Google Takes Care of Idiots Too

There’s an old saying that goes, “God takes care of babies and idiots.”

Truly this statement applies to me, because when it comes to my search engine optimization skills, I’m on the idiot side of scale. But that’s okay because idiots are loved, and can easily survive in the search engine game too.

Let me explain.

Although NONE of my 6 web sites rank in Google’s top 10 (or top 20 and 30 for that matter), and I only advertise 2 of my sites using AdWords, Google still helps me make a lot of money.

That’s probably because I went into this search engine optimization ‘thingy’ with a grain of salt. I don’t keep any secret arsenals of software tools that reverse engineer web sites to figure out why their ranking high. I haven’t read any of the latest must-have volumes on search engine optimization. (Although they’re on my to-do list when - and IF - business ever slows down.)

And still my MVP Google does its best to make me happy. And I do my best to give its searchers relevant content. But not in the way that most SEO savvy webmasters would recognize

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“It’s actually very easy to get traffic from Google if you think outside the box.”

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My strategy for getting traffic from Google is quite simple.

You see I don’t go out of my way looking for link partners. My sites are basically 1-2 page sales letters, and nobody wants to link to me, unless they’re getting paid.

Nor do I put a tremendous amount of effort into on-page optimization. I sprinkle my targeted keyphrase here and there, and I’m done with it. I write for my paying customers.

What I do is follow this process:

1) I find other established sites that already have good PageRank and adequate incoming links.

2) I make sure these sites add new content every day. Sites with frequently added content get visited by the Googlebot often… sometimes every day.

3) I then place an advertisement on these sites, promoting my actual web site. When the Googlebot pays these sites a visit, the ad itself (NOT my web page) is ranked in Google for the keyphrase I’ve used. On many occasions my ad’s have reached the #1 position in Google for my targeted keyphrase, in as little as 48 hours.

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“Where can you readily find such sites?”

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Believe it or not, a handful (literally a handful) of classified ad sites fit the description to a tee.

Backpage.com (http://www.backpage.com/) is one of them.

Backpage.com is a free classified ad service run by New Times, a publisher of alternative news weeklies. They offer classified ad listings for 14 US cities. However even if you’re not in one of their specific cities, you may still place an ad.

Certain advertisements placed through Backpage.com have reached top 10 positions in Google. The ad’s that get favorably indexed in top 10 positions normally have less competitive keywords in the title. My personal synopsis is that these are keywords that receive fewer than 3,000 searches a month, according to the Overture Search Term Suggestion Tool.

An example is ‘photo memory quilt.’

This is a low-traffic, but extremely targeted keyphrase.

If you do a search on Google for ‘photo memory quilt’ you’ll notice an ad placed on Backpage.com is featured in the #9 position. Okay, so it’s not the best advertisement in the world, but that’s irrelevant.

The point is–

* The ad got indexed in a top 10 position in Google.

* Backpage.com allows advertisers to include web site links in the advertisement. So even though this particular advertiser didn’t include his/her URL, they very well could have. This would’ve generated traffic to their site.

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“My point?

This is a cure for getting targeted traffic while waiting for your actual web site to get ranked.”

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Early February 2005 webmaster forums around the world were abuzz with groans, gripes and periodic fits of happiness.

Why?

Because Google was doing a major update (dubbed Allegra).

Sites that had ranked in the top 10 for years were being mercilessly tossed around. Other sites that hadn’t gotten any decent rank in the past were beginning to see the light. And still others didn’t notice any changes.

As for me… well my actual sites still didn’t rise much in the ranks. I’m still hovering somewhere around #50+.

But that hasn’t phased me one bit.

I look at the big picture and understand that getting traffic from Google is much more than having my site reach the top 10.

If I have 50 advertisements (similar to the one’s from Backpage.com) that are in top 10 positions, and they’re all delivering traffic from targeted keyphrases, I haven’t lost anything. All those keyphrases delivering trickles of traffic equal a flood of clicks and orders at the end of the day.

