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From the Institute for Integrative Healthcare

Headache

Description:

Headaches can be caused by a variety of things including injury, muscle tension, vascular spasm and dilation, medication or chemical imbalances.

Precautions:

Massage is good for tension headaches, but caution should be used with regard to vascular headaches. Headaches caused by infection or related to central nervous system injury or disease is contraindicated.

Can be alleviated by:

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