block the pain signals from that area to the brain. Migraine.com reports that heat therapy also increases blood flow to the area and relaxes muscles.
Combining techniques, TikTok user paigeandbroch fills a bowl or sink with hot water to soak her feet while at the same time, putting an ice pack on the back of her neck. She says, if you don’t have ice? That’s not a problem — any bag of frozen food will work fine.
@paigeandbrochI wish I knew about this sooner 🥲 #headache #headacherelief #migraine #migrainerelief #naturalremedy #tiktoktips #healthtok #healthhack♬ FEEL THE GROOVE – Queens Road, Fabian Graetz
Heat and cold therapy are frequently used methods used to minimize migraine pain but there are precautions. While heat can be a trigger and make migraine pain worse for some, others find that heat therapy can be soothing when they have an attack. There are different products you can substitute for heat therapy such as:
- Heating pads or moist heat pad
- Heat lamps
- Warm baths
- Warm showers
- Heated, moist washcloths or towels
- Hot water bottle
- Heated pool
- Hot packs
- Heat wrap
- Warm bath or shower
- Warm whirlpool or hot tub
- Saunas
- Parrafin baths
Cold therapy has minimal side effects but people who have cold intolerance or sensitivity to cold may not be able to use cold therapy. If you’re under doctor’s care, you should talk to your doctor about what to expect with treatment with both cold therapy and heat therapy.
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Cold therapy techniques to try include:
- Ice bag
- Cold pack
- Fluids used on the skin, like ethyl chloride, that cool by evaporation
- Cooling pads
- Gelcaps worn on the head
- Cold compression wraps
- Frozen gel packs inserted into headbands
While the combo technique isn’t a guarantee to cure your migraines, it is a free way to try to ease the pain. Just be sure to consult your doctor before starting any treatment.
If you decide to use a different combination, you can share the results of your technique if the one suggested isn’t effective.
Another TikTok user @annnieebunny shared a natural hack to ease a headache.
She fills a wine glass up with water and tightly holds a towel on top. You then want to carefully turn the glass upside down with the towel still tightly secured so the water doesn’t spill out, and place the towel side on your head. She shows the bubbles in the water rising to the surface of the glass. This headache hack is supposed to quickly relieve a headache.
While this may seem completely out of the box, and plenty of TikTok users fled to the comments to figure out why this was happening and if it was actually worth trying. Some users suspected that micro air bubbles rushed through the cloth and into the glass, and others said it’s just air coming into the glass as the water goes into the towel. While there is not much scientific evidence on this hack, some people have confirmed that they felt better after trying this hack.
As always, the best source for advice on treating migraine is to consult a professional. These suggested natural remedies are provided only for informational purposes.