It is important to learn the migraine pressure point or points that bring relief. A migraine pressure point is a point on your body that, when pressed, will lessen the pain in your head. Surprisingly, a migraine pressure point is not necessarily the point that hurts most. If you suffer migraines or chronic headaches, you are not alone. In fact, you're in good company. A migraine is only one type of headache. In the United States alone, 24 million people suffer with migraines with 75% of them being women. Traditional Chinese Medicine contains a wealth of headache pain relief information and headache pain remedies, treatments and techniques. Some treatments like herbal therapy and acupuncture require a trained professional to administer them. However, there are many headache relief techniques such as acupressure, massage and breathing exercises that can easily be applied by anyone. All you need is a few minutes to learn them and a quiet place to do them.

Headache and Migraine Relief

The problem with headaches and migraines is that it is hard to identify why they happen. Sometimes, it is obvious; your head is stuffy from sinus pressure or you fell and bumped your head pretty hard. But most of the time, they just creep up on you over a few hours until you finally reach the point where any type of movement, noise, or bright light feels like a hammer smashing against your head.

Migraine Pressure Point Technique

You will be treating each migraine pressure point with these simple steps.

• Use only the pads of your thumbs or first two fingers – never the ends.
  
  * Keep the pressure light to moderate, depending on how sensitive the point is to your touch.
  
  * Press hard enough so you can feel hardness or tension under your thumb or fingers.
  
  * If a migraine pressure point hurts so much that you can't take a deep breath, apply less pressure on that point.
  
  * Let your fingers sink into the migraine pressure point as you apply pressure gradually. Feel your thumb or finger going gently, gradually deeper and deeper.

Natural Cures for Migraine Headaches

Usually the headaches will be on one side of the head and often centered around one eye. Noise and light seem to be intolerable, and eating might be impossible. People sometimes will just go to bed with a migraine to try and lessen the pain. When the headache finally wears off, usually one to two days later, the sufferer will be pretty weak and shaken. After feeling normal again the person will usually feel alert and fine, until the next migraine strike occurs.