A Novel Headache Treatment - Acupressure - By: Gustaf Eriksson

There are lots of headache cures on the market. If you want to avoid pain killers it can be difficult to assess how effective they are.
An acupressure mat - a version of acupuncture without needles - will provide practically instant headache relief.

Having headache (including migraine) often leads to taking days off sick and generally having a lower quality of life, more visits to a doctor and taking medication more often.

There is scientific evidence to claim that acupuncture helps to make headaches less frequent and less severe. It is even more telling that the effects can be measured up to a year since a course of treatment was finished by an acupuncture therapist.

Differently put - it is effective for a long time!

So acupuncture is an effective and safe alternative to conventional drugs (aspirin, acetaminophen, ibuprofen, or naproxen, used individually or in combination.), that often have quite severe and possibly dangerous side effects.

Some of the unwanted effects include tiredness, stomach problems, constipation, a feeling of nausea and problems breathing. None of these unwanted effects happen when you have acupuncture, it is much safer.

So how does acupuncture work?

In traditional oriental medicine the needles are placed in spots on the body that either stimulate or inhibit the flow of energy - "Qi" - that flows through our bodies.

According to the ancient theories illness results when the energy flow is disrupted for some reason. Even though modern medicine does not understand it's way of working, it is gaining in popularity.

A more "user friendly" concept than conventional acupuncture has recently been developed, mainly in Sweden, based on research in the US and in Russia.

Introducing the modern concept of the acupressure mat, the "Hedgehog Mat". This version of the ancient Indian "spike mat" or "fakir mat" consists of thousands of small pressure points, packaged into a flexible and soft cotton fabric.

The theory was, that since there are so many acupressure points, some of them will hit the right spot och thus work the same way as an acupuncture needle would.

Your muscles will relax and your whole body will also experience increased blood flow. It is extremely easy to use, it can be used by anyone, at any time and anywhere. Another big advantage is that it requires no training and it is effortless.

It is used for a variety of common ailments, for example muscle pain and insomnia.

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Getting rid of headaches and finding a method for tension headache relief can be difficult, especially if you want to avoid pain killers and other drugs. The acupressure mat works - read more here!

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