How to Release Tension for FAST MIGRAINE RELIEF 

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I’ve had migraines for as long as I can remember. I’ve been diagnosed with migraines, tension headaches, cluster headaches, sinus headaches, everything you can imagine. I wish someone would have showed me these sooner! Nothing is worse than a migraine and these stretches help so much!

oh my god, 30 years of migraines and this is the first relief strategy that actually works. i'm speechless. thank you so much!

When I was in the navy, it seemed MDs (well, officers in general) tended to look down on we junior enlisted. Wartime medicine, I spoze. I was stricken by a migraine attack once (1970s) when I went to medical (I had never had a migraine before) and the MD who saw me actually took the time to explain to me what was happening. I find it amazing that much of what she told me about what we knew about migraines back then .... is repeated here. Thank you very much!!

I have been doing this splenius muscle stretch every day for a month now. I had a chronic point of pain on the back of my head which disappeared after a few days of doing the stretch and never came back. I'm having a hormonal migraine now and usually the pain is moderate, but now it's one of the most mildest migraine I've ever had. Today I was watching the morning news, they talked about tension headaches and migraines originating from the splenius muscle. I thought about Dr. Rowe, what a wonderful human being he is to share his knowledge with us.

I wrote a comment three hours ago. I had a splitting headache in the exact muscles you are demonstrating. Three hours ahead and my headache is completely gone. I did the exercises with you. I'm in Oregon. Can't thank you enough!!!!!

I am a RN who struggles with migraines as well as Fibromyalgia. These exercises, as well as those on your other videos, are helpful overall for muscle and nerve pain. Thank you.

My favorite place to be: a front-Rowe classroom seat with the Doc 😀

On day 3 of a migraine and this gave me so much relief as I’m trying not to take meds anymore. Thanks for this!

I had cluster migrains for five years... They were hormonal... Left me disabled on many occasion. My daughter now suffers... I had to resort to having a full hysterectomy. My then Dr was horrid. He had me on antidepressants and epilepsy drugs for five years. Refusing to let me see my gynecologist to discuss it. It wouldn't happen today. I've learned to research holistic remedies. Also to speak up. May anyone that suffers migrains, truly find a release from the torture... Peaceful Blessings ✨💛✨🕊️🙌🏻🙏🏻🤗

I 've just wanted to say that with these exercises you gave some relief to a little kid who is suffering from migraines for 4 years now. Really appreciate it!

I've had cluster headaches (sharp acute pain behind and above left eye) for years before they were discussed on the internet. They went away for some years since 2015 and have recently returned. As an engineer, I'm very observant. This time around, I'm seeing relationship between stress, occipital nerves and muscles, sinuses, and possible jaw shifts back into place, due to ortho braces I had installed. This time I will look forward to trying strength training on my neck and shoulders, since bilateral pain often uncovers weakness in opposite muscles.

This a really good tutorial. My partner used to get migraines for 3-4 days weekly plus recovery. These headaches really made him miserable with pain, nausea and no sleep. He cannot take nsaids as he is on blood thinners so it's mostly white knuckles for a day or 3. He got off gluten which has allowed him to go months without a migraine. Now when he gets one he uses magnesium in some form or other right away to relax muscles. I could see myself giving him massage to help with the pain. This is the kind of tutorial that makes me very glad I subscribe to this channel.

This dude is amazing. Holy shit i cant believe that stretching my neck would ever resolve headaches

The first stretch provided more instant relief than I’ve got in years. Thank you so much!!

I have had a migraine for 6 days. I have been so miserable. Nothing worked until I found your video. Thank you so much 😭😭😭

another chronic migraines patient here, just in the middle of my 12th migraine for this month. My mental health is pretty down these days but just wanted to let you know that your video is helping me significantly! Thank you, Dr. Rowe!

These and bunko nasal breathing/humming exercises, magnesium, sun, d3, melatonine, paleo/keto/anti inflammatory diets, lots of water, water with a pinch of marine salt, are life changers for migraine sufferers!!! Thanks a million.

I found some muscles I didnt know I had, and now the stinging pain behind my eyes has lessened. Thanks!

