5 Tips To Help With Headaches

There are over 100 different types of headache.

1. Avoid over-straining

It is always worth looking at your posture. Sometimes we can adopt a posture that really isn’t helpful on some of those muscles within the neck or shoulders. Take a look at your posture and see if this is something you could work on. 

Are you looking down at your phone right now to read this? Maybe sleeping funny because your pillow or mattress needs changing? Perhaps slouching on the sofa watching TV? Try and adopt different postures (ideally avoiding slouching!) and change it up now and then to keep it varied. The same goes if you work at a desk all day, change your position, get up for a walk every now and then, stretch it out. Ensuring you are not over-straining is a really good tip to help with headaches.

2. Support yourself more

 Similarly, work on giving yourself the support you need. And when we say support, we’re not talking about those devices that you might see advertised all over the place. We mean support yourself by:

• Adopting some better postures
• Looking at whether you need to replace your pillows or mattress

For more tips on pillow height and getting a good night’s sleep, check out our blog post Sleep Tips to Get A Better Nights Sleep.

3. Stay Hydrated

Proper hydration is key. One of the types of headaches is actually called a hydration headache. Although, most headaches have some form of hydration element to them. It is always a good idea to drink more water. 

If you notice a bit of a headache coming on, consider adding some extra fluids to your diet, unless you have had recent trauma. If your headache is due to trauma, we don’t advise adding in fluids and instead to seek medical attention instead. 

Nine times out of ten, hydration is a good thing to be adding into your day-to-day as the body is largely made up of water. If you’re slightly deprived of water, a headache is one of the main symptoms that you will get first.

5. Don’t rely on medication

Although it can be tempting to just find a pill to take the pain away, we advise you to look into other options first. It may sound crazy but the side effects of a lot of headache medication often include… headaches! As well as many other symptoms too. So we would suggest being mindful with how much you are using them. Are you taking them because you need them or just because they’re there?

There you have it, our top five tips to help with headaches! If you have any other queries or comments, or you’d like some further information on headaches, feel free to write in the comments below. We would love to help!