Exercise Essentials Try these simple exercises to relieve headaches
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Stand with good posture. Tuck in your chin as if nodding “yes.” Return to the starting position.
Stand with good posture. Tuck in your chin, using your hand on the top of your head to assist. Avoid flexing forward through upper back. Return to starting position.
MCKENZIE METHOD FOR TREATING HEADACHES Often headaches can be relieved by these recommended exercises. It will not do any harm to perform these exercises for a couple days in order to find out whether you benefit from themor not. The first three days you should performExercise 1 (Head retraction in sitting) 6-8 times a day, 10 repetitions each time and whenever you feel a headache developing. If this reduces your headaches but does not abolish themcompletely, you should add Exercise 2 (Neck flexion in sitting). In particular, headaches that spread over the top of your head to above or behind the eyes are often relieved with this exercise. In case your headaches are not relieved by these two exercises, try sustaining the end range position for 1-2 minutes.
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