hi folks I really hope you're well this is dr. Lawrence woods from this winery
and I'm here in the middle of Germany somewhere I came over to visit one of my
colleagues kind of interesting day I went into his office and his secretary
was whispering the lights were dimmed down as I approached him I could tell he
wasn't well and here's the guy's been start from I've known for ten years he's
been suffering with chronic headaches for last ten years
nothing medical has had all the tests and I just absolutely had enough of it I
said listen listen listen to me for once you'd like listen to me about your
health I went to his house I went through everything with him and I think we solved the problem and I'm gonna
share that with you two here today so off I went to his house and let me give
you a little bit backstory here I've been practicing for many years and I've
had phenomenal results treating headaches and I've pretty much exclusively attribute this to what I'm
about to share with you today and these methods should work for most of you even
if you don't suffer with headaches you want to keep this video in just in case
you do get headaches someday or you know somebody who suffers with headaches
because they're really gonna love you with these tips that I'm about to share
with you and of course I'm gonna have everything time-stamped below and let's
just get right to this video headaches are not only irritating they can
literally ruin your life if not dealt with properly headaches are really
common according to the World Health Organization nearly half the population
experienced a headache at least once a year making it the most
common disorder of the nervous system and generally treatment for those
suffering with headaches are typically over-the-counter medications for relief
there are are other options not only for treatment but those who
want to circumvent headaches in the first place ok let's start with the labels or what I call shoptalk and what
the experts classify is the most common types of headaches most common types are of course tension headaches affecting 70
percent of some populations and tenant's tension headaches are result of stress
or musculoskeletal problems and if you read my book explains the mechanism for
this and this primarily due to poor posture and these types of headaches
feel like pressure or tight band around your head and most of these resolve
within a few hours but chronic cases can last forever it seems like and they're
disabled and there's other types such as migraines or as they say in Ireland
migraine which triggers in your brain and causes the release of a pain
producing inflammatory substances around the nerves and your blood vessels in
your head the third type would be cluster
headaches which is a describes a brief but extremely severe
headaches that occur frequently and the thing with cluster headaches it's
usually around the eyes and then the last one and this is kind of crazy
sounding it's medication overuse headaches which is ironically caused by chronic use of headache medication so
there are many points to my method and the first point is looking at avoiding
headaches in the first place preventing a headache is even better than treatment
one so you want to start by avoiding anything that could possibly trigger a headache
and these triggers can vary from person to person but most of these triggers are
food so I'll go to his house I open up his kitchen cabinets and I start looking
through all his foods and I see everything everything is eaten
everything is all his foods are a potential trigger and so here's my
advice to you and my advice to him was we eliminated all these foods that were
triggers just cut them out for a bit and and and not forever but for a short
period of time until the headaches stopped and then we introduced these
foods one at a time back into your diet to see if that is the culprit so let's look at the common food triggers for
headaches include inflammatory inducing foods like cured meats and aged cheeses
and that's about like all they eat here and he ate mostly that Gruber met bushed Bal now washed and Bala and liebe Vorst
oh and folks never eat swine wash brains Siobhan's aged cheese's including like
gorgonzola Cameron Burt cheddar and what's the big one here in Germany it's called oh yeah burqa fish alcohol
especially wined we saw that he consumed every night there are bottles everywhere
I thought he would drink beer but it was a merlot I hate Merlot oh and here's one you
probably never thought about if you're suffering with asthma that too could be
the cause of your headaches typically headaches and asthma are caused by
inflammation and so if you have headaches is the blood vessels for
headaches that with or inflamed if you have asthma is the Airways or bronchial
tubes which are inflamed so if you're one of the poor sufferers who has both asthma and headaches researchers suggest
that maybe being a little bit more aggressive might be the answer and so
one thing would be to optimize your venom in d or vitamin D levels and this
is absolutely crucial that which means get it more out in this
get more Sun at least 20 minutes a day or you can take d3 with k2 other vitamin
deficiencies have been linked to headaches and these include like the B
vitamins b2 b6 b12 and also folic acid not all treatments worked as safe for
everyone which it might be worth your while to investigate a variety of different therapies and some of these
treatments may seem odd but they can actually provide fast relief since the
beginning of time people from all of the world have been using herbs to treat
headaches and a great example of this would be ro Delia Delia is incredibly
helpful for someone who suffers with a tension headache because it increases
the levels of serotonin and this is important when dealing with headaches
and it also makes you feel great you should also try a combination of
feverfew and ginger but this is used for migraine pain or as they say in Ireland
migraine and some people achieve this by just chewing on raw ginger which is said
to give instant relief chamomile tea is another option
especially for the relief again of tension headaches however only you use pure chamomile tea bags when you use
this remedy another great tip would be coriander see tea and coriander CET has
both anti-inflammatory and anti-pain relieving effects something to note
though when you're if you're going to use coriander seed tea let it steep for
