Headaches

If you are a regular sufferer of headaches, then you will know how much they can affect your daily life. The most common types of headache are:

• Tension headaches
• Migraine headaches
• Cluster headaches

Whatever the type of headache you suffer from, hypnotherapy can help you to deal with both the symptoms and the cause.

• Tension headache

Tension headaches are often triggered by long periods of stress and concentration.

The muscles around your head and face tighten, triggering a steady pain, usually around your forehead or eyes, but sometimes at the back of your head or your upper neck.

Tension headaches are the most common type of headache and can affect almost anyone. They usually last at least a few hours, but in extreme cases they can linger for days. You may need to take time off work and other activities to recover.

• Migraine headache

Migraines are believed to be caused by changes in the blood flowing through vessels around the brain.

The pain is so extreme, often described as ‘stabbing’ or ‘throbbing’ that you may have no choice but to withdraw to lie in a darkened room and wait for them the headache pass.

For some people, migraines involve more than pain – when you have a migraine, you may also suffer distorted vision, be sensitive to smells and vomit. Migraines can last for a day, or for several days. Some sufferers have lives so disrupted by regular migraines that they can barely function.

• Cluster headache

Cluster headaches are more unusual, but excruciatingly painful. These headaches tend to occur repeatedly for a period of time, hence the name, before disappearing for a while and then returning.

If you suffer from headaches, particularly if you suddenly start suffering from them, you should always see a medical practitioner. Headaches can be a sign of a serious medical problem.

However, once a medical cause is ruled out, hypnotherapy can be helpful, both to deal with your symptoms and the underlying cause – particularly if the cause is stress.

Are you ready to take control of your headaches?

Hypnotherapy can help you to recover from the immediate pain of a headache and reduce their occurrence in the future.

The deep state of relaxation that hypnotherapy creates can help to neutralize the stress and tension that might lie behind your headaches.

Through hypnotherapy, you can learn how to manage the pain of your headaches, and also to identify and resolve your triggers.