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.
During your focused headache massage session we will focus on the muscles that are typically tight and causing pain. The trapezius, sternocleidomastoid and suboccipitals are the typical troublesome muscles. You should leave the session with less pain and better movement.
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.
