Got better, and stopped losing head (5)
I believe the answer is:
eased
'got better' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to bodily activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'stopped losing head' is the wordplay.
'stopped' becomes 'ceased' ('cease' can be a synonym of 'stop').
'losing head' means to remove the first letter.
'ceased' with its first letter taken away is 'EASED'.
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eased that I've seen before include "Abated" , "Made less difficult, relieved from anxiety" , "Made less severe" , "Became less painful" , "Allievated" .)