Often headaches are caused due to lifestyle triggers. Such headaches are classified as Primary Headaches and are mostly caused due to Stress, Some processed food, Environment, Caffeine withdrawal, Hormonal fluctuations. Primary headaches aren’t life threatening however affects the quality of one’s life.

A study Published in American Journal of Public Health, in 2002, suggest that massage therapy is effective in reducing the number of headaches per week in chronic tension headache sufferers. Compared with baseline levels, headache frequency was reduced within 1 week of massage treatment. A trend toward a reduction in the average duration of each headache event between the baseline period and the treatment period was also noted. On the basis of these results, we conclude that pain associated with chronic tension headache can be alleviated through specific massage therapy treatments directed at cranial and cervical muscles.