These sit right above your eyes. Place your two index fingers at the inner edge of each eyebrow, right where the bridge of your nose meets your brow bone. Press inward and slightly upward , as if you’re trying to lift the bone. Now, slowly drag your fingers out along your brow ridge toward your temples. Repeat 10 times. You should feel a strange, spreading ache—that’s good. You’re mobilizing fluid.
Forget everything you know about relaxing spa massages. This is functional facial massage . It’s not about zen; it’s about hydraulics. Think of it as manually operating the floodgates. Your sinuses are eight hollow cavities in your skull (four main pairs). They’re lined with mucous membranes that produce snot—glorious, infection-fighting snot. Normally, this mucus drains through tiny holes (ostia) into your nasal cavity. But when you have a cold, allergy, or dry air, those membranes swell shut. Congratulations: you’ve created a mucus cul-de-sac. Pressure builds. Pain begins. massage for sinus pressure
Do this 2-3 times a day. Never when you have a fever or a sharp, localized pain on one side only (call a doctor for that). And always, always follow the massage with a big glass of water to thin the mucus you just mobilized. These sit right above your eyes