DOES MASSAGE HELP HEADACHES?
YES!!… and no… If you suffer from tension headaches, or those caused by muscle spasm in the neck, upper back and occipitals, quite often massage can really help, if not take the headache away completely. Migraine sufferers, however, do not have as good a chance of relief as do the tension headache suffers. Migraines are a result of vascular expansion and contraction, and massage therapists just can’t get their hands to where the problem is. Sometimes, massage may help by relaxing the muscle tension that goes along with pain, but quite often the relief is over as soon as the massage.
