Thanks for posting.
Thank you
@@joelnalindhom9906 that's exactly what's going on with me. Now I just got away from my PC and trying to lower this headache.
I wake up everyday feeling like wrecked in my head, neck, and shoulders. Some days the headache stays the entire day and I feel nauseous and dizzy. Others the headache fades after a couple hours. I started doing this, plus a short, 10-15 min yoga video and it’s helping tremendously. Thank you. I’ll be sharing this with a friend of mine that’s experiencing similar pains.
You're welcome.
You just saved my life! I get tension headaches regularly and never found relief
You love to see somone replying 6years later. I have severe anxiety and I get life cancelling headaches all the time and your videos are a blessing from above seriously. I could never repay you more for all the help you have given to everyone.
Glad they have helped.
i have severe anxiety too i have headaches every single day they never go away my doctor tells me it isn’t a tumour but im so scared it is, the headaches make me stress and my stress gives me headaches
@claire6074 Anxiety sufferer here and I'm right there with you. All the scary symptoms and intrusive thoughts are just keeping us in that fear loop. What I do is remind myself that I've felt whatever symptom I'm having right now before and it passed, then the body came up with some other BS symptom and it passed too. The hard part is not letting stuff continually scare us and just keep doing life anyway. Check out the disordered podcast if you are looking for help with any anxiety based stuff. Those guys helped in forming my Pathway to recovery.
I've had tension headaches for 20 years, and have tried SO many different things.. yesterday for the first time I tried these stretchings and after a few hours I was almost pain free, amazing! Thanks so much!!
You're welcome!
20 years? How come?
@@johnvcharles2322 If you habitually have a certain posture over a long time, storing stress in your neck and shoulder muscles, for example, you can struggle with neck pain and headaches literally every single day for years, even decades.
I store stress in my traps and neck, and those muscles are ALWAYS tender, sore and tight, and has caused me discomfort and headaches frequently for the last 5-10 years. That can quickly become 20 years.
@@AskDoctorJoi have actually had this headache for about 20yrs + and at a certain point i was advised to do an MRI of the neck area, another doctor told me it was a migraine, another doctor advised me to take atlst 3lt of water daily. But nothing has really worked for me other than depending on paracetamols daily. Kindly advise
@@ginan921Did the video excercises not help?
Happy first day of winter! If all the holiday stress is giving you a headache, try these simple stretches for relieving tension headaches.
Merry Christmas and happy New Year. I wish You Christmas filled with magic, wonder and love. Thank You for your best job for us :)
Thank you! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you as well!
Sreedharan Vembalath You're welcome! Good luck!
ammnjk You're welcome! And thank you! Good luck!
Hi Doc Jo! Thanks!
Howcome I get more stressed in the neck and headaches during summers here in Montreal? Biking + stressed out because of allergies is my guess :(
ive been feeling tension headache for weeks now. its the constant feeling of having pressure in my temples to my jaw and it makes me anxious and doesnt make me sleep well 🥺
Omg same!!! My jaw feels tense too. This headache hasn’t let up at all for weeks. So worried
This is me tonight 100% :( I overthink soo damn much and it makes my anxiety rock 😭
@@bibarel4665 same!!!
Bibarel !!!!!!!! Same. I’m getting that feeling right now as well. I NEVER get headaches. But when I do it doesn’t feel like this. They usually feel like a constant throbbing pain that goes away after awhile. What I’m feeling right now makes my jaw feel weird, and my head feel tense kinda. Also like you said it doesn’t hinder my ability to do things it’s just annoying and I can’t sleep rn
Found out what it was
I've been suffering from tension headaches for so long. Not even realising they were tensions headaches, I thought they were migraines. This instantly relieved my major tension headache. Lifesaver! Thank you doc!
You’re welcome!
Sometimes when my anxiety gets really bad it gives me really bad tension headaches that last days
Mee too bro I never exprianced anxiety and fear this bad before that I didn’t even know I was having anxiety and thought I was going crazy but dang 💀💀💀
When I move my head around I immediately felt a relief flow all the way out to my eyes
I’ve had such severe tension headaches and after seeing the comments saying this solved their headache instantly I thought “yeah right 🙄” but after the first thirty seconds of following this video, it happened for me too!
