My friend needs help with his headaches, I've tried practically every CT technique and after an hour his pain level had barely gone down.

He has these headaches 24/7 when he wakes up and when he goes to bed for hte past 2 years at a pain level of 8.

What can I do? He says the pain is either on the forehead and/or down on the side where the jaw bone is (like TMJ).

I would suggest that you ride the flows and sense where you feel that there is a reduction in the river of the flow and work from there rather than necessarily a "site" specific beginning point.

I know it may seem that the headache is the place to start but it may be in the neck or back or ? play with this and let us know what you discover.

Please also remember that the client is the healer.

Yeah I've tried working the whole head even.. but also I've tried the brain stem and the neck, all sort of things, not just focusing on where hte pain is. I dunno.. I keep in mind that the client is the healer so often times I try the trick of not doing anything at all and just be a still and peaceful being while keeping the issue in view and while that usually works, there was no progress.

Alain when you say, work from there.. you mean just womb that part or.. ?

My question was "where does it feel there is reduced flow"?

From there I will often begin with steam release, then move to wombing. I will ride the flows, drift, steam release some more, do a little tractor beaming and then more wombing.

I suggest you treat all his chakras, one by one, front and back.

There might be some emotional based dirt in his solar plexus chakra and that could cause headaches. But to be sure treat them all. Run energy to each chakra about 3 minutes and see what happens. This is basically reiki-treatment and it works well for emotional issues, which this might be. This way you also cover a lot of different meridians.

-Pete

I would also be quite interested in working on his sacrum as well as his feet. Often times when there is a problem going on at one end of the body, it is reflected at the other. You may consider keeping it light and easy, and working in those places... see what happens.

I am going to assume that he has seen a doctor regarding these headaches as well? Has anyone looked at the possibilities of environmental factors? Chemical exposure, allergen, some other irritant?

Also, has he ever gone to see a friendly neighborhood massage therapist? Does he have forward head posture? In other words does his head (when standing up) ride out in front of his torso? There is a muscle called sternocleidomastoid in the front of the neck (the thick cable of muscle on either side of your windpipe going up behind your ears) that has a pattern of referred pain that goes to not only the forehead, but to the side of the face and jaw... and many other places as well.

There could be a great many things contributing to these headaches, but 24/7 for 2 years is way out of the normal range.

Good luck and keep us posted... oh, and don't give up!

Hi John
you just done me a huge favour, i kept forgetting what these muscles at side of windpipe are called, because of the nerve damage to my neck after surgery, these muscles sort of stick out all the time as if tightening them! Been like this for nearly 7yrs, yes, you are definetly right, the pain goes to all of these places & yes, my head goes forward slightly, its sometimes hard to hold my head up

I'm going to write the name of the muscles down so i wont forget again!

Love Molinda.xx

I'm going to work with him again this week.

He went to the doctor and he didn't have any real solution other than prescribing medicinal marijuana. And my friend doesn't smoke drugs so he turned down the doctors offer.

If all else fails, then it could be sensitivity to something he eats or wears. Fasting a couple of days and not wearing any rings etc would be a good test. If then headache goes away, you would start bringing things back one by one and see which brings back the pain.

Sometimes it is something like sugar, coffee or wheet which causes radical reactions.

-Pete

Hi

This is an interesting thread, and I'm sure that your friend is ok now. Have you found out what was the cause of neck problems?
I'm sorry if this is very late replay, but I'm curious.

With Love
Jelena

I note that nobody here has mentioned looking at the water intake of your friend. I am busy reading "Your Body"s many cries for water" and there is a specific mention of migrains and headaches. One of the first things one should try is increasing your intake of plain water (only) so that you are taking 8 - 10 glasses a day. Headache is one sure sign of dehydration and barring serious things that a doctor can discount after some tests I would suggest he gives the water cure a try. You can access info about this on www.watercure.com. I mention this because a friend of mine was starting a migraine the other day and drank 2 glasses of water and it went away. Of course continue QT and all other suggestions.

Hope this helps

Love
Wendy

1.water and food tests are good suggestions.2.what changed in his life 2 years ago? something happened. you are the detective. 3. I have a feeling that you should try putting one palm over the eyes with the intention of it merging with the zygomatic bone, and one palm over the pubic crest with the intention of merging with it--then do your core/supercharging between the two points.

Hi Anto,

I would re-iterate what others have said.

My first thought when I read your post was the sacrum and coccyx, so I'm in agreement with QJ there. A lot of problems with headaches and TMJ can be caused by falls on the sacrum and coccyx. Falls there could possibly crack the sacrum - someone would not know about this until you get painful scar tissue formation. This can lead to the pelvis being 'out' with either an anterior or posterior tilt or a torsion. Also a discrepancy in leg length.

Postural patterns too such up what is known as Upper Cross Syndrome, where the head could be anterior on top of the shoulders and rib cage. This would be due to a slumped posture, where you get tight neck muscles, upper traps and weakness in the belly muscles so that there appears to be a pot belly. This can be helped with massage focussed on structural integration and can have a lot to do with posture.

Trigger points in SCM can cause referal headaches.

Then of course there is water intake, diet and allergies and food intolerances.

Check out the diaphragm and belly for tension, as if these areas are blocked or anything is blocked further down in the body, it will cause energy to become stagnant and collect at the top of the body without moving and this can cause headaches.

Finally, from a TCM and Shiatsu perspective it might be worth checking out and treating the Liver meridian, as headaches such as you describe can be caused by Liver Qi Stagnation, Liver Heat Rising or at its worst, Liver Fire Blazing - this may consist of pulsating headaches, feeling very hot and thirsty with a red face and tongue. The Liver is responsible for the smooth flow of Qi around the body. You may then find that perhaps the Kidney and Spleen meridians could be deficient. What you can do is tune into the body and ask it if there is any particular meridian that it would like you to work with. I do this using the cranial rhythm as a yes or no.

Apols that this is so long winded, but I would say that with headache problems, start working from the feet up. Correct the bottom of the body and open it up so that things can flow and this should help significantly.

Consider both Allergies and Sinuses (including sinus 'cavities). These can cause awful headaches which often don't get recognized. Treat with QT the areas related to potential allergies as well as potential mold or sinus infection, etc etc. Usually if these are the cause, they are first, more elusive; secondly may need to treat less obvious parts of the body too; and lastly often need some form of medication even if its herbal, improved nutrition (also can be like medication), etc. So yes, QT the areas in pain, but as everyone knows, ask if it has traveled elsewhere

Could it be that he may just simply respond better to a yang approach? What happens when you try SC?