Headaches can be caused for many different reasons. More often than not the cause
is either stress, tension or anxiety. They can also be due to emotional stress
eyestrain (if so you should consult an optometrist), infection, too much or too
little sleep, inadequate recovery following head injury and weather changes.
Migraine is often confused with a headache. Although, it usually starts with
a throbbing headache centered above the eye or begins at the back of the head
and spreads to one side.
A Cluster Headache
comes in a period of time (cluster). In other times, the patient feels no pain
at all. These painful attacks affect the forehead, temple and behind the eye.
In more severe cases, the eye and pupil become smaller.
Tension Headaches are characterised
by pain resulting from muscle tightening in the neck and head. The muscle contraction
leads to a slightly decreased blood flow to the surrounding areas and irritation
of the pain fibres in the skin, muscles and blood vessel walls.
Headaches: Does Stimplus Pain Relief work?
The Stimplus is the latest in electro-acupuncture. This amazing device
applies the same principle as the age old Chinese therapy of acupuncture, without
piercing the skin.
The Stimplus finds acupoints, and then stimulates away the pain electronically
at the touch of a button, without needles.
Acupoints are detected with sound and light. 6 LED indicators on the top of the
unit light up, one by one. The Stimplus also emits a low pitch sound which rises
the closer you are to an acupoint.
Supplied with two lithium batteries, ear phone (so you can use the stimplus without
being overheard), carrying pouch, acupuncture charts and user manual.