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A 4 page paper discussing the benefits that simple massage can have on tension headaches, and listing exercises that the patient can do at home. It is estimated that more than 90 percent of all headaches can be traced to muscle tension, so massage is a strongly viable treatment option. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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of self care has changed dramatically over the past several years. Psychologically, it has been found that individuals more actively involved with their own health care often fare much
better than those dependent on and at the mercy of the medical community. Combining these psychological perspectives with the practicalities of managed care has resulted in a significant increase
in the numbers of people performing self-care at home. Massage therapy for headache is one of the most effective examples of both results and cost benefits of practicing self-care.
Headaches and Massage To be sure, there are several types of headaches that will not respond at all to massage techniques, and some
of those are symptoms of serious medical problems requiring close and immediate attention. This is not the case for the vast majority of headaches suffered each day, however.
In 1989, it was estimated that more than 40 million people suffer severe headaches (Fishman, 1989). Headaches vary from mild discomfort to creating total disability, and they generally arise
from one of four general causes: "muscle contraction, vascular, traction and inflammatory, and idiopathic cranial" (Fishman, 1989; p. 24). By far, headaches
of the muscle contraction type are the most common, accounting for an estimated 90 percent of the headaches suffered over the course of a single day (Fishman, 1989). Muscle
contraction headaches result from "excessive tension in the muscles of the face, head, and/or neck" (Fishman, 1989; p. 24). Though analgesics such as aspirin, ibuprofen and others are (or
may be) effective in reducing the pain temporarily, they can do nothing to alleviate the cause of the pain and they do not address the reasons that the pain manifest
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