Treating Headache With Acupuncture

Headache is the most common complaint doctors receive from people of almost all age groups. There can be many reasons for a headache to occur ranging from improper food habits, stress and tension.
These causes can be termed into two categories, primary and secondary. Primary reasons triggering headache are negative environment and migraine, which is complex and unusual than other headache problems.  It is mainly caused due to enlargement of blood vessels present the brain. These vessels release chemicals causing inflammation and severe pain in head.

Whereas, secondary factors causing headache can be due to some medical problems like infections and injuries as well! Though, there are several ways of treating headaches including intake of pills, application of pain relief ointments, acupuncture is considered to be a beneficial alternative to cure headaches. Many clinics for acupuncture in Perth treat migraine and other headaches without using medicines.

What is Acupuncture?

It is believed that any pain above the neck area in a human body occurs because of the vascular imbalance and muscle tension. And can be treated by triggering the acupuncture points from manually applied pressure.
This technique involves application of pressure at some specific regions of the body. What happens is that when these points are treated, blocked meridians of the body clear up making way for flow of energy. This energy helps in release of a natural pain killer produced by the body, named as endrophins. Several experts treating acupuncture in Morley believe that it not only heals the physical pain but also attempts to remove the ailment completely from the body.

These Areas Can Be Described As:

• Forehead region

Several points on the face contribute to the generation of energy rising from top and flowing downwards. They help in relieving from pain caused on the sides of head. These points on the forehead can be covered in three places including the third eye point, both inner corners of eyes beneath eyebrows and the temple region surfacing the outer curve of the ear.

• Face region

This includes applying pressure on both sides of the nostrils. It helps in reducing the pain caused by tension and allows opening sinuses too!

• Neck region

There are various points at the back of the upper body that is, between the two muscles coming together behind the head, around the middle of each shoulder and on the muscle present on both sides of spine that help in relieving from pain in eyes, throat and stiff neck.

• Hand region

The area between a person's thumb and index finger is also another effective acupressure point. Pressurizing this point is beneficial for the ones having tooth ache, frontal headache and back pain.

• Foot region

Lastly, foot cramps, arthritis and headaches are also treated by pressurizing a point located on the foot, beneath and in between the thumb and finger next to it.
There are various acupuncture clinics that provide more guidance on the same. If you happen to visit a clinic for acupuncture north Perth, make sure you talk about all your pain related issues and the details of your overall health.