Mass. That is, be mindful of your posture and avoid stiff neck in the first place. For example, people who work at computers often hunch forward or down, forcing the upper part of the neck and back to hold their head up. That overtaxes the trapezius muscles running from the back of the head across the back of the shoulders. Keeping your hands behind your head for an extended period strengthens these muscles. By one estimate, more than 90 percent of headaches are tension headaches, which are characterized by pain all over the head or the feeling that a band or vise is squeezing your head.
Some people report a dull, pressing, burning sensation above the eyes.
As the name implies, tension headaches often result from physical or emotional stress. Calif. While sitting at a table, prop your forehead on one hand, relax, and slump over a bit, then massage the neck with the fingertips of your other hand. Two more soothing moves, according to Marchetti, are shoulder rolls and heat to relax neck and shoulder muscles. Hiccups occur when muscles in the chest contract involuntarily, ending in a brief closure of the glottis, a structure in the larynx that controls the production of vocal sounds. They have no known function.