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Pain relief Forget using a headache as a way to avoid sex – making love is actually one the best ways of relieving any kind of pain. Headaches happen when the blood vessels in your head constrict – but sex alleviates tension, helping these muscles relax and thereby easing your headache.

Better still, sex, cuddling and kissing all release endorphins, the body’s natural painkillers, which can reduce pain by up to a third in just 10 minutes.