Headache Help  By Carol Krucoff  |    If you’ve ever found
yourself unable to focus at work or had to cancel a dinner plan
because of a tension headache, you know how unpleasant they can
be. The tension headache, also called a tension-type or muscle-
contraction headache, is by far the most common form of
headache. Unlike the debilitating migraine (which is usually
felt intensely on one side of the head as a throbbing
sensation), the tension headache is described as a dull ache
that encircles the head, like having a bandanna tied too tight.
Although they’re not completely understood, tension headaches
are linked to muscle tension in the head, neck, scalp, and face.
They can be triggered by stress-related habits, such as teeth
grinding, or by poor posture and fatigue, says physician Baxter
Bell, a yoga instructor and medical acupuncturist in the San
Francisco Bay Area. “Sitting hunched over a desk with the head
hanging forward of the shoulders can create a constant
contraction of the muscles of the neck , uppe