TENSION HEADACHE RELIEF

An expert that Jen knows, Tasso Spanos, founder of the Center for Pain Treatment on Pittsburgh's South Side, specializes in a practice called Trigger Point Myotherapy.  He applies pressure and uses light stretches to focus on areas in a person's muscles that are the source of pain. 
Tasso tells Jen that the biggest pain for the majority of people is the tension headache.  The muscles responsible for causing tension headache pain are actually in the back of our neck, down the shoulder blades, and across the upper back.  If you placed a coat hanger with the hook at the base of your neck on your back, it would outline the musles we're talking about.
Tasso says to prevent tension headaches, keep those muscles relaxed.  Here's an easy stretch to do that: 

1.  Bend your elbows and place your palms together, finger tips up, as in prayer position.
2.  Keeping your palms together, and as much as possible, your elbows together, slowly push your hands and arms straight up over your head.  At the top, separate your palms, stretch each hand out to each side and bring them around to meet in the middle again at chest level, in prayer position.

 Repeat this exercise for a few minutes daily, or as many times a week as possible, whenever you happen to think about it.  Tasso says doing so will keep those muscles loose, and help to prevent tension headache pain.
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