Not a bad deal for somebody who’s SEO illiterate. I guess the old saying is true… God really does take care of babies and idiots.

Alexis Dawes is the author of “Taking The Back Road To Get On Google’s First Page.” This report offers details on several more loopholes you can use to get a top Google ranking. You can find more information at (http://www.Get-In-Google-Now.com).

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Living A Happy Life

Most of us get up each day and go through the same routine whatever we do in life - most of us are reasonably happy and content and just get on with living.

There is of course nothing wrong with that in the slightest but what would you say if you were granted the gift of REAL happiness which lead you down a path of such peace and contentment that no other experience you’ve had to date could compare.

You know what it’s like when you are looking forward to Christmas, the anticipation and the excitement just builds and builds. The same is true when the countdown to your holiday begins and then the joy of the holiday itself.

Well how would you like those feelings of pure joy, anticipation and excitement to be with you on a daily basis and then to find that the fulfilment part is even better - a feeling that you could just “burst for joy” and an inner peace and contentment that you’ve only ever seen at the movies?

Well I’ve found just that and the adrenalin seems to be pumping all the time and the buzz and excitement I get from life still amazes me.

I had the most amazing experience just under 3 years ago and my life changed dramatically from that day on and the incredible thing is that it just gets better and better - the miraculous gift that I’ve been given is something that I feel driven to expose the rest of mankind too, regardless of race colour or creed.

It was for that reason my book formed (I had been writing a few details of my experiences and at the time I had no intention of actually writing a book) and I just want to share this experience because if we could all feel like I do now the world would be such a different place to live in not just for us but for our children and their children and so on - a happy life is there for us all if we just accept the wondrous gift that is on offer - a gift that actually costs us nothing at all.

A recent testimonial, exerts of which are included below, show just why I want this book to reach and touch people who are looking for what I’ve found.

I LAVISHED your book. My life was in shambles; my wife had divorced me and tonight I was in such a state of despair that I had rung my Mother to tell her that suicide was my only option - after reading your book I have a peace about me that I have not had since I was 19 and I’m 56 now. Thank you thank you for allowing God to speak through you to me - I now feel a complete relief from all the pain and misery I have known for the past 37 years and I thank you for saving my life - actually GOD SAVED MY LIFE but you threw me the life preserver - may God continue to bless you, your family and your ministry.

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Poor Tom Just Can’t Get A Break - You Won’t Make This Mistake, Will You?

Tom had a rough start on life. He didn’t even learn how to talk until he was almost four years old.

Tom didn’t do so well at school, either. 12 weeks into the first grade, his teacher called his mother and said Tom wasn’t fit for mainstream schooling.

Politically correct speaking wasn’t the rage yet, so when the teacher used the phrase “addled mind,” Tom’s mother was enraged and indignant, and decided to teach her son at home.

As a boy, young Tom was hawking newspapers at a train station when someone hit him in the side of the head, knocking him to the ground. Not long after that, Tom came down with Scarlet Fever. He completely lost his hearing. Was it the blow to the head or the scarlet fever? Either way, Tom was deaf - and only 14 years old.

Tom wasn’t allowed to enter college, either, because he lacked a formal education.

Poor Tom just couldn’t get a break.

It probably wouldn’t surprise you one little bit if I said that Tom was miserable, dejected and poor. It probably wouldn’t surprise you if I said everything Tom did failed miserably.

But, that would be a lie.

In Tom’s lifetime, he set a world record for filing 1,093 patents for the things he invented. Like the light bulb, for example.

In 1892, his home grown company, Edison General Electric Co. merged with another firm to become G.E. (General Electric) Corporation. Maybe you’ve heard of it?

Did you know that it had taken Tom 10,000 tries before he created a working light bulb? He was asked, once, if he was frustrated at not seeing results. His reply was;

“Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won’t work.”

What an attitude!

