Stomach Meridian for Menstrual Headaches

By Craig Sather, Doctor of Physical Therapy | August 5, 2022 | 0 Comments

Your Stomach Meridian Connects to Your Abdominal Area Your body contains twelve main acupuncture meridians that go from head to toe. Consider that points on different acupuncture meridians relieve headaches. Usually, the point on a meridian may affect your head but not the organ it is named after. For instance, Large Intestine 4 and Liver …

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Touch Your Toe Power Points to Help Your Head! (Part 1)

By Craig Sather, Doctor of Physical Therapy | July 31, 2022 | 0 Comments

Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes The old children’s song reflects the amazing state of your body’s construction. Every part is connected to the other at a deeper level than we perceive. Nowhere is this more evident when you consider the acupoints in the toes and how they can help the headache you thought came only …

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Acupressure Power Points for Headaches – Large Intestine 4

By Craig Sather, Doctor of Physical Therapy | July 23, 2022 | 0 Comments

Too Many Points You have anywhere from 600 to 1,000 acupuncture/acupressure points throughout your body. How can you even begin to know all these points? Well, the point is, no pun intended, that you do not have to. You can utilize 50 or so of the most powerful points to help your clients. Some of …

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Stick With the Program

By Craig Sather, Doctor of Physical Therapy | July 9, 2022 | 0 Comments

Neck Exercises Help Your Headaches  Strengthening, endurance and stretching exercises relieve neck pain. If you can get your neck pain better, neck-generated headaches also are relieved. Migraine headaches can also get better with neck exercises, even though migraines have other factors involved beyond neck dysfunction. For the large percentage of migraines where neck pain is …

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Fascial Counterstrain for Headache Relief

By Craig Sather, Doctor of Physical Therapy | June 12, 2022 | 0 Comments

Use Fascial Counterstrain points to relieve your headaches! Acupressure points relieve headaches very efficiently.  We have learned about many of them in these blogs. However, what are fascia counterstrain points? For that matter, what is Fascial Counterstrain? Consult my book “Calming the Headache Storm,” to learn more about Counterstrain. Dr.  Lawrence Jones developed the Strain-Counterstrain …

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Headache Exercise Ideas – Conditioning and Cardiac Considerations

By Craig Sather, Doctor of Physical Therapy | April 2, 2022 | 0 Comments

Modified German Superset System Consider this system if your goals are to increase your strength and endurance quickly while working out at home. You also want a good cardio workout at the same time. In addition, you can more easily monitor your headache-producing muscles. Avoid flare-ups from overloading your neck and shoulder blade muscles. This …

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Headaches Associated With Ear Symptoms, Menstrual Cramps and “Brain Fog”

By Craig Sather, Doctor of Physical Therapy | March 13, 2022 | 0 Comments

Constellation of Symptoms Symptoms present themselves along with your headache that are difficult to shake. You may have dealt with these problems for so long you have simply accepted them. The following treatments offer some of you a way out. I present them to you with the understanding that the results are less certain than …

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Acupressure for Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction and Headaches

By Craig Sather, Doctor of Physical Therapy | January 23, 2022 | 0 Comments

The Link Between Headaches and Temporomandibular Dysfunction You may have heard of how acupuncture or acupressure can treat headaches. However, you may not have known acupressure points can also be used to treat your temporomandibular condition. Did you know that there some of the acupressure points that can treat both your headache and jaw pain …

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Your Headache Exercise Program – Starting is Half Done

By Craig Sather, Doctor of Physical Therapy | January 16, 2022 | 0 Comments

New Year’s Resolutions Common New Year’s Resolutions include managing weight, relieving life stress and starting to exercise more! Once you have made up your mind to really follow through this time, you are halfway to your goal already. Let’s look at that exercise goal and see how it applies to your migraine. Exercise increases your …

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Put Your Headache Puzzle Pieces Together

By Craig Sather, Doctor of Physical Therapy | December 4, 2021 | 2 Comments

Are you happy relying on your migraine medication to get through your headache misery? Do you mind taking an Ibuprofen or Tylenol when your occasional tension headache pops up? If you want other more natural alternatives, read on. You may not like the side effects of your current headache medications but see no alternative to …

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