1% Thursday: Learn a Relaxation Technique

Learn and practise a new relaxation technique.

Relaxation techniques for migraine are actually among the best treatments, and yet they are so often written off as too difficult or time consuming to learn, or perhaps people don’t realize how mainstream and well researched this type of treatment is.

Yes, you can go to a professional and learn some excellent relaxation techniques.  However, you can get started very easily – in just a few minutes – and very quickly make that 1% (or more) difference in your life.

Relaxation techniques may be effective early in an attack, during an attack – maybe to help you get to sleep, or just help alleviate symptoms, or anytime.

For an introduction to some options, check this article on Relaxation Techniques for Migraines and Headaches from WebMD.  It’s a very short article that will actually give you some quick tips that will get you started.  Give it a try – experiment – you might be surprised how much it helps!

What is 1% Thursday?

Every Thursday at Headache and Migraine News (weather permitting) we’ll talk about one measurable, practical thing we can do to make our lives just 1% better.  Usually it will be something very easy, sometimes it will be a challenge.  Let us know if you try it, or share an idea of your own – and maybe a year from now we’ll see that things have really changed for the better!