SORE HEAD

The soreness around, or on top of, your head is caused by contraction of your scalp muscles as a result of continuous tension. You may notice how relief comes if you press your scalp or place a hot water-bag where it is most sore. This should prove to you that the cause is local, where you can reach it and is not deep-seated. These are not the symptoms of brain tumour.

Since contraction of tense muscle causes pain, it naturally becomes worse when you worry and improves as you relax and release tension. Pain-killing tablets help, but only a little. With the relaxation that follows acceptance, tension eases and the pain gradually lessens. However, this scalp pain, this ‘iron band’, is a most stubborn symptom to cure, so do not despair if it lingers a while. I assure you that it eventually goes. The hardest, tightest band will gradually lessen and disappear with acceptance.