Good morning, Doctor Rowe! I hope that everyone has a great day! ☺️

My brain is aware that your videos result in happiness and now as soon as you start talking my whole body starts to relax even when I didn’t know it was tense!❤❤❤

Dude.. you have saved me tons of doctor visits already. 🙌🏼 Including when I had hurt my back and could hardly move.

There is a divice on the market which massages your skull and even gives you relaxing goosebumps.

The older I get, the more my searches land me on this guys channel. THANKS DR Rowe

See for the first time: also a migrain person for almost 50 years: I wil gone start the exercises. Thanks for sharing. Greetings from the Netherlands🙏🏼

I just got rid of a migraine right now with these stretches. Fabulous! Can’t wait to start them daily and be migraine free!

Been unable to sleep for a few days now...just like anyone else i came to youtube... lucky me i got myself instant relief and yes i won't be bother by migraines agian😊

One of your most valuable offerings This will be helpful to many people❣️

This was extremely helpful! My tension migraines last for days and these actually help lessen them. Dr. Rowe clearly and concisely explained these exercises and exactly why they help. Thank you so much for posting this video!

💢My first migraine. A headache that I went to sleep with turned into a full blown migraine right when I woke up- puking and all the other negative symptoms. Didn’t know if I had a stomach bug but the headache made me think migraine. I have a new baby and have been pushing my body way too hard without giving it any tlc. These stretches took a 9/10 headache to a 3/10 (with a little help from a thc rub & a few puffs of cbd + thc pen) The pain is still there and dull but now I feel like I have a course of action. Thank you!

A few years ago, I injured my back, the entire longissimus muscle. Touching it felt like a round cable, (inflamed, swollen and very painful), instead of laying flater. The L. capitis was the worst, I would get nauseous. In addition to this accident, I have degenerative cervical disk issues, level 3. I learned from your videos how to eventually fix it all, to a point. But, I feel almost as good as 35yrs ago. 😁

I kept feeling like I was coming down with a fever today. Top-front of my head felt a ton of pain/pressure and a tightness and pressure behind the eyes. Then this video popped up and I realize I’m having a migraine! Thank you, I’m getting so much relief!!

Im 29..i had migraines since 7 years old..its horrible i do not wish upon anyone! It literally takes away joy and life in everything.

You just saved my life. 4 days with a migraine, with doctors prescribing me painkillers and steroids. Nothing helped. This is genuinely the first pain relief that I had. Thank you so much!

If I gently massage those muscles at the back of my skull, I get nauseous, and the only relief is vomiting. which, in turn, makes the pounding headache worse. Vomiting does relieve the nauseous felling, but no relief from the headaches.

TMJ tension headaches have been killing me today. These stretches provided instant relief. Thank you sooo much

These stretches are a tremendous help. Thank you!!

Omg I’ve had repeated terrible headaches for 2 weeks and I was getting so worried. This helped me so much thank you so much

What is this wizardry? Feeling the beginning of a migraine, I stumbled upon this video, and, although I can't say the pain has completely gone, I can bear to look at my phone screen enough to type this. Usually it'd be a pitch black, silent room and a bowl in case I vomit by now. Thank you so much

