THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS TO USE TEMPERATURE THERAPY FOR HEADACHE RELIEF.
• Warming the Scalp. If you can apply warmth to the scalp at the first hint of an impending migraine, the headache can often be aborted. Even if it materializes, after applying heat, the headache is usually mild and subdued.
Many female migraineurs have discovered the advantages of using a bonnet-type hair dryer. They have been largely displaced by the blower type, but can still be found. And countless millions remain stowed away in attics. If you cannot locate one, ask around among your women friends.
Although bonnet-type hair dryers have been used almost exclusively by women, they work just as well for male migraineurs.
At the first sign of an impending headache, set the dryer to “warm” and sit under it. Some women find the warmth so soothing that they often snooze for as long as half an hour. When they wake up, the headache is gone.
As you have probably guessed, the warm air dilates constricted arteries in the head during Stage 2, and the migraine sequence is broken. Lacking a hair dryer, you could use a hot towel.
Dip a medium sized towel in hot water at not above 112?F. Wring it out and wrap it in a single layer of another dry towel. Then arrange it on top of the head so that as much of the scalp as possible is covered. But moist heat seems to work better.
After several applications, use your fingers to massage your scalp. Using a rhythmic pattern, work right down to the ears and down the back of the neck.
Whether using a hair dryer or towel, stop immediately if you begin to experience actual headache pain—a signal that the headache has entered Stage 3. It’s then too late for any more heat therapy. Heat is beneficial only during Stage 2.
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