There are many causes for migraine headaches, but the most common cause is your muscles. Honest!
Often the muscles on the tops of your shoulders, the front and back of your neck, and your jaw get tight. They get tight because we are out of balance. Our muscles get out of balance. This can be caused by our furniture, car seats, and work positions.
Sometimes muscle tightness is caused by a "bad" habit we've developed, like when we stand a certain way to hide parts of our bodies.
If we can figure out what the cause if for the tight muscles that cause our migraines, we can eliminate it.
So, where does exercise come in?
The muscles that cause or "trigger" our head pain or migraine headaches are "out of balance." If we get our muscles back into balance, they will stop causing our migraines.
That's where exercise comes in.
Years ago, I remember reading an article in a health magazine that said some people are able to actually exercise their migraines away. Some people do aerobic exercise, like fast walking or running or jogging in place, and their migraine headaches go away.
It might be worth a try, but it never worked for me.
I mean, come on. Can you imagine jogging when your head hurts just being still?
Recently, I read a medical article about migraines and the researcher-doctor who wrote the article said he gets migraine relief from aerobic exercise. So, that could be. Or, it could be that he has muscular tension-type headaches rather than migraines. Anyway, it might be worth a try.
Here's another thing about exercise and migraines and being out of balance. If you have some muscles that are weak, and others that are too tight ("out of balance,") they don't support your head where it should be. They allow muscle strain and trigger points to start your migraines.
By starting an exercise program which is designed to get your head back over your shoulders, where it belongs, you can begin to get rid of your headaches.
This exercise program would strengthen all of the muscles of the back of your body.
All of the muscles from the back of your thighs to the back of your neck are probably weak and need to become stronger. When they are stronger, they will help hold your heavy head over your shoulders. And, that's where your head belongs. Over your shoulders, not in front of them.
As an added bonus, not only will you have fewer migraines, you will feel better all over. When we are upright, straight and strong, with good posture, there is less strain on our muscles so we have less pain all over.
Here's one more thing to consider about exercise and migraine relief.
One out of ten of us has a short leg. When we have a short leg of 1/8" or more, it causes a rotation in our neck muscles near our head.
This rotational pulling causes migraines. Not for all of us "short-leggers," but for a lot of us.
If you notice that one pant leg always needs to be hemmed, or you sense that you are twisted or rotated, get checked out. It's very easy to correct a short leg by getting a special lift for the shoe of your short leg. A well-trained neuromuscular massage therapist can help straighten you out, too.
And now, I'd like to invite you to discover more ways to relieve your pain and become stronger and more in balance at http://www.SimpleStrengthening.com Join me, Kathryn Merrow, The Pain Relief Coach, on your road back to a pain-free life.
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