The most common headache
Tension-type headache
A pressing, tightening, usually both-sided headache of mild to moderate intensity, the headache nearly everyone has had, but which for some becomes frequent enough to disrupt daily life.
The most prevalent headache disorder worldwide
Common, but not nothing
Because tension-type headache is so common, it's easy to dismiss, but when it becomes frequent or chronic it carries a real burden, and it frequently coexists with migraine. Distinguishing the two changes what actually helps.
What actually helps
Evidence points away from reaching for painkillers as the default and towards addressing the drivers.
- Identifying and reducing medication overuse, a common hidden driver
- Sleep regularity, hydration and stress load: unglamorous, but they move the needle
- Posture, jaw and neck contributors, including TMJ dysfunction
- Where appropriate, specific preventive strategies rather than escalating acute medication
What Erin does about it
From your story to a working plan
- 01Intake distinguishes tension-type from migraine and screens for medication overuse
- 02You get a plain-language explanation of drivers you can actually act on
- 03The diary helps separate tension-type days from migraine days so treatment can be targeted
- 04Education links to sleep, breathing and TMJ rehab resources matched to your history