I was looking up videos to try to help my relief. And I can’t wait to try these when I am home from work tonight after reading all these comments. Here is my story: I always thought that I knew what a migraine was I have had headaches off and on a lot the past few years. I now know that the headaches I was experiencing were nowhere near a migraine. I started getting pretty bad headaches at the beginning of November. Also, around the same time bye was having toothache problems. After looking around at some stuff online, I found out that having to have a root canal can also cause a migraine or a headache. I haven’t been to the dentist in a long time. Not really for any specific reason, it had just been a long period of time since I went. To make a long story short, I got my root canal done and felt OK for a couple of days. And then the headaches came back and they’ve gotten worse and have been horrible ever cents. I couldn’t enjoy Thanksgiving, my boyfriend and I’s anniversary, or Christmas. This is the first migraine I’ve ever experienced, and it hasn’t stopped cents. I’ve been to many different doctors, and they all tried to give me different things to help. No one can find the source of the migraine. Around this time in November, I did have a job transition and a lot of changes so some doctors related this to stress. But I never knew stress could cause this much pain. And after going to see a ear nose and throat doctor, she let me know that she thinks that I have what is called a vestibular migraine. no fluid in the ears which is good but I do get on and off dizziness and I am sensitive to smells bright lights, etc. I got the paperwork on a vestibular migraine and I feel like my whole world changed. I had to take into account, food triggers, And other things that I never thought about. I’m not sure that it is food related because again I’ve never had this problem but at this point I would try anything. So I have been on an elimination diet and eating foods that are only good for migraines, and nothing that can potentially trigger it and that hasn’t helped yet. I was told to try vitamin B2 and B12 which I take daily. I have also seen that magnesium helps so I take that at night two hours after I take nortriptyline. I was hesitant to try nortriptyline because of all the symptoms that I’ve heard. For a while, it definitely did help, but I am on two months of taking it 10 mg and I feel like it stopped working. My doctor did suggest upping the dosage to 20 mg, as your body can get used to it, and that affects the success of the medication. But again I’m hesitant to upped the dosage because of the potential symptoms. I guess it’s just frustrating because I have never had a migraine before, I am 27 years old. I am relatively healthy and have never had any other health problems. I even was so scared about this happening that I got blood work done and a MRI to make sure everything was fine. My bloodwork showed borderline cholesterol problems and low iron but for the most part everything came back normal. Same for the MRI, everything came back normal. so on paper nothing is wrong medically in those regards. So bottom line is I’m just trying to figure out the root cause of the problem. My insurance doesn’t specifically have chiropractors but I have heard that they work wonders so I would love to try to find one to see if it could work for me. my insurance also doesn’t allow me to see a neurologist until you have tried three different medication’s for at least 2 to 3 months each. But for me, I would like to not just keep taking medication’s and just find the root of the problem. Each day is just so disheartening and hard and I just want relief. Any advice or words would be great. Cannot wait to try these exercises when I get home tonight. Also side note: I have bought everything suggested that I have found on TikTok to help with migraines. So as I stated before I have tried B2, B12, magnesium, ginger root, those head caps that you put in the freezer, a eye mask massager, I’ve tried at all.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, currently having a migraine on the left side of my head, and behind the eye, sometimes it's so bad that I actually vomit. Gave me a good relief and stretch!

Thank you for combining these in one video. Very helpful!

As always, Thank you for all the knowledge you share. We all appreciate it 👍

Even though I have all of these exercises as separate downloads, it's Always fantastic to watch them all come together as I may forget to do 1 or 2 of them👏🏽

This was the most pleasurable strech I've ever had. My goodness ! Thanks

Amazing exercises.Many years with migraine, first time to see this specific exercises!! Than you

Great video Dr. Rowe! Thank you. Very helpful and informative.

Thank you so much! These exercises have helped me immensely.

This is a brilliant set of exercises. It works and I am immensely grateful.

Excellent exercises!Thanks for sharing!🎉

Great video! Thanks for your help!

Hi, I don't comment often but I just wanted to thank you for this video. I've had migraines for as long as I remember (I'm 27), sometimes several days in a row. Never knew what caused them but I thought it was related to my left eye since it always came from there. I tried paracetamol, tried to relax in the dark with migraine relief music, tried to stay in a silent room and nothing really worked. I tried your exercises one night and IT WORKED! I do the first exercise everytime I sense a migraine is coming and it really works, I can feel how the muscle is tense and painful when I massage it and how I get better afterwards. Thanks again for this, it's going to change my life !

Amazing video! So comprehensive and very helpful. You are a diamond! Much gratitude.❤

This addressed every single 1 of my high tension spots, Thank you!

I was diagnosed with migraine earlier this year, but it was only recently that I noticed the relation between a migraine attack and pain in the back of my neck the day before. This video makes so much sense! Thank you so much!

I love that you are sharing this! Healing movements for all of us❤️

These are wonderful!

I’m so glad to give a try to this exercises, and I really appreciate your help.

I have migraines and headaches daily these exercises are a must do.

You have nailed it doc. Have covered every way of pains. Will definitely try.

This was golden info! Sounds so simple yet so effective. Been dealing with migraines since 2007. Thank you for this.

I will try these once I knew I had an aura of migraine. Thank you for sharing this.😊

Very helpful. Thanks for sharing!