Hailed world-wide as “The wizard of Menlo Park”, “The father of the electrical age,” and “The greatest inventor who ever lived,” Thomas Edison filed his 1,093rd patent at 83 years of age.

He was denied a standard education first, lost his hearing, and was denied a college education. The one thing no one could take away from Tom was his attitude.

  • He said that failure is a step towards success because every failure eliminates one more thing that doesn’t work.

  • He said he does not get discouraged because he knows every wrong attempt is a step forward.

  • He even said that going deaf improved his concentration because he would not be disrupted by noise.

But, perhaps most poignantly, he said this;

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success… when they gave up.

You won’t make that mistake, will you?

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Human Euphoria

Pheromones are naturally occurring chemicals found in animals and humans which elicit sexual behaviors and are used to attract the opposite sex. Scientists have succeeded in identifying, isolating, and recreating this human sex pheromone. These natural pheromones have been well documented to trigger very powerful sexual responses!

Unlike fragrances, which are detected by the Olfactory Glands in the nose, Pheromones are detected by the Vomeronasal Organ or VNO. The VNO is located in the Nasal Pit directly under the nose. When the VNO receives a pheromone signal it sends a message to the brain that stimulates the body and creates a subconscious increase in sexual desire.

Human Euphoria Pheromone Perfumes and Colognes contain Human Sex Pheromones scientifically designed and proven to attract men and women.This natural aphrodisiac is based on the isolation and synthesis of unique pheromone compounds mixed with essential oils to create a smell that drives men and women crazy!

Pheromones can be worn just as you would wear any perfume or cologne. Apply them to your neck, forearms or any other part of your body. They can be worn anytime you are interested in getting attention from the opposite sex or even just to feel the power of being noticed and attracting others. They can be used on a daily basis to gain an edge in business, at school or at any social event.

For more information on this subject visit:

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Natural Cures For Depression - Do You Know The Symptoms

Imagine the next time you join a discussion about natural cures for depression. When you start sharing the fascinating natural cures for depression facts below, your friends will be absolutely amazed.

Sometimes the most important aspects of a subject are not immediately obvious. Keep reading to get the complete picture.

Others use natural cures for depression that are said to simulate the SSRIsthe selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors. When the serotonin levels in your brain are off (imbalanced), your mood is plummeted. On an up and down picture representing normal to depressed moods, say, your mood would be down at the bottom. A high or happy beyond normal person’s mood would be waaaay up at the top. Okay, so the SSRI draws the serotonin levels up, pools them, and traps them in a higher place. You come from the bottom, the SSRI comes from the top, and the effect/result is a leveling off somewhere in the middle.

So what are some of those natural cures for depression? Some use Saint John’s wort, a.k.a. Hypericum perforatum. St John’s wort is an herb that has been said to contain compoundssuch as hypericin and hyperforinwhich contribute to what the Greeks said would successfully “ward off evil spirits,” as it was known as the drug that would preside “over an apparition”…which is where it’s name came from.

5 Hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) and tryptophan are said to do the same thing, but are natural cures for depression versus intense chemical cures (such as Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, for example). So 5-HTP supplements the missing or diminished amounts of serotonin and tryptophan by being what depression.org calls the “intermediate step” between the two.

Other natural cures for depression include physical and some mental efforts. Like power-walking, exercise, yoga, and some forms of meditation have been found to adjust the imbalances of serotonin and other mood stabilizing chemicals in the brain. And it goes along with the logic that visualization techniques, which therapists can help you practice, can be tailored toward the positive, to counter the misery that is depression.

You are probably smart enough to try anything within reason, when it comes to attempting natural cures for depression… since so many other treatments have fallen short for you and so many efforts on your part don’t quite work. I mean, you tried prayer. You tried writing, journaling and crafting fiction and playssolo and in collaborationto purge yourself in a kind of cathartic that has worked in other areas of your emotional life before…. For years, every single day, you tried power walking, knowing that physical labor (of sorts) will also expunge many evils and keeping with the only form of exercise you actually liked. You tried helping others, learning in a support group that to get your mind off yourself you have to get OUT of yourself, you have to focus on those who are worse off in many ways, etc., etc..

