Headache Hurts
Headache prevention for students and young adults
In Germany, about two-thirds of students suffer from headaches. It’s about time that something was done about this!
Students and young adults are typically seen as a relatively healthy portion of the population, but complaints of headaches and other health issues that could have to do with tension headaches, such as back, shoulder or neck pain, are strikingly common. “Incorrect” strategies for dealing with stress often tend to be a trigger – and a loss of motivation or diminishing quality of work can be the consequences.
Headache Hurts – a guide
But it needn’t come to this. The Headache Hurts program shows you what you can do to combat headaches and migraines.
The Headache Hurts guide offers readers scientifically corroborated information on the most widespread headache disorders and how to prevent them. Over the course of 60 pages, you will find out which psychological processes cause headaches and how they can be effectively prevented on a day-to-day basis. A rapid test enables you to identify the type of headache you are likely experiencing and a headache calendar enables you to document their symptoms to prepare for doctors’ visits.
You can receive one of these guides from TU Dresden’s Occupational Health Services. Simply send a request via email to .
Online resources
www.headache-hurts.com features scientifically sound information that takes a more detailed look at the content of the Headache Hurts guide. Students in particular as well as young and academically trained staff can use the portal to research headache prevention in depth. The information is regularly updated and supplemented with new content.
Animated film
The 5-minute animated film “Headache Hurts” highlights the most important information from the guide using infographics, thus sticking in viewers’ memories. It is also intended to address people who would otherwise not make adequate use of the measures available to them.
Webinar series
The “Headache Hurts” webinar series comprises two 45-minute lectures that provide the foundations of prevention for the most critical headache disorders. The first lecture illustrates the occurrence of migraine attacks and highlights the physiological background of effective prevention. The second lecture is dedicated to the reasons tension headaches arise and how to prevent them. The lecturers present media that offer support proven effective in avoiding headaches. Viewers are invited to send in their questions via email.
Members of TU Dresden can receive the password for access to the webinars from Occupational Health Services. Simply send a request via email to: .
App
The “Headache Hurts” app is a certified medical product that offers individualized assistance in the long-term prevention of headaches. It enables users to document relevant behavior patterns daily and clearly illustrates the areas in which improvements can be made. To this end, the app enables users’ entries and can remind them of effective preventive measures. By exporting entries in the form of a medical report, users can aid their doctors in reaching a precise diagnosis. All information provided by users is permanently stored locally on their mobile device.
“Progressive muscle relaxation” recording
Headache Hurts also provides a 10-minute audio recording to help with progressive muscle relaxation following the Jacobson method, which can easily be integrated into listeners’ daily routines. Progressive muscle relaxation has proven particularly effective in clinical practice for preventing headaches before they begin.