Timing is everything! I have been having neck pain and headaches for several weeks. Can’t wait to try these stretches.

Wow! I have had migraines for more than 20 years and I so wish I had found your videos and info before today. Better today than never! These stretches perfectly target those tight and tender spots enflamed by migraine pain, especially those last two for the traps! Heaven! Thank you!❤

great advice again...thanks doc

I have started to have migraines again and this exercises are incredibly helpful, thank you!

Thank you so much for taking my migraine away! Immediate relief following the exercises. Will be incorporating these into my normal routine.

Thanks for posting this series of exercises. They add to my existing physio plan for chronic neck pain very well. Thank you!

Thank you so much! I was struggling with a terrible migraine and thanks to your video It's gone!

I saw a physical therapist for my jaw. I have TMJ, trigeminal neuralgia, and migraines. These exercise provided me with a feeling similar to the massages and stretches I had at physical therapy! My neck and head feel so good. I’m glad I ran across this video. I’ve subscribed! Thank you!

Wow!! I got relief instantly. Thank you so much doctor ❤

Mega helpful. Thank you

Thank you!

I was about to have migraines and this video popped up in my feed. After doing these stretches, I feel so much better now. Thank you

These stretches made my vision brighter for the next few mins.

I'm so happy that you are on RU-vid. I live in Minnesota and it is hard to find a physical therapist like you. I have not heard or seen anyone like you. I don't like going to physical therapy when it is recommended by a doctor because I have always had the worst experience with them, they don't know what they are doing. This is one of the reasons why I want to move out of Minnesota and get somewhere where I am getting the help and support that I need, concerning my body health. Once again thank you so much. I really appreciate you. I will recommend you to everyone that is experiencing any kind of discomfort or pain in their body. God bless and your family 💜💜

I put cold water on my head from the shower, that worked, then I did these stretches and it did relieve the migraine.

I get really bad migraines. Just stumbled across this video and tried the stretches - the relief was incredible! Thank you 🙏

Great video. These exercises and massages are very effective. Thank you.

I needed this. Thank you. So many of your videos are helpful to me after sports.

fantastic video, super helpful

Thank you so much.

I just tried those exercises and now I’m crying from relief. I also understand much better my migraine much better now through your explanations. Thank you so much.

My migraine has been so bad all day and I'd nearly given up on what to do about it (the usual solutions like painkillers and trying to throw up didn't work) and then I watched this video and it immediately took it down to a more manageable level

Amazing thank you!!

Thank You Dr. Rowe🌺

i just took a mini nap and thank god its gone away a bit

I got this video recommended today and hope to find solace with these exercises. I’m 31 and have been having on and off migraines since I was 11 years old. But lately it’s getting quite serious. In the last 40 days I had 7 migraine attacks ( I see aura and experience partial loss of vision in the region where aura appears. Aura usually lasts around 15-20 minutes and a terrific headache ensues that normally lasts for 1-2 days). Two of these happened at an interval of just 40 minutes. This has been affecting my quality of life and mental health. I’m definitely going to try these and will update how it works for me later 👍🏽

Thank you! Will try these regularly. Experiencing debilitating migraine pain atleast 2-3 times a month.

Thank you so much, may you be able to help countless people

soooo good! thank you! spot on, just what i needed!

Speaking as a migraine sufferer and yoga instructor, many, many thanks for this content.

Yes Dr Rowe stretches are amazing. I have had a rotator cuff issue recently. I've done the shoulder stretches for just a few days and the rotator pain has moved out from the RC joint!!

These stretches definitely help- my son and i both have these migraines/ meds didn’t work- or only worked for 1 st month. Son was having 4-5 migraines per week- brought him to acupuncture, went down to 2 a month. Much more manageable!!

Thank you so much! These have helped already.

Thank you for putting out such great content for free, doc! Happy new year to you!

I’ve suffered from clusters, migraines etc for most of my 70 years. I started taking Vitamin D3 10,000 IU per day in 2015 and they have stopped ever since. It’s now become the gold standard for cluster headache treatment.

wish i found this sooner... suffered migraine since i dont usually stretch before doing gym exercises.... Thank you mate cheers!

thank you so much for this!