Relieve your Deep, Hard-to-Describe Headache
It's coming from your Occipital Ridge! Let's alleviate that real quick.
Please step into your imagination with me for a sec:
Imagine that there is a screen in front of you. (is that possible for you to imagine? ;) Now imagine that this screen gets more and more absorbent of your energy as the minutes pass, as the hours pass. It starts to magnetize your face toward it and before long, your head that was once stacked on top of your neck, is now inches in front of your shoulders, your neck reaching for and clutching your head in a desperate attempt to keep it upright.
Was that a difficult thing to imagine or are you literally doing that very thing right now? When your head is stacked on top of your shoulders, the muscles of your head and neck are neutral and relaxed. When your head comes forward of your shoulders, there are a TON of muscles that fire and stay fired to hold your head in this new place in an effort to keep you looking straight ahead instead of dropping your gaze downward, the trajectory that your head is naturally going when it’s in front of your shoulders.
These are the suboccipital muscles, some of the hardest working muscles to pull your head upright when your alignment is off. When the suboccipitals are tight, they’ll compress the nerves below them, which sets of a chain of effects to tighten other muscles and create pain referrals, resulting in those deep, behind the eyes or in the skull headaches. Sometimes headache pain caused by occipital tightness can be hard. to define in terms of where it’s coming from.
Something you can do is roll out your occipital tension! Grab a roller or a yoga block and let’s goooo!
Headaches are more complicated than just this area.
Grab the full Neck & Shoulder Relief Masterclass for a COMPLETE tool kit of every technique you’ll ever need to roll out your tension, stress and pain.
Enjoy and have a great weekend!