Down Dog Yoga Pose To Relieve Headache
I love YouTube. It’s even more entertaining than going through the auctions on eBay (where in 1999 I once found for sale a kid brother, a false leg and turtle models with human genetailia molded on. Not all from the same seller, though). I slog through YouTube in order to benefit you, Gentle Reader.
Today, I finally found something that might help with headches. I haven’t tried it myself and — as I’m suffering from bad allergies and thus have severe balance issues — but it’s as natural a headache relief solution as you can get.
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It’s a yoga pose (shown in the image with this post). Actually, there’s a whole series of yoga poses, breathing exercises and prayers for headache sufferers. However, I don’t think a lot of people with severe headaches are going to have the patience to breathe in a prescribed manner or take the time to do a prayer that they actually want a Deity to hear.
The videos are brought to you by ExpertVillage and are only a couple of minutes long, so you won’t drop to sleep during them.
Before you do any yoga poses, wear clothing that allows you to bend and have firm footing. Preferably, you should do any yoga poses that involve bending with the use of an exercise mat (like those sweaty ugly mats used in gym class — only a smaller, better version).
Down dog pose is only recommended for tension-type headaches. They also recommend you take deep breaths and loosn your arms up before doing the down dog. One stretching pose they recommend is sitting cross legged on the ground and put your hands together in the traditional prayer position — but with your hands behind your back. You need to do this with your spine as straight as possible.
Good luck. Hope this helps.
April 26th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
I have a question about your allergies and balance issues. How did you find out they are related? I have been having terrible problems with my balance for almost 16 months now and three neurologists, two audiologists, an ENT, my regular family doc and a physical therapist later I still don’t have an answer as to what is causing the problems. My newest neuro says it may be related to my migraines.
April 26th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
That’s a very good question, Monica, and I wish I had a good answer for you. It’s just whenever my allergies flare up, I seem to be a bit dizzy. When my allergies flare up, I get pain in my ears due to congestion and I assume that interferes with my inner ear. And when the allergies abate, the dizziness goes away. I’ve been too chicken to go to a doctor about it. I suppose I should. You’re doing the right thing by going to the doctor. I wish I had a better answer for you. Good luck.