TMJ is shorthand for Temporomandibular Joint. That refers to your temple area and your jaw bone (mandible.) The joint is supposed to move smoothly but when it doesn’t you may end up with a diagnosis of TMJ Dysfunction or TMJD. What can cause your TMJ to stop moving smoothly? An injury or trauma that causes [...]
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Yoga and Head Pain: 6 Ways Yoga Helps You Get Rid of Your Headache
Posted in headaches on Oct 18th, 2009
How can yoga help relieve your headaches? Oh, let me count the ways: It relaxes the muscles around your chest, ribs, shoulders and neck. These are the same muscles that get tight and cause headache symptoms. Yoga helps reduce your stress. When you’re feeling all stressed, your muscles “clamp down” on nerves that go to [...]
Yoga and Headaches – 6 Ways Yoga Gets Rid of Head Pain
Posted in headaches, posture, strengthening your back, stretching on Apr 30th, 2009
Muscles, posture and headaches are closely related. Discover what causes head pain and what to do to get rid of it.
Waking Up With Head Pain? What Causes Morning Headaches?
Posted in migraines on Feb 25th, 2008
Do most of your headaches occur during the night, or as soon as you start to get out of bed? Then it’s possible that sleeping positions and movements that strain your neck are responsible for your head pain. It always amazes me that we can hurt ourselves even in our sleep, but we do. Sometimes [...]

