What are Headaches Caused By The Neck?

Headaches are a common issue that may have several causes ranging from stress to injury. To make matters worse, there are MANY different types of headache. One such variety is the "cervicogenic headache" (the others include tension headaches, cluster headaches, etc.).

The principal differentiation involving the observable symptoms associated with cervicogenic headaches and people associated with migraine headaches are a lack of nausea, vomiting, aura (pre-headache warning a head ache is about to strike), mild and noise sensitivity, increased tearing with red eyes, one sided head, neck, shoulder and/or arm pain, and light-headedness. The things listed above are primarily found in migraine headache sufferers.

Unilateral (one-sided) head or face pain (rarely is it on both sides).
Hurting is localized or stays in a single place, usually the back of the top, frontal, temporal (facet) or orbital (eye) regions.
Average to intense pain intensity.
Intermittent assaults of hurting that last hrs to days.
Pain is generally deep, non-throbbing, unless migraines occur at the same time.
Head discomfort is triggered by neck motion, prolonged awkward head bearings, using deep stress to the bottom of the skull or upper neck region, as well as /or taking a heavy breath, cough or sneeze can trip head pain.
Limited neck motion with stiffness.
Infrequently, the cervicogenic headache sufferer can present with migraines at the same time and have both demonstrations making it more difficult to diagnose.

The cause of cervicogenic headaches may be apparent such as an upheaval (sports injury, whiplash, slip and fall), or not so noticeable, like stance. A forward head pose can amplify the comparative weight applied to the back of the neck and upper back around 2x 4x than it ordinary would receive. In conclusion, the upper 3 nerves innervate the neck any strain on those upper 3 nerves can cause a cervicogenic headache. As chiropractors, we are trained to examine, recognize, and treat these kinds of possibly debilitating headaches.

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