It is only natural, as a recovering addict or alcoholic, for example, or as an ACA (adult child of alcoholics), who believes in avoiding the complications of synthetic drugs, you would lean toward natural cures for depression. Such remedies, you hope, will keep you in the forests, amongst the flora, fauna, and creatures that belong in your eco-friendly environment and life.

Of course, it’s impossible to put everything about natural cures for depression into just one article. But you can’t deny that you’ve just added to your understanding about natural cures for depression, and that’s time well spent.

Alexander Marlin, has researched many all natural cures for depression, but the best cure for any ailment or disorder starts by educating yourself first.

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A Helpful Guide on How to Best Obtain Sporting Gear

Golf trolleys, shoes, weights, lights and additional sports items can come with a high price fee, although you don’t have to permit the price of the sporting merchandise prevent you from getting pleasure from the activities that you worship. If you’re very passionate in sport, then there are oodles of alternative ways that you can chase to acquire the products that you want at a bargain cost.

The first way to save yourself a considerable amount of money is to look through dedicated online sports merchandise stores as these usually offer merchandise at extremely low prices. Furthermore, online sportswear websites usually have several different weekly deals and sales for you to take advantage off. Find cheap camping equipment from Sportswear-Equipment.com.

But, sometimes the easiest way to save money on sportswear items is to procure high quality equipment. As counter-intuitive as that might sound, you’ll shell out far less in the end if you acquire gear that will endure for a very long time. You can research and save for a major acquisition, & then obtain it simply when it is offered online at a discounted cost. When you get something that will last you countless years (instead of equipment that will pack up in one or two months) you’re in fact saving yourself a significant amount of cash.

You should by no means allow money to impede you from participating in something new or taking part in your much-loved sports activity. By buying intelligently, paying consideration to sales or saving up to get high-class equipment, you can save money on sporting merchandise of all types.

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The Fight for My Children

The summer heat baked through my car windows as I turned off the AC to save fuel, in hopes of coasting into a gas station. I left the house early that morning knowing this could be the most life defining day of my life. There was so much at stake, and here I was sweating and regretting, that I didn’t fuel up on the way to the courthouse. Some one was looking out for me that day, and I first realized it when I coasted into the gas station and my car stalled right at the pump. I was 5 minutes away and still had 30 minutes to spare.

The anxiety was beginning to swarm over me, stealing my breath, pounding my heart. I had waited over two years for this day, and I knew this was my last opportunity. My life and the lives of two little girls would be decided upon today. It was my last shot at getting custody of my daughters, otherwise they were going to be split up and put up for adoption. But how did we get here in the first place? How does anyone put themselves in a position like this?

It began about 4 years ago, and neither I nor my wife could ever imagine that anyone would ever think about taking our babies away. Our relationship had fallen apart along time ago, when she found a new love that she put before her husband, her children, and her own self respect. His name was heroin. Before I paint my wife as the sole culprit, I should say that I had my own addiction that I was battling. And that’s what I was doing on the day the state took our children. I was in a 6 month intensive rehab, which seemed to be my only chance at recovery.

The drugs were making all of my wife’s decisions and none of them were for the good of anyone. The state contacted me and told me they had taken the children from my wife. When I attempted to leave the rehab to get my girls back, they informed me that due to the situation with my children being exposed to an atmosphere of drugs, they were requesting that I finish my commitment at the rehab, which at that time I had 4 months left. I was sick to my stomach and have never felt so helpless in my life.

Four months later I left the rehab feeling healthier than I had felt in years. My mind was clear and I knew I had to avoid all the people, places, and things from my time before the rehab. On top of the list was my wife.

