Headache Treatment Adelaide

Headache treatment Adelaide

Is your neck giving you headaches?

What are neck headaches?

Neck headaches, or headaches originating from your cervical spine are the headaches that physiotherapists see the most.  At City Physiotherapy we help people with these types of headaches every day. Neck headaches can originate from a variety of areas in your neck, including your upper neck joints, neck muscles, fascia and your nerves. Neck headaches are sometimes mistaken for migraines because they can cause pain in a similar area.

Figuring out what is causing your headache is our job as sometimes there are multifactorial reasons for you experiencing headache pain

Signs your headache is a neck headache

The headache pain starts at the back and radiates around to the front of your neck. Neck headache is usually only on one side. Our patients often say they feel their headache is coming from their neck. You may sense your neck headache pain is coming from the back of your head.  Patients can sometimes reproduce their neck headache when they put pressure at the base of their skull.

Your neck movement is limited when you have a neck headache. You may also be able to increase or decrease your neck headache pain by changing movements or positions of your neck.

Neck headaches will usually result in a small loss of movement in your neck such as turning your head to one side.

You may be able to bring on your headache with certain movements such as looking over your shoulder or a holding a sustained posture like sleeping on your stomach.

If you seek hands on physiotherapy treatment, Physiotherapy treatment of your neck headache will improve or change your headache pain.

• if your neck is even partly responsible for your headache, physiotherapy will have some impact. It will usually give immediate relief, however even an initial aggravation of the headache can be a positive sign that the headache is neck-related.

Headache treatment Adelaide – Physio for neck headaches- what does this involve?

At City Physiotherapy & Sports injury clinic Adelaide your Physio will assess your neck and spine as well as your posture.  We can diagnosis the cause of your headaches from our assessment and provide you with relief via headache treatment.

Physio treatment for neck headaches will include mobilising stiff neck joints, soft tissue release such as massage, dry needling, specific strengthening exercises, postural muscle re-education, taping and advice re sleeping or other postures such as work station ergonomics.

What should you expect? 

Neck headache relief is often immediate and complete resolution of even stubborn neck headaches can occur within a few weeks. Each person is different and other contributing factors will play a part and how well your respond to your neck headache treatment.

What if I don’t have a neck headache? 

Physiotherapy headache treatment Adelaide can also assist in the management of tension headache and migraines.  Your neck and posture is often a contributing factor in tension headache or migraine.  Physiotherapy treatment can also help to reduce your stress levels, which do play a role in heightening the pain experience of all headaches.

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