From hay fever to the common cold, sinus congestion can be a persistent bane of existence. Rather than suffering in silence, however, or breaking the bank on sinus medication, you may be able to enjoy some simple relief through basic massage techniques. Basic massage can help loosen up congestion manually, and with practice can help nip sinus pressure in the bud. Read on to learn give a sinus massage.
Instructions
1. Start to massage the center of the forehead, swirling the pads of your fingers in small circles. Slowly, work your fingers out to the sides, towards your temples. Repeat this process, moving your starting point down the face, until you start at the base of your nose and massage your way across the cheeks.
2. Locate the notches--indentations in th bone, and pressure points to boot--where the underside of your eyebrow ridge meets the ridge of your nose. Press your thumbs or fingers firmly against these tender areas, for a period of about ten seconds. Repeat three times. From there, move your thumbs a centimeter further to the sides, and apply pressure as before. Again, repeat three times.
3. Locate the indentations in the bone, on each side of your nostrils. As in Step 2, at 10-second intervals. Repeat three times.
4. Apply the same sort of pressure between the eyebrows, at the very ridge of the nose. You should be pressing the spot where you might find a unibrow, and not underneath the eyebrows as before in Step 2.
5. Massage the underside of your cheekbone, working your way down from the nose, and back through your cheeks towards your jawline. Press your fingers in small circles, but do so gently so as not to damage precious facial nerves.
6. Repeat Step 5, but this time along the jawbone, working your way down from the ears to your chin. Afterwards, stretch out your face by either yawning or making silly faces, and repeat.
7. Massage the top of your head. This can be an art in itself, but the basic principle to remember is to apply gentle pressure to any tender areas.
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