Eventually my wife dropped out of the picture and chose not to complete her case plan to get custody of the girls back. My case plan was going right on schedule and I stayed clean and focused at the task at hand. I began to struggle with extreme anxiety and depression, which I soon went on medication for. I was able to visit my girls once a week supervised, but I was a nervous wreck. With seven months clean I relapsed. Yes, I relapsed, I used drugs again. My daughters were the most precious thing in my life and they were counting on me, and I would choose drugs over them. What kind of person in his right mind would do such a thing? None. But when the disease of addiction takes control of our lives, it’s safe to say “we are no longer people in our right mind”. The guilt made it even harder to quit the drugs. It was an endless circle and I could see no way out. I struggled for one full year, putting together a week or two of clean time, and in a flash I was using again.

In no time at all I lost my job, and I found myself sleeping on the beach. I ran my car into the ground and I had to abandon it. I would go the narcotics anonymous meetings right down the street. I was always welcomed there. I was 6′ tall and my weight was down to 144 lbs. I was dying and I was hopeless, until that one miraculous day, the day I surrendered my will to God and some friends took me to a detox. I felt so sick and so weak, but I had hit a horrible bottom and I could barely walk. I spent almost three weeks detoxing, the self inflicted poison seeping out my pores.

As soon as I left detox I went straight to an N.A meeting. I was welcomed with open hearts and loving hugs. I went to at least one meeting every day. I moved into a halfway house and 1 month later I had my old job back. Within 90 days I had a car and an apartment, miracles after miracles. Now it was time. It was time to get my girls and bring them home after almost 2 1/2 years. I was ready to fight for them and I was determined, even against the odds, that one day I would leave that courtroom with my precious girls by my side

I began to get supervised visits, then eventually I took them for the day on my own. We had been to family court many times and we were having a problem with the way the system was set up. The statute said after a year’s time I cannot get my children back, because the children were now being placed for adoption and they already had a family go through all the adoption procedures. The judge had a new admiration for me and every agency was on my side, we just had to find a way to get through the red tape.

Finally, it was judgment day. It was now or never. The state attorney told the judge that the children should be with their father, as did everyone else who testified that day. The Judge looked at me and smiled. He glanced around the courtroom until his eyes found mine again. He said “sir, in all my years on the bench I’ve never seen a parent go through as much as you did fighting your addiction, sleeping on the street, and still show enough perseverance to be here today fighting for your children. I’m confident that your love for your children, somehow defied all odds. How would you like to have your girls back with you, where they belong?” Those were the sweetest words I have ever heard.

It’s been almost three years now that I’ve been raising the girls as a single father, and the three of us cherish every moment. We haven’t seen their mom in over two years, but we keep her in our prayers. I could have never done this on my own. I had to turn my will over to God and trust that he could manage my life better than I could. I feel so blessed to have my children back, to be able to provide for them, and to get a hug and a kiss each night before they go to bed, only 20 feet away, from the luckiest man in the world.

Jay Bartels - EzineArticles Expert Author

If you would like to read Jay’s journals, which include “Mister Mom”, “The Family Guy”, and “Jays Addiction”, as well as many others, please visit his site at Jays Plan

Jay is a single work at home parent and devotes his Jays Plan - Secrets of a Single Dad web site to parenting isues and many other issues that he feels need to be written about. Also be sure to stop by Family Health With Mister Mom

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Healing Power of Pranayama

Prana means ‘vital force’ and Ayama means ‘control’ in Sanskrit. Thus Pranayama means the control of the vital force through concentration and regulated breathing. By means of controlled breathing that is, inhaling and exhaling by holding the breath for a fixed time and changing the rhythm of inspiration and expiration, it is possible to influence the life-force in the body. Pranayama is the process by which such conscious control is
achieved through controlled and rhythmical breathing. Pranayama purifies the channels along which the life stream of ‘prana’ flows in the body and prevents various disorders. It increases one’s resistance to respiratory diseases.

