Yevgen,

 

Great to hear from you!

 

I did notice this effect on headaches as well. One time, I started to have a throbbing headache. My automatic response was to go for aspirin. I decided to try these exercises first. Surprisingly, the pain was gone within the first few minutes...

 

This time, unfortunately, I am battling a problem with a high blood pressure. My blood pressure did increase due to much recent stress that "came" from a conflict in my family. It was always pretty high though. Every time, I do these exercises, I feel much better. Nevertheless, there is no significant improvement in my blood pressure readings. My doctor put me on Enalapril, which is effective. Due to its unpleasant side effects, I had to discontinue this medicine. Now, I am trying natural approaches, including the increase in number of times I do these exercises. I hope something will work.

 

Best  Regards,

 

Mark

 

 

As we have found, Strelnikova exercise tend to help against headaches.
We had discussions of what could be the possible cause.
Here is an interesting overview of causes of headaches
and effects of different treatments.

http://www.physorg.com/news170684124.html

It points out that exercise can relieve the pain through
1) releasing endorphins
2) increasing oxygen level in blood

Both of this mechanisms have no harmful side-effects, as opposite
to traditional medications which as the article points out can
cause "rebound" headaches through withdrawal mechanisms, if used
repeatedly over long time periods.

Regards,
Yevgen