SCM and Suboccipitals
Two Most Common Headache Muscles
The sternocleidomastoid massage helps ease pain around and behind your eye. This self massage, paired with readjusting your neck, can make a large difference with easing your headaches.
Common Symptoms of Tight SCM (Sternocleidomastoid) Muscle
- Common Symptoms of Tight SCM (Sternocleidomastoid) Muscle
- Tension headache.
- Muscles tender to touch.
- Persistent, dry, tickly cough.
- Nausea and loss of appetite.
- Seasickness or car sickness.
- Deep ear pain.
- Pain in the cheek and molar teeth.
- Referred eye and sinus symptoms.
- Dizziness and disturbed balance/vertigo.
- Pain refers to top of the head, back of the head, cheek and over the top or behind the eye.
- Sinus congestion on affected side, chronic sore throat from referred pain rather than infection.
- Weeping and reddening of the eye, blurred vision, drooping or twitching of the eyelid.
- One-sided deafness or crackling in the ear.
- Headaches across the whole forehead.