The best position in which to practice pranayama is the padmasana or lotus pose. If for
some reason that position is difficult to adopt, it can be done while sitting in any
comfortable pose. The important thing is to keep the back, neck and head in a straight
line. The body should be in its natural relaxed condition and this can be achieved by
resting a few minutes in shavasan. If necessary, use your right finger and thumb on either
side of the nose to control the right and left nostrils during inhalation and exhalation. In
practicising pranayama, a ratio of two to one should be maintained throughout, that is, the
exhalation time should be double that required for inhalation. For instance, if inhalation
takes 5 seconds, exhalation should take 10 seconds. Both inhalation and exhalation
should be smooth and quiet.

Some varieties of pranayama beneficial in the treatment of
common ailments are as follows:

Anuloma-viloma:

This is also known as Nadishuddhi pranayama. Sit in any comfortable meditative pose,
keeping your head,neck and spine erect. Rest your left hand on your left knee. Close your
right nostril by pressing the tip of your right thumb against it. Breathe out slowly through
the left nostril. Inhale slowly and deeply through the left nostril, keeping the right nostril
closed. Close your left nostril with the little finger and ring finger of your right hand and
exhale through the right nostril. Then inhale through the right nostril, keeping the left
nostril closed and, lastly, exhale through the left nostril, keeping the right nostril closed.

This completes one round ofanuloma-viloma. Repeat the entire process. Inhaling and
exhaling should be done very slowly, without making any sound.
This pranayama is a process of purification. It strengthens the lungs and calms the
nerves. It helps cure cough and cold, insomnia, chronic headache and asthama.

Ujjayi:

Sit in any comfortable meditative pose. Inhale slowly, deeply and steadily through both
nostrils with a low uniform sound through the glottis. Hold your breathe for a second or
two after inhaling and then exhale noisily only through the left nostril, keeping the right
nostril closed. Do this as often as required. This pranayama clears the nasal passage and
helps the functioning of the thyroid gland and benefits respiratory disorders, especially
bronchitis and asthama. Persons suffering from high blood pressure should not practice
ujjayi.

Bhastrika:

‘Bhastrika’ means ‘bellows.’ It is performed by instant and quick expirations of breath.

There are many varieties of bhastrika. The simplest technique is as follows: Sit in
padmasana. Do 20 strokes of kapalbhati. Inhale and exhale rapidly, making a puffing
sound. This is a good exercise for abdominal viscera and lungs.

Sheetali:
Sit in padamasana or any other comfortable posture. Stick your tongue out about an
inche from the lips, rolled up at the sides to form a channel like a bird’s beak. Suck in air
through the channel. After a full inhalation, slowly close your mouth, hold your breath and
exhale slowly through both nostrils. This completes the exercise. Repeat as required. This
pranayama cools the body and mind, activates the liver and bile and has beneficial effects
on the circulation and body temperature.

Sitkari:

IN sitkari a sound is produced while inhaling by opening the mouth a little, placing the tip
of the tongue against the lower front teeth and then sucking the air in slowly. After holding
your breath, exhale through both nostrils. This exercise helps to control thirst, hunger and
laziness.

Suryabhedan:

‘Surya-nadi’ is the right nostril and ‘ChandraNadi’ is the left nostril. In this pranayama,
one always uses the right nostril for inhalation. Sit in padmasan or any other suitable
posture. Keep your head, neck and back straight. Inhale through the right nostril. Hold
your breath and then exhale through the left nostril. Hold your breath and then exhale
through the left nostril. Repeat as often as required. This pranayama increases gastric
juices and helps digestion. It also fortifies the nervous system and clears the sinuses.

Bhramari:

In this pranayama, the buzzing sound of a bee is produced and hence it is called
bhramari. Keep your mouth closed while inhaling. Exhale through both nostrils, producing
the humming sound of a bee. This pranayama affects the ears, nose, eyes and mouth
and makes the complexion glow. It also helps those suffering from insomnia.

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Migraine Headaches - Is Natural Relief Possible Without Drugs?

Natural treatment methods for migraine headaches are usually harmless and also cheaper than traditional pain medications. Sure, it’s possible you could experience a negative reaction or even increase your headache pain because of a natural treatment, but the odds are far less than with pain-relieving medications.

