| Head and neck pain, whether, throbbing or | | | | felt in the neck and the head. The neck, which |
| stabbing, is known as headache. Sometimes it is | | | | one of the weaker parts of the body, can cause |
| not only confined to the head but also includes | | | | a brutal pain headache. Neck movements that go |
| pain from the neck that is why it was termed as | | | | on for an extended period of time or sudden shift |
| head and neck pain. There are three kinds of | | | | or motion of the neck can result to a cervicogenic |
| headaches: tension headache, migraine and | | | | headache or a head and neck pain. |
| cervigogenic headache. These are categorized as | | | | The doctor has to make a thorough examination |
| primary headaches. | | | | of the patient to determine if it is really a |
| Tension headache is also considered as a muscular | | | | cervigogenic headache or a head and neck pain. |
| headache that can result to head and neck pain. | | | | Just like the other types of head and neck pain, it |
| These are caused by muscles which stiffened or | | | | is difficult to ascertain if it is indeed a cervigogenic |
| become taut especially those found in the neck or | | | | headache or a head and neck pain. It cannot be |
| the face. The pain though is not isolated in the | | | | identified through x-rays. Determining the cause of |
| head itself but it also affects the neck area. Head | | | | such head and neck pain is also hard and requires |
| and neck pain oftentimes begins in the area | | | | a meticulous examination by the doctor. Its |
| around the eye unto the neck and other muscle | | | | symptoms run to a gamut of manifestations like |
| groups. Recurring or chronic headaches or head | | | | nausea, pain emanating from the back of or inside |
| and neck pain are felt by around for four percent | | | | the eye or relentless pain from the neck up to |
| of the population. These are usually caused by a | | | | the head. The head and neck pain experienced |
| wide variety of reasons like having a less than | | | | can overwhelm the patient to an extent that it |
| healthy lifestyle like not getting enough sleep or | | | | affects his daily life. It can upset one's day to day |
| skipping meals. Head and neck pain can also be | | | | existence. The patient cannot accomplish much |
| due to incorrect posture. An awkward position | | | | because of the throbbing or pulsating pain in the |
| also strains the muscles resulting to the cramping | | | | neck and head area. It is not common for a |
| or tension which ultimately becomes a tension | | | | patient to have a chronic cervigogenic headache |
| headache that could result to head and neck pain. | | | | though there are exceptional cases wherein one |
| It also is caused by stress. This type of head and | | | | may experience frequent or repeated attacks. |
| neck pain is the most common of all. | | | | Drug injections or physical therapy are employed |
| Migraine is a headache whose cause is the swelling | | | | to take care of the head and neck pain as well as |
| of the blood vessels and a chemical release which | | | | the other symptoms of cervicogenic headache. |
| surrounds these blood vessels. This kind of | | | | These treatments should be administered by a |
| headache is usually throbbing and affects only half | | | | highly qualified medical practitioner with the use of |
| of the head that could also lead to head and neck | | | | an x-ray guide. Due to the complexity of that |
| pain. | | | | part of the anatomy, a mistake in the injection |
| Cervicogenic headache on the other hand usually | | | | can prove to be costly. |
| starts within the neck structures. The pain is then | | | | |