Back again lol
It really worked as miracle.. am having headache like everyday whenever i wake up.. and this thing helped me alot❤️
might be sleep apnea!!
.nope
This video is top 10 most valuable videos on CZcams. I have atm no money for a new bed and my bad is too soft. I’m getting headache 1x a week. And every time I wake up with headache (left side) I watch this, do what you show and it’s gone. It’s truly remarkable. Don’t even need to take meds.
This worked completely, my physio has ended and this was clear and precise, I didn't include must pressure but appreciated you sitting directly and allowing me to hear more than basic descriptions
thank you, it worked, but maybe i don't have the tension headache, cause right it rising highly can't even look to the monitor right now,
You're welcome. Maybe it's something else.
yes maybe, but you answered me thats why I'm asking you something,
whenever i laugh out loud, i got a significant pain in my upper head, like some nerve or tissue gonna rip off if i won't stop laughing, I had two car accidents, and 1 bike accident, car accidents couldn't injure me as well due to i was wearing seat belt both time, but the bike accident (though i was wearing a half helmet) but i was hit on my head all of sudden so strongly and got blacked out, after few moment i woke up on a police ferry, & i never couldn't find out what happened that day, don't suggest me to visit a near by neurology cause in my country 99% hospitals and doctors are fraud..
@@AlhamRana how r u doing
@@AlhamRana You may be suffering from migraine my friend, or even worse, Horton's disease (cluster headache) which is just unbearable pain that comes in intervals. I hope you feel better, I suffer from headaches too.
This was so great!! I've been getting tension headaches on and off and sometimes all day coupled with what feels like vertigo, this was helpful, thank you 🤗
You're welcome!
Hi Kala I have had this exact same feeling about a month now almost everyday or off and on throughout the day just wondering if it got better for you?
@@canaanmclain-matthews302 how have you been with you're Tension Headaches now ? Today is May 5th, 2023.
Started my uni classes online due to the pandemic. This should be relaxing for people constantly looking at the computer. I started getting paranoid after all those headaches
AMAZING! I had like some tension at the back of my head and my neck and this helped a lot! THANKS!!!
Thanks, and you're welcome!
Ya it is very effective
I didn't realize what I've been having are tension headaches until after one that lasted 3 days, this process finally gave me some sweet relief! I'll be memorizing this series. Thank you so much!
You're welcome!
Really thanks, Dr. Jo! Really tested this exercise for many times before commenting and I must say it has help me a lot with the popping headache that happens in the different areas of my head. It’s effective. After experiencing the aches for almost a month it was gone and took a part of my anxuety away! Thanks for sharing! Love from the Philippines!
You're welcome!
I've never seen any of your videos before and this is super! I love your sense of humour. You had me at "disclaimer alert!"
LOL!! Thanks :-) Good luck.
Thank you so much, I've been getting headaches recently during or after my runs and this has dramatically helped!
+Dennis Vivanco You're welcome! I'm glad it helped.
I have been getting tension headaches for a while now , this really helped
This worked very well. I've had tension headaches off and on for almost four weeks. Thank you so much.
You're welcome. Glad it helped.
I appreciate you so much, Dr Jo! 🙏🏼 Sharing!!
How have I not known about this ive been waking up with headaches and also getting headaches mid day and this helped so much
This really helped, thank you. I get a lot of regular stress headaches, and this really helped. It didn't completely take the pain away, but it went away enough to where I could barely notice it. I'll keep using these whenever I get a headache.
You're welcome.
From experience, watch the video a little closer next time. May be something you missed, or you rushed a couple of the exercises. Every time I stopped and did these exactly as prescribed it's worked 100% perfect, the few times if didn't, I rushed or did at less than 100% quality .. either way ❤ hope you're feeling better today
Thank you so much for this! I can focus now that my headache is gone
+Doug Walker You're welcome! I'm glad it helped.
Doug Walker thanks
God bless you!
I've had some terrible headaches every day and night. I used painkillers but no help. The pain didn't absolutely disappear but it went away♥️
This video has helped me soooo much! The exercises helped relieve the severe pressure I felt in my head.
Thank you so so much doctor Jo ! It helped my mom a lot. She was in depression but this exercise of yours flew all her pain and the stress. I am very much grateful to you !
