Craig Sather, Doctor of Physical Therapy 
The Dehydration Headache Are you waking up in the morning with a ferocious headache? You may not know it, but you may be having a dehydration headache. You do not replenish your fluid balance as you sleep, and as a result your headache can increase as the night goes on. There are other causes for …
Should I Use Acupressure for My Headaches If I Am Pregnant? Firstly, I do not use acupressure at all if one of my headache clients is pregnant. It is best to be overly safe than not safe enough. Refer to acupuncture man. Only two of the points I use to help headaches are to be …
Levator Scapulae We return to the levator scapula muscle today. It extends from your shoulder blade and attaches to the upper four bones of your neck. People complain to me on a weekly basis about their pain that traverses along the levator scapulae from the shoulder blade to the neck. Your neck will not turn …
Do you have a humpback? Look in the mirror. Do you slump your upper back or do you stand ramrod-straight? Chances are you have shortened your height by not standing as straight as you should. You look older, and your chest collapses on itself. More than a cosmetic issue, your poor posture has consequences for …
The Shoulder Blade Squeeze – What Is It Good For? Posture! Our sedentary society encourages the slumped posture. Shoulder blade postural muscles weaken as the pectoral muscles in the front of the chest become tight and pull the shoulders forward. Poor posture results from the imbalance of these muscles in the front and back of …
“I Have Tried Everything to Help My Headache!” Do you have a headache that nothing seems to make better? One comment I hear is that “I’ve been told it is all in my head.” Translation: you have a psychological rather than a physical problem. Mental stress issues certainly have a role in many, if not …
It is Tough to Reach the Shoulder Blade Muscles The levator scapulae is a headache-producing muscle that originates on your shoulder blade. This muscle sends out its ropy muscles to attach to the upper four vertebrae of your neck. Think of this muscle as an octopus, or half of one anyway, as it prepares to …
Chronically Tight Neck Muscles Trigger Your Headaches! Your persistent tight neck muscles have triggered your headaches for years. You massaged them, heated them, stretched them, and twisted your neck in every way imaginable to get them to let go. Yet everything you have done is a temporary fix. Your neck muscles rebound, re-tighten and are …
Stress is a Major Cause of Many Headaches Overcome the stress that triggers so many of your headaches! The mental strain of your daily activities overflows into the muscle tension of your headache. You need to short-circuit the stress trigger before your headache takes hold. How Can Mental Stress Produce Physical Triggers? People under stress …
The Posture Problem You look older and less fit when you have poor posture. Poor posture also can produce physical problems. You lose vertical height and appear shorter than you were made to be. Headaches can result. You lose proper jaw alignment, and as a result you develop an annoying “click” in your temporomandibular joint. …