- Migraine headache relief.
We found research that 77% of the people
who use a simple technique
drop their headache pain dramatically.
- Tanner, show the study online.
- That's right, so I don't have to say it.
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Migraine headaches.
We've found some research supporting that
a very simple technique to reduce it.
55 participants gained notable relief
with the simple use- - After about 30 minutes.
- With the cold pack.
We'll get in a little more detail on how to work with this.
So to do this, obviously, you need a cold pack,
and you need a a decent cold pack,
so when you pull it out of the freezer, it's pliable.
- Right.
- Okay, and it's comfortable,
'cause you're gonna be putting it on the carotid artery,
on the side of your neck, here.
- By the way, we have a couple, Bob, hot and cold packs.
- Right. These are our cold packs, Bob and Brad,
from iReliev, they're excellent cold packs.
They have a very nice side on one.
They don't get hard when you pull 'em out.
They're still pliable, which is-
- [Bob] Comfortable.
- Absolutely necessary. Yeah, and comfortable.
So you can put it, you know, here, typically.
- [Bob] On the carotid artery.
- Yep. You can go on both sides.
And
the relief from the studies report after 30 minutes,
they had, you know, significant pain relief.
- Talk about these pillows, Brad.
- Oh, yes.
So the positioning I'm working here is,
you notice I have pillows here,
and there's a reason for that,
and I'm gonna rest my forearms on that.
And that takes and elevates my shoulders and scapulas.
- Shoulder blades.
- So it relaxes these muscles here,
and you're much more relaxed,
when you relax, things work better.
- Less headaches.
Because you can get headaches simply
from these muscles becoming overtight.
Little levator or scapulae, et cetera. Upper traps.
- [Bob] Well said, Brad.
- So, here we go.
Position like this.
Be in a comfortable position, maybe even a chair
that you can relax your head back on a recliner.
Or a nice, soft cushioned chair.
- [Bob] Well, show that next one now.
- That's right.
Now there is a muscle specifically, I referred to it.
It connects the shoulder blade
all the way to the base of the skull,
it's called the levator scapulae,
It's a muscle that real commonly gets tight and knotted up.
- It's a troublemaker.
- Yep. It creates pain, creates headaches, shoulder pain.
We're gonna actually get over that.
You have a big enough cold pack,
you can get the carotid artery
and over the levator scapulae, which I have here.
This smaller cold pack would work,
but not as well as this size.
And we're gonna leave that on there for up to 20 minutes.
You know, do not, it's nice not to put these
directly on your skin.
I think with this material,
on these particular cold packs, you can.
- [Bob] They're made for it.
- Yep.
One side is, and you can clearly feel,
it feels like a cloth.
But if there's any doubt, put down
like a pillowcase or something.
A cloth for a little barrier.
- [Bob] Thin towel.
- Yep.
And just relax.
If you haven't used a cold pack before,
it's a little, "Ooh, it's cold,"
but give it about 30 seconds,
and you should feel the relief.
Sometimes, some people, like myself, I put a cold pack on,
it's very quickly comfortable.
Everyone has a different feel for that.
Another position,
you get these cold packs and comfortably,
you see Bob here is laying very comfortably with a pillow.
- Lying.
Lying, under the neck and the shoulders.
And these two pillows really can make a difference
on allowing your shoulders and your arms
to completely relax.
The more relaxed you are, the more effective.
Take a cold pack, we're gonna go under here.
There we go. And lay back.
And the position of the cold pack is gonna be
a little bit different from person to person.
That person will know.
Gonna put this one to get over that carotid.
That is a nice size for that.
This one here is a little bit bigger, but it's okay.
I can get the other side here, and tuck with that.
Now this is something that Bob could easily do himself,
and probably better off than someone else doing it,
but just for demonstration and application, I'm doing it.
- Feels good.
- Yeah.
So then you're gonna lie there,
you know, 15, 20 minutes. Relax.
If you're feeling anything unusual, like,
it should continue to feel comfortable,
and better the longer you lay.
If you're having some weird reaction from the cold,
it may not be for you.
Some people do not respond well to cold.
Most people do.
- Get rid of the headache.
- Yep. Get rid of the headache. No medication.
Just a simple, old-fashioned cold pack.
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