Blog post from our board member Dr. Robert Bacci: Cervicogenic headache treatment – Courtesy of Bacci & Glinn Physical Therapy
SOME HEADACHES ARE CAUSED BY NECK ISSUES, BUT PHYSICAL THERAPY CAN HELP
If you are searching for someone that can alleviate your headache pain, there’s a good chance we can help. Cervicogenic headache treatment in Visalia is provided at our physical therapy center.. quite successfully. Below is some educational information about this type of headache pain.
THERE ARE OVER 100 DIFFERENT KINDS OF HEADACHES – WE TREAT ONE OF THE COMMON TYPES
More than 100 types of headaches have been categorized by healthcare experts, but they all share in common an ability to cause serious impairment when they strike. Cervicogenic headaches are caused by a dysfunction of the neck and are one of the most common types of headaches, but various physical therapy techniques can effectively address them.
Headaches can generally be classified into two groups: primary and secondary. A primary headache simply means the headache itself is the disorder, while secondary headaches result from an injury or disorder in another area of the body. Cervicogenic headaches are one of the most prevalent secondary headaches, as they account for about 15–20% of headaches overall.
Since cervicogenic headaches occur due to a dysfunction of the neck, they are considered a form of referred pain in which the source of the pain is within the cervical—or neck—region of the spine, but the sensation of pain is felt in the head as a headache. This is because there are nerves in the upper spine that have connections with certain nerves in the head, and damage or dysfunction in one area leads to symptoms in the other. Read more…