I remember since 4th grade getting what turned out to be tension headaches and was sick every night. I think it was the result of a playground injury in my neck that inflamed, I didn’t tell my parents about, so they never knew to help me fix it. It rendered me its shaky, weak, nauseous victim until I did two of three things; throw up, sleep for hours, or take medicine before it progressed too long. But I could pretty much guarantee it would likely happen the next day.
Those were the days I turned to the Ibuprofen bottle and didn’t look back.

It wasn’t until enrolling in Massage Therapy training that I realized I could do anything preventative about my headaches, as a student my classmates and I worked on each other for practice and suddenly I was getting less headaches. I was only getting headaches every few days instead of most of the week.

My first job after school was at a Chiropractic Office, where I realized, again, there was MORE preventative action I could take! I reduced my headaches to one a month or less that year. That was phenomenal for me and so life giving.

Since then I have realized that I can improve things even more with massage cupping and working out. I get a headache threat every so often but when I do, its because I haven’t gotten a massage, been working out as regularly as I should, but can still nip it in the bud with a couple tricks.

If you get headaches too try this.

As a quick fix use dōTERRA’a Deep Blue blend or Deep Blue Rub on  neck, shoulders, pecs and shoulder blades.
Swipe a drop of Lavender Essential Oil across the forehead. I’ll even drink a drop of dōTERRA’S in 4 oz. of water because its food grade and my doctor gave clearance.

And when nursing a baby sub out Deep Blue Rub for Clary Sage Essential Oil.

These are some great choices that will start to alleviate the tension that is responsible for the pain!

If headaches are a common problem for you, don’t just deal with them. They are stealing days of your life that you will never get back!

I would suggest massage, exercise, chiropractic as a preventative measure and keep some natural powerhouses (essential oils) in your medicine cabinet. And of course contact your doctor if you are concerned about the issue.

Always talk to your doctor before ingesting oils and don’t even consider it unless they have a “supplements fax” on the bottle.
Children under 6 should not ingest oils.