You're welcome!
Imagine if life is similiar in comics. No headache, freedoms, enjoyable life, i wish the future is like that.
I got massive headache and desperately go to CZcams to find a solution, medication didn't react fast enough, but doing this just 5 minutes really loosen up the pain
Thank you so much, God bless you.
You're welcome.
Headache for two weeks, heard a crazy pop during this video and feeling SO much better! I was skeptical on all the comments, but honestly everyone was right, thank you so much for this!
You're welcome!
I’d feel the throbbing pain on top of my head and around my forehead and I’ve done this exercise and it has really helped me thank you ❤️
You're welcome.
Aww Doctor Jo I don’t know how to thank you enough! Much love from Scotland xxx
You're welcome!
This was actually REALLY helpful and relived alot of tension and discomfort. THANK YOU!
You're welcome! I'm glad they helped.
Thank you so much for posting this video for about 2 months now I've been getting tension headaches almost everyday not sure why but you have truly helped me immediately after I was done doing the little exercises you told me to do it went away thank you you don't understand how much you have helped me
You're welcome. Glad it helped.
Thanks, Doctor Jo! I had a combo heat/sinus/tension headache, and this video really helped to loosen up the tension related aspects of it. Your videos are so helpful for getting me back in tune with my body, especially when I’ve been feeling overworked.
You're welcome!
I hate my family and we fight everyday and i always end up getting stressed and my forehead gets tight i hope this works
I’m sorry
Love and peace
Same always headache and fast heartbeats because of toxic family
I am also into same situation
Same
3rd time i've randomly come across your channel when searching for stretches. Subscribed! Keep up the solid work!
Thanks!
This really helped my neck feel better. I had to skip the isometric exercises, though, because they felt like they were bringing back the pain. I did everything else you said, and it really helped! Thank you so much.
You're welcome. I'm glad they helped.
Which side of the neck hurts????
Wow! While practicing to do these, the tension headache disappeared 🥺 Thank you! This is exactly what I needed to be able to sleep properly now ❤️
You're welcome!
I was skeptical about doing this because I didn’t think a few stretches could receive my massive headache. But after completing the first exercise I started to feel a huge relief!! By the end of it my headache was gone!! Thank you!!!!
You’re welcome!
Hi. I just wanna say that you saved my life and i thank you so much. Ive been to kinetoterapy and vacuum many sessions, over 10 and nothing helped. I had neck pain for months. I did this exercises 3 times a day for a week and i can already see a huuuuge difference. Thank you so much. God bless you!
You're welcome, and thanks! I'm glad they are helping.
I'm completely surprised because that actually helped. I had my 1st major tension headache (that I thought was brought on from lack of food. I thought I was "hangry"). After I ate, my headache was still there which meant it was from my stressful day. I was actually crying it was so painful. After, researching SEVERAL remedies I stumbled across this video. I did these simple stretching exercises & voila, 20 min later my headache is gone. Thank you SO MUCH Dr Jo! 😅🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽😅
You're welcome!
It was literally magic. wooooh !
Oh thank you so much, this morning i had strong head ache i just found you video, it worked super fast 🌺🌺🌺
You’re welcome 😊
Thank you very much Dr Jo. I have just done your stretches and immediately felt relief and light.
+Hussein You're welcome! I'm glad they helped.
very good video.I have some tension on my head and neck and this video helped me to reduce it. I hope I can find more movement to make deeper relaxation, especially on my jaw muscles.
I cannot believe how quickly I found relief by doing this. It’s honestly like magic that my headache is completely gone and normally I have to sleep it off but the stretches worked! I seriously appreciate you posting this. AMAZING!!
Glad it helped!
its really helpful , thanks
You're welcome.
I have no idea if what I get are tension headaches or not but I've been suffering from migraines for over a year now. Lately its just been worse and worse. My general doctor, chiropractor, and eye doctor all can't figure out the cause but this certainly helps with my neck pain. Tha k you so much
You're welcome.
Thank you Dr. Jo. It was really helpful. I’m feeling relaxed.
You're welcome.
