Another sinus rinse, sold by Boots chemists and available online in various places, is Sterimar.

Apparently what salt water does is this: the salt causes the mucous membranes in your sinuses to dry out a bit, so your nose runs like a tap, taking down the miserable congestion and cooling off the nice muggy bacteria-encouraging temperature.

If it's a true migraine, your doctor might give you something called Imagrin (or maybe it's Imigran), which kills any headache in about an hour and 10 minutes - *if* you take it when the headache has only begun recently.

If you leave it too long, you can't take anything because your digestion shuts down and anything you take comes back again.

Prevention: there's a good tai chi exercise that consists of holding your neck gently and revolving your elbows backwards 32 times, forwards 32 times, then alternately backwards (left then right) 32 times, then *gently* pushing the neck to loosen up the tight muscles.

Another good option is to go for a professional neck and head massage.