Headache?

Ever wondered that the cause of your recurrent headache could be your posture? And despite of taking several medicines and applying balm it still comes back.. There are various categories and causes of headaches.. Migraines, Tension type headache.. and another type is Cervicogenic Headache.. These are really complex terms right..? Other causes include weak eye sight and straining the eyes that casues headache, dental cause of headache,sinus, trigger point in the muscles etc.

I would like people to be aware about one of the common causes of headache which is mostly left unexamined.. That is the neck/cervical spine. It is called as Cervicogenic Headache. It is caused due to wrong posture, and also due to stress n depression ( which in turn result in wrong posture).  The common characteristics are, that the pain is usually on one side of the head but in longstanding cases it may be felt on both the sides. The pain pattern may be as given in the following picture.

Thus its important for us to be aware of the different causes of the headache and accordingly take the treatment. The complete examination and treatment of cervicogenic headache can be done by Physical therapists. And the best way is to avoid such pains.. correct your posture and avoid stress and depression as much as possible.