12/05/2026
Most people think a tension headache is a head problem.
It is not.
The pain across your forehead, behind your eyes, or at the base of your skull usually starts lower. In your neck. In the muscles at the top of your spine.
When those muscles get tight and stop moving well, the tissue compresses, blood flow changes, and your head starts to protest.
The headache is the last symptom. It is your body telling you something upstream has been ignored for a while.
This is why Nurofen helps for a few hours but the headaches keep coming back. You are treating the signal, not the source.
If you are getting them regularly, your neck is worth looking at.
DM me BLUEPRINT and I will tell you what I would check first.