THAT BAND
AROUND YOUR HEAD?

Tension headaches are the most common headache there is — that dull, squeezing pressure that builds through the day until your whole head feels like it's in a vise. The good news: they're also one of the most treatable, because the cause is usually mechanical.

What Tension Headaches Feel Like

• Dull, aching pressure — often like a band tightening around the head
• Tightness and tenderness in the neck, shoulders, and base of the skull
• Pain on both sides, rather than one
• Builds gradually, often worse later in the day or under stress
• Usually not throbbing, and not dramatically worsened by movement (which helps distinguish it from migraine)

What Actually Causes Them

Despite the name, the "tension" isn't just stress — it's physical tension in the muscles and joints of your neck and upper back. The muscles at the base of your skull stay under constant load from forward head posture, long hours at a screen (tech neck), stress, and clenching. That sustained strain refers pain up into your head. Pain relievers quiet it for a few hours; they never touch the cause.

How We Fix Tension Headaches

1. Find the restrictions. We pinpoint the stiff, overloaded segments in your neck and upper back.
2. Release them. Gentle adjustments and soft-tissue work relieve the tension referring pain into your head.
3. Retrain posture. Postural rehab takes the chronic load off those muscles so headaches stop rebuilding.

"For the first time in a year, I could turn my head without pain... the relief was immediate."

Individual results vary from patient to patient. Testimonials reflect one person’s experience and are not a promise or guarantee of any particular outcome.

Stop Living By The Clock Of Your Next Headache

You shouldn't have to schedule your life around when the pressure builds. We help tension-headache patients across Bellingham, Lynden, and Ferndale. Start with a $47 first visit.