How does stress cause a headache?

Answer 1

Only five element theyory of Acupuncture can explain it, pl see how far do you understand it.
If your stress is due to fear - fear of quitting job, financial uncertainty, family problems etc. - h/a will be there.
Acoording to theory fear is emotion related to water element and water element is related to all pains. All thoughts are from brain, hence the nerves get inflamed and cause the h/a.

Many people have habit to think of future and worry for it.
According to theory the emotion worry belongs to element humidity. The element humidity controls water element as per theory; if it becomes excessive it overpowers water element and hence water element becomes deficient creating pain. Again the worry is also from brain hence the h/a.

A 5000 year old theory explains almost all problems nicely and we get treatment results accordingly; hence it is true.

There is no medicine for H/A OR MIGRAINE. Not only these but for almost all painful diseases. Hence they become chronic.
Acidity, WORRY, excessive wind, cold , heat, sour food and sinusitis, constipation, intestinal inflammation; drug side effects, stress, bad smell, TV & COMPUTER SOMETIMES,
Blockage in the flow of Vital Energy are their causes. None of them can be treated with medicine. Our 100% success in treating migraine &H/A confirms it.

Acupuncture is the best treatment.
I can treat it with naturopathy and YOG, but how can you manage pl see.
Pain killers don't treat the pain but we loose the sense of pain for some time; in that duration our body itself treats sometime and credit goes to meds.

Avoid late sleeping if possible; worry, spicy foods, sour fruits, stale bakery foods and alcohole.
Sweet foods, COCOANUT WATER,sweet fruits, milk, rice, SPROUTS, SALADS and good sleep will help you.

But you try one herbal remedy- two drops of drumstick leaves' juice in opposite nostril if one side pains and both nostrils if full H/A will give you rescue. Betel leaf helps but it is very strong.

If it is acute pl search a painful point 3-6 mm behind your thumb nail and press it, H/A will disappear within 30 seconds.

Source(s):
SHREE SWASTHYAYOG TREATMENT, TRAINING & RESEARCH INSTITUTE
R.H. 19, Jhulelal Society, Sector 2/E, Airoli, Navi Mumbai, INDIA.

Answer 2

The easy answer would be tense muscles in the neck and shoulders. I am sure there are other causes to tension and stress headaches, but I think that is probably the most common one.

Answer 3

well, as we get stressed (depending on the type of stress), we tend to tense certain muscle groups. as the tension continues, the muscles also become stressed, like overworking your legs & having them hurt. this is why massaging the head & neck helps, along with typical analgesics (pain relievers).

there is one theory that suggests that oxygen flow decreases to the scalp, causing pain, but there is little medical research to support that