Reflexology Headache Relief

One of the reasons why reflexology headache relief techniques are so effective is because your head is represented in your fingers and toes...

The fingers are best for headaches as they provide a huge area compared to the toes

- which means you can get rid of headaches quicker and more effectively by using the fingers, plus its a simple treatment that no one will notice you doing so you can get rid of headaches wherever you are!! (rather than having to tack shoes and socks off to to it to the toes)

The first step is to have a glass of water. Water helps a lot because it transports waste through your blood system... so if you're feeling a bit blocked up in the head water will do wonders in helping the headache reflexology techniques be even more effective in giving relief.

The trick is that all of the bones in the skull and jaw and top of the neck are all represented by the bones and joints in the fingers. The reflexology headache relief technique of rotating the joints in the fingers sends energy, increased blood circulation and relaxation to all of the bones in the skull and the tiny joints between them, the jaw and every other bone from the neck up!!

If you are doing this to yourself start by putting one hand palm down against your stomach, If you are doing this to someone else have them put their hand palm down on a table or bench or any flat surface that is available.

Doing to yourself- use the other hand to do the rotatingDoing to someone else- use one hand to support their hand and the other to do the rotating

Begin by holding the thumb near the base joint and take the thumb in a big gentle circle, rolling the joint in a full circle, one way and then the other way. This is a relaxing technique and should feel really nice. If you are doing this to yourself and feel like you want a bit extra oomph, really stretch the thumb joint gently pulling while you are slowly rolling the joint.

The next step is to move your fingers so they are just above the next joint up, the thumb only has two joins so move your fingers to just above the second joint. Gently twist the top of the thumb from side to side for about five seconds.

Now using all your fingers gently and quickly squeeze up and down the thumb on all sides.

Continue to do this to every finger on the hand. The fingers have three joints, so do the full rotation of the base joint- that connects the finger to the hand, and the side to side gentle twisting of the two top joints, and a quick gently finishing squeeze of the whole finger at the end for effective reflexology headache relief.

This is a super relaxing treatment and should feel completely comfortable the whole time.

If you experience pain of any sort stop immediately.

While doing the treatment concentrate on taking deep slow breaths of air, breath into your stomach, hold for a few seconds, and just release, letting the air flow out at its own pace. Repeat- a deep breath of air into the stomach, hold for a few seconds.. and release. This will get the energy flowing all around your body and make it more able to help get rid of the headache.

If you are still experiencing a dull ache we recommend doing a more thorough treatment of the fingers, you can find further reflexology headache relief instructions here

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