I’ve never in my 30 years experienced this type of headache and it feels terrible. This somewhat helped! I’ll probably do a repeat of it in a few minutes to see if it goes away completely :/
Hi Elsie which technique you use for headache tks
leila ezz i did these techniques and found a few other videos similar also I have a cool gel memory foam pillow meant for neck tension laid on it for 15 minutes and I pulled out my neck massager and did 15 minutes and went completely away just in time to go to bed.
This is my GO TO VIDEO for when I feel my migraines coming on. It has helped so much. Thanks from NC!
You're welcome!
Thankfully I found your video! Been having tension headaches for about 8 months, and hate popping pills, so I'm really hoping this works. Thanks!
You're welcome. I hope it helps too.
I could almost cry this helped so much. I got a pretty bad concussion about a year ago that jarred my neck pretty bad, and as I havent been able to go to a chiropractor yet I get pretty bad tension headaches a lot. I finally decided to look up something in aid of tylenol and this actually helped. Thank you!
You're welcome!
Thank you so much doc😊😊😊
My severe headache almost cured instantly after doing these stretches..
Very effective..
You're welcome! I'm glad they helped.
I love this video. It has been a sanity saver when my head is trying to detach itself from my neck!
Thank you so much for this video - doing these daily have helped SO MUCH with my pain management!!
You're welcome.
Love this channel. I do a lot of sitting on my job (School Bus Driver) and I get some mean tension headaches. I'm going to use these stretches as a daily regimen. Thanks 🧡
Thanks, and you're welcome! I hope they help.
Thank you this really help me!!☺️❤️
Me: having headache during quarantine
You're welcome!
AskDoctorJo Bruh what a legend she’s still monitoring the comments 6 years later
😎
Thank you so much!!! It seems like I get chronic headaches and as soon as I try the first few exercises I felt immediate relief!
You're welcome! I'm glad they helped.
It worked!!!! After going through a few other videos on CZcams, with no success. I finally came across your video. Thanks Dr. Jo. 😊
+Sandra L You're welcome! I'm glad they helped.
Saw this video months ago, and ever since I have followed these steps. Now my daily tension headaches are a distant memory, and only very, very rarely do I get one that this method can't beat completely... But even then it helps reduce the pain a lot.
Thank you!
You're welcome! Glad they have helped.
My head feel like someone is tightly pressing it, as there is no pain but it's uncomfortable and I can't concentrate on my studies.
Is it also a headache?
It could be.
Thanku
You're welcome.
I feel the same on right side upper of my head. I m at the point that want a CT scan bc is intermittent.
elliehs wont show up on a CT scan you might try an MRI it will show the muscle and tissue.
Thank you! My tension headaches come on and off! There so nerve racking! I'm worried about then
+Katie Malcolm You're welcome! I hope they help.
Katie Malcolm Katie drop your snap 😂
Drop your ig and snap
Love you always for being there for us
thank you so much, this was way super effective! it would be great to have a video to do this routine along with in pace.
You're welcome!
Thank you! Really helpful. I've done many of these stretches before on my own, but your video helps emphasise that it isn't a quick 20 second fix.
If I feel it more during some stretches, should that give me a clue as to which muscles are overworked?
You're welcome! Yes, that is a good sign that you are overworking those when you feel it more. Good luck.
"For the Australians" LOL! Jo, You are welcome here anytime! Your humour is always on point 😂
Thanks! 😎
Hey! I’ve been suffering from regular and severe migraines for 6 months now . This video helped me relieve it to a bearable pain. Thank alot!
You're welcome!
Been struggling with these headaches for 5 years, they come on about once every month or two, this helped a ton thank you x1,000,000!
You're welcome!
Hello! Thank you for this video. I do these excersises regularly. Please help me, I have tension in my head everyday for 5 years. Its feels like throbbing vein from my crown to my left eye brow. When I read its so annoying! Any advice? Oh btw on my bad days it turns into a migraine!! Please help!
RQ man TT I can't afford a doctor because I dont have insurance. but I have talked to some doctors and nurses and they all say its migraines and prescribe me migraine medicine.