People are different from each other. A natural treatment that might relieve one person’s migraine headaches may not relieve someone else’s. But on the same measure, just because one migraine headache treatment does not work for one person does not mean it won’t work for you. There are many effective alternatives to taking medication when it comes to relieving migraine headaches. One of these alternative methods may be just what you have been looking for.

Chiropractic adjustments, or chiropractic manipulations, are a very popular natural treatment method for headache relief. Patients with migraine headaches have been visiting chiropractors for over 100 years, and with very good results. Studies have shown that over 80% of headache patients find relief with chiropractic care. Plus, chiropractic treatment has been shown to be extremely safe. Spinal problems do cause headaches and by correcting these spinal problems many headache sufferers find welcome relief.

Biofeedback is another form of treatment that is safe and can be effective in eliminating pain. Biofeedback is a training program designed to help a person develop the ability to control their autonomic (involuntary) nervous system. Functions that are normally automatic can be controlled voluntarily. This technique makes it possible for a person to control their own heart rate, blood pressure, skin temperature, and of course, the relaxation of their tense muscles.

Stress can cause tension, which can lead to muscle tightness (muscle tension) and cause headaches. By relaxing these tense muscles, especially in the neck, it is possible to relieve the tension causing the migraine headaches. With biofeedback, once the technique is learned there is no longer any need for the biofeedback equipment. The patient with migraine headaches can now produce the desired effect at any. They can control certain bodily functions, such as muscle relaxation, which can help reduce and relieve their migraine headaches.

Most people are unaware that too much salt can cause headaches. And by simply lessening the salt intake headaches can sometimes be prevented.

Food allergies or sensitivities can also cause migraine headaches. Certain foods such as cheese, alcohol, monosodium glutamate (a food additive), nuts, beans, caffeine, chocolate and onions can cause migraines. Foods that cause headaches are called “triggers.” People who experience migraine headaches because of food sensitivities can eliminate their pain by simply eliminating the foods causing the pain.

However, it’s not always easy to discover which foods are the culprits. One way is to keep a food diary. Get a small notebook, with each page representing one day. On each daily page make three columns. The first column will contain the hours in the day. The second column will be a list of the foods eaten that day. And the third column will list the symptoms that you experience.

As an example, if you had eggs and toast for breakfast at 8 AM you would write “eggs and toast” in the food column that corresponds with 8 AM. Make a note of everything that is eaten on this list and at what time they were eaten.

When you eventually experience a migraine headache you write “migraine headache” or “headache” down in the symptoms column at the time it began. For example, if one of your headaches begins at 2 PM you will write “headache” in the symptoms column for 2 PM.

It may take a few weeks or even a few months, but after experiencing a few migraine headaches, with the help of the food diary, you will be able to tell which foods cause headaches. Over time, by figuring out which ingredients in these foods are causing your pain, you will be able to eliminate these ingredients and relieve some pain.

Another very common cause of tension headaches and migraine headaches is just plain stress. People who experience tension can get headaches from their increased tension.

Relieving tension can often relieve migraine headaches. Tension can be relieved in many ways such as with biofeedback training (as explained above), taking a warm bath or shower, lying down and resting in a quiet dark room, putting something cold on the back of the neck (at the base of the skull) or having someone massage your neck muscles and possibly your temporal region to help relieve your tension and muscle spasms. Regular exercise can also, over time, reduce tension.

These are just a few of the many natural treatment methods that are available to migraine headache patients. They are all considered safe and are effective for many people. If you have headaches it may be beneficial to try some of these treatments or search out others on your own. But as always it is a good idea to talk with your doctor before attempting to treat yourself for a health problem.

Dr. Larry A. Johnson, D.C. has treated many patients with migraine headaches. He has patented a unique neck pillow that was designed to correct neck problems that cause headaches. For information about his natural approach for migraine headaches relief please visit his site.

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