TENSION HEADACHES

Tension Headaches are generally a sharp, steady, throbbing or tight, lingering headache pain. Tension headaches occur often by untraceable triggers. Approximately 45 million Americans suffer from chronic headaches. Tension headaches are the most common form of headaches. While it was believed tension headaches were the result of neck or scalp muscles becoming tense and contracting, researchers have only found this to be true in some tension headaches. A new theory describes interference in nerve pathways to the brain as a more likely commonality of tension headaches.