at least 10 minutes before consuming and try not to add anything like citrus or
sweeteners since this could interfere with its effectiveness applying pressure
or massaging your headache seems also to be a great place to start for a relief
of pain you can do this by applying pressure to your head using a headband
or a bandana which can quickly reduce headache pain and this works because the
applied pressure can help reduce the blood flow to your scalp which
ultimately means less blood flow to the pounding blood vessels in your head you
can also achieve this similarly by gently kind of massage your your temples
your neck the base of your neck your scalp then this can help relieve a
tangent headache however if tension is causing your pain if it's a direct cause
of your pain consider trying some stretches that are specifically designed
for tension headaches for one thing you can stretch these muscles out and here
in the front to call the sternocleidomastoid and you can just
gently just tease these out with your fingertips just gently just stretch this
side on the on the left and then do the same on the right or you could take your
fingertips and just gently stretch that we're the base of your skull meets your
spine there's what they call the suboccipital muscles you can just
gently in circular motions just roundly just work these muscles out back in here
and that works really well as well here's another one did you know that so
can your feet in warm water is an ancient method that actually works the
idea is to draw blood to your lower extremities to reduce the blood vessel
pressure in your head and you can do this really simply by filling your tub
full of hot water you could add things like magnesium
salts or even mustard power to give it that extra kick then soak your feet for
about 30 minutes and then finish with a towel dry who would ever guess that one way the cure your headache would be
through your feet as I mentioned earlier headache pain may be derived from
swollen blood vessels and one quick remedy and this sounds crazy is but it's
the drink a cup of coffee and is surprising I know but the coffee can
help constrict as a vasoconstrictor the blood vessels leading to your head help
and relieve pain and if you don't like coffee you can try ginger tea which works well or as I mentioned earlier
coriander see tea now here's another one although I'm not exactly an expert on essential oils I do
know that they carry biologically active volatile compounds in flowers and plants
in highly concentrated forms and these compounds appear to help with headaches and there are different herbs that are
said to work with different types of headaches for example my patients all
tell me that peppermint works best for tension headaches especially take a drop
of it rub it into the area hurts peppermint and basil works best for
migraines and also rosemary rosemary is a general all-purpose headache pain
reliever learning how to understand your body so you know how to respond
naturally the headache paint works great too and this is called biofeedback and
it is performed by electric sensors to track your body's primary function such
as your temperature your blood pressure heart rate and your muscle tension and then the data is sent back to a computer
and to the patient in the form of computer images and sounds and these
images and sounds are ultimately meant to teach you how to prevent headaches
from occurring by learning to understand and control what your body is telling
you I know that sounds like a mouthful but here's an example if you see that
your heart rate is going up and you see that on the screen you might try to slow
down your breathing right does that make sense
and researchers say that headache therapy such as biofeedback may end up
being more cost effective than perching prescription medication
and probably much safer over time furthermore regular exercise can reduce
the frequency and intensity of headaches and migraines and this is because when
you exercise your body releases endorphins which are the body's natural painkillers and also gets the blood
pumping gets the blood flowing which is really important so consider things like
cycling gentle running swimming or even fast paced walking to reduce pain even a
quick cardio workout may be enough to halt the headache from progressing and
this is because it triggers that the release of pain reducing neurotransmitters and similarly if you
get migraines you want to consider maybe even trying yoga because if you combine
breathing exercises with physical poses and meditation you may feel more relaxed
and your muscle tension your body might feel a heck of a lot better that brings
me to my next point is which is the tension might be the direct cause of
your headache in the first place which is why according to a recent research
paper any sort of relaxation technique such as like deep breathing or using
mental imagery or listening to relaxing music might give you relief something
that very few people consider is that blue or bright lights might trigger a
headache and for this I recommend that app called flux which will work on all
your media devices or my personal favorite is to pick up a pair of blue
blocking glasses and you can find these glasses pretty much anywhere on the
internet you may need to regenerate your cell your batteries to eliminate the
underlying cause of your headache your cells have these things called mitochondria which are the tiny motor of
your cells and they may need more energy in a quick way to achieve this is by
taking a supplement called coenzyme q10 or also known as ubiquinol and this
tends to work great for most people about half the people with three current headaches are deficient in magnesium so
increasing your consumption of dark leafy green vegetables which are high in
magnesium may correct the direct cause of your headaches there are so many options you can try as well again
another colossal one that most people never even think about is practicing
proper posture make great posture part of your everyday workout it makes all
the difference in the world in terms of frequency and severity of headaches
however if chronic headaches persist even after you tried all the natural
options that I discussed in this video maybe you should seek out a natural
healthcare provider who can help you determine and resolve
the underlying issues that might be there