We all get headaches and the vast majority of them and nothing to worry about
in this video I'm going to teach you how to get rid of them and when you should seek medical attention
so what can we do to stop headaches well drink plenty water six to eight
glasses a day avoiding missing meals avoid drinking alcohol and when you can
exercise now you can also take paracetamol or ibuprofen to help with the
pain but always speak to your pharmacist and read the information leaflet to make sure
that it's suitable and safe to take it also remember that if you're taking the
painkiller for 15 days or more per month it can actually be causing your headache
this is something called medication overuse and I'll leave more information
about this in description below for you now there's also many things that can
either bring on a headache or make it worse and these are often overlooked by
many patients so let's run through them tip number 1 now you may find that you
work ten hours a day Monday to Friday you get no headaches
and on a weekend you wake up with a pounding headache now this is all
because your stress hormones are dropping and you're getting a rapid
release of neurotransmitters so to avoid these weekend headaches you need to try
and sleep for seven to eight hours on a weekend I know you're tired I know
you've worked really hard but this oversleeping is causing the headaches
also try and incorporate relaxing time during your weekdays don't just save it all
for the weekend so try and incorporate something like yoga throughout the week
as well and this will help which moves us on to tip 2 if you think housework is
giving you headaches then you could be right because many cleaning products
perfumes air fresheners contain chemicals that can bring on headaches so
I guess it could be an excuse for you not to do the cleaning now to fix this
it's pretty simple just avoid using heavy smelling cleaning products and
perfumes and air fresheners and things like that also leave as many windows
open as possible and it's gonna help get more fresh air in and more of the heavy
smells out tip number 3 bright lights flickering lights and even glare
these can actually induce migraines by increasing certain chemicals in the
brain which activate the migraine center now to fix this try wearing sunglasses
polarized lenses also help with the glare from monitors you can also try
adjusting the brightness on your monitor this will help with the glare or use a
glass screen now if you're working in an office or somewhere that has fluorescent
lights these tents of flicker so try and use an alternative light source which
will help with this which moves us on to tip 4 posture now bad posture can
cause tension in your back in your neck and even in your shoulders and this can
bring on headaches so instead try not to sit down or stand up for long periods in
the same position try to move around more and try to sit upright as much as
you can tip number 5 is all about anger now we all get angry it's normal
but remember when you do get angry the muscles in the back of your neck in your
scalp they tense and this can cause tension
headaches so you need to find ways to relax more so when you feel like you
gonna get angry take a deep slow breath in through your
nose and out of your mouth I'll also leave some really useful links of
different relaxation techniques all of these are gonna help relax the muscles
and reduce your risk of getting these tension headaches
tip number six food triggers now we're all different and different foods can
affect us all differently whether common triggers for headaches are cheese fizzy
drinks and processed meats so keep a food diary on your phone write down
everything you eat when you eat it and when you get a headache or a migraine
then try and find a correlation and then eliminate them foods for a month or
two now I wouldn't advise you to eliminate a food forever until you consult your
doctor and make them aware of this now with headaches there are sometimes
what we call red flags and these are symptoms that you should look out for
and seek medical attention for now there's quite a lot of these and it's
going to take me forever to explain on video for you so what I will do is leave a
full list in the description below and I'd advise everyone to read it and
that's the end of this week's video headaches and never nice and I really
hope my tips help you also if you have any of your own tips leave a comment
below for everyone else see you next week we all get headaches and the vast
majority of them are nothing really to.. tip number one now you may work ten hours a
week ten hours a day (Laughter)
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