Headaches and Muscles of the face

Did you know that tension headaches are often caused by tight muscles that are not even on the head but on the neck and shoulders?   This is called referred pain.  When certain muscles on the neck and shoulders tighten and pass the pain threshold due to accumulation of stress and tension (or other factors such as repetitive stress or bad posture),  Trigger Points on the muscles are activated.  These trigger points usually perpetuate this pain cycle. 

This is where Trigger Point Therapy works its best magic.  By applying gentle TPT to the relevant points on the tense muscles, their resting tone can be lowered sufficiently to relieve the tightness, and hence relieving the headache that it causes.  Trigger Point Therapy has proven to be highly successful in relieving headaches.

Similar treatment on trigger points in the TMJ area relieves pain and tightness in the jaw .