Ya not in the States
I used to get frequent migraines. I had bought a DVD called Yoga Zone for Healthy Back/Neck, I did it faithfully twice a day, it has 2-20 minute sessions. The headaches stopped completely for 3 years. You do have to do it every day to work. You feel amazing when done, like a full body massage! I've bought the dvd for friends/family. If you can't do some of the movements at first that's OK just do what you can, eventually it gets easier, takes a few weeks to get into the fullness of it.
we must really work to cure this headache :'(
Doctor Jo, I've done this video several times when I get a headache. I have TMJ, that is healing. My cousin, PT, does a highly effective dry-needling technique for my tmj, neck, and shoulders. This video is part of my healing journey. Thank you.
You're welcome.
this technique has been a life saver for me. Thank you so much Jo!
You're welcome! I'm glad it helped.
I have been getting instantaneous headaches and back pains from 10 to 12 days regularly
And also I'm a 17 y/o boy
Can u tell that is it normal for me?
Try seeing a doctor
My headache isn’t gone but I do feel a lot better
😂
Same
I'm impressed. This works. I felt so much better.
Thanks! I received instant relief from these exercises and have added them to my routine.
You're welcome! I'm glad they helped.
I'm just 16 now having all this problems 😔
Im 11 amd i have this
Due to this quarantine I've been on my screen (phone) for a lot of time now and I was playing my games and one day I was too stressed and frustrated when playing my game and I got up with a headache and it's been lasting 5 days now, I don't know if it's a tension headache but my forehead feels like its burning😰😭
Jawsome_ Kid omg same😕 its been 3 days now, so how are you feeling now?
@@yuhyuh5929 thankfully I feel a lottt better now I barely used my phone when this headache started, it lasted 2 weeks total. Hope you get better soon 🙂
Jawsome_ Kid thanks😃im also feeling better too, stay safe
@@yuhyuh5929 glad to hear that! U stay safe as well!😌
Me also,but my neck feels so heavy it wants to lay down all the time,and sometimes its hard to swallow.i hope all of you are better now,stay safe!
Great video, I have been helped a lot by stretches from your videos. Thank you!
Thanks, and you're welcome!
That was awesome Doc Jo! Just did it with my daughter and it relieved her TH after a while! Note I'm a Pediatrician that believes in physical therapy ;)
Glad it helped!
I need help ever since online school started I've been getting tension headaches everyday its anyoing because ive been looking at a screen all day also its 2 hours per class with a 10 min break per class which I think is Ridiculous also school work is stressfull and sitting on a chair for half of ur day makes u get a bad position in ur back and ur neck which is a big problem if there is anyone that can help me please send me a reply please and thank you!
👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿
when to do these exercises in the morning or evening or any time if we want to feel relaxed from tension?
Anytime to release tension. Good luck.
AskDoctorJo thanks Jo
You're welcome.
OMG. You have no idea how much this helped me!! Thanks a lot my dear❤️❤️❤️
You're welcome!
Thank you so much ma'm . helped me a lot again thank ma'm..
In My head there is feelings like pressure on top side and its regular..how i cure this ...and i think this is tension headache..
hey, is that pressure in head like foggy? is hard to focus for you?
same hereee and it feels like i have a crick in my neck as well its so irritating ):
@@kiyapie hey , if you have , what i written at top, then i got medicament for it. now my chest is put forward and i can breath. it should try. you should set best posture
GARNI g yeah i think my posture has something to do with it and smoking, prolly need to quit for a while. thanks btw
@@kiyapie yea, again, i was on cigarette. two a week ago i got rid it
Actually I'm having headache
Just above eyes and back of my head
It's occur continuously from 1 month
So,please it's because of
-tension
-emotional stress
-eye problem
-migraine
Please help me😭
Take out tension brother will get several diseases be happy even u have problems ignore everything bcoz of your health..
dude its because of hypertension High bp same problem
Same as you , did you find away out of it ? I'm not even stressed but i have it .I can shake my head and it will go away for some minutes or i can do that and have it
been like this for 8 years, i think its mostly due to neck issues diet and stress, usually when im more active and eating better they arent as bad
It must be bcoz of neck issue. If you have cervical neck issue then that is only cause apart from if u dont have BP and tensions.... I am having pain only at the back of my head, left side
Dr. Jo, you are my hero!!! Thank you so much for posting this. I have watched this video multiple times when I have a tension headache and these exercises get rid of it almost every time! You rock!!!
You're welcome, and thanks! 😎 I'm glad they help.
Worked straight away!