To sign 'headache', start by forming both hands into '1' handshapes with your index fingers extended. Bring your hands up near your forehead, pointing the index fingers toward each other. Twist your wrists to jab your index fingers toward one another a couple of times. Be sure to use a pained facial expression, furrowing your brow to show discomfort.
Point to yourself to sign 'I', then sign 'headache' using a very intense, pained facial expression and sharper movements to show the severity of the pain.
Sign 'headache' while raising your eyebrows, widening your eyes, and leaning slightly forward to indicate that you are asking a yes/no question.
Sign 'headache', then use the sign for 'gone' or 'finish' while relaxing your facial expression to show relief that the pain has passed.
Point to yourself to sign 'I', then sign 'headache' using a very intense, pained facial expression and sharper movements to show the severity of the pain.
Sign 'headache' while raising your eyebrows, widening your eyes, and leaning slightly forward to indicate that you are asking a yes/no question.
Sign 'headache', then use the sign for 'gone' or 'finish' while relaxing your facial expression to show relief that the pain has passed.
Yes! In ASL, you can show where a pain is located by moving the sign for 'hurt' to that specific body part. Signing 'hurt' right next to your forehead translates to 'headache.'
No, your index fingers should jab toward each other to represent the throbbing pain, but they do not actually need to make contact with one another.
You can show the severity of the headache through your facial expression and movement. Squint your eyes, furrow your brow deeply, and make the jabbing motion of your fingers sharper and more intense.
