@drjoedamiani: 🔥 HEADACHE RELEASE GUIDE! If you experience recurring headaches, the problem isn't always coming from where you feel the pain. Muscles around your jaw, neck, shoulders, and forehead can develop sensitive areas that refer pain into different regions of your head. 💡 Here's what's happening: ⚡ Temporalis → Can contribute to pain around your temples and sides of your head. ⚡ Trapezius + Suboccipitals → Can refer pain from the neck and upper shoulders toward the back of your head, temples, or forehead. ⚡ Splenius Capitis → Can contribute to pain extending from the back of your neck toward the top of your head. ⚡ Frontalis → Tension and sensitivity in this muscle may contribute to discomfort across your forehead. 🛠️ Try these 4 headache releases: ✅ STEP 1: TEMPORALIS RELEASE Place three fingers along the side of your head near your temple. Apply gentle pressure and massage up and down or across the muscle fibers to reduce tension. ✅ STEP 2: SPLENIUS CAPITIS STRETCH Gently tilt and rotate your head toward one side, then use your hand to guide your head slightly downward. Hold the stretch, release, and repeat without forcing the movement. ✅ STEP 3: TRAPEZIUS + SUBOCCIPITAL RELEASE For the trapezius, place one hand behind your back and tilt your head toward the opposite shoulder, gently assisting with your other hand. For the suboccipitals, tuck your chin while supporting the back of your head. Apply gentle pressure near the base of your skull with your thumb as you slowly rotate your head. ✅ STEP 4: FRONTALIS RELEASE Place a fingertip on your forehead and gently massage back and forth, then up and down, working across areas of tension. 🔥 Why this matters: These releases may help with muscle-related headache symptoms, although not every headache is caused by muscle tension. The goal is to identify the muscles that may be contributing to your pain and address them more effectively. #HeadacheRelief #TensionHeadache #TriggerPoints #NeckPain #PhysicalTherapy

Dr. Joe Damiani, DPT

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