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Having Regular Headaches After Having Pain In Your Neck? It Might Be Cervicogenic!

Your headache can be Cervicogenic

Cervicogenic headache is a pain that develops in the neck, though a person feels the pain in their head, cervicogenic headaches are secondary headaches. Secondary headaches are those caused by an underlying condition, such as neck injuries, infections, etc. This sets them apart from primary headaches, such as migraines and cluster headaches.

The pain caused by a cervicogenic headache begins in the neck and the back of the head and radiates towards the front of the head.

Symptoms

Typically, people who have cervicogenic headaches experience a headache accompanies by neck pain and stiffness.  Certain neck movements can provoke cervicogenic headaches.

In most cases, cervicogenic headaches develop on one side of the head, starting from the back of the head and neck and radiating toward the front.  Some other symptoms of a cervicogenic headache include:

Causes

Cervicogenic headaches result from structural problems in the neck and are often due to problems with vertebrae at the top of the spine, called the cervical vertebrae.

Some people develop cervicogenic headaches because they work in jobs that involve them straining their necks. People can also develop cervicogenic headaches after an injury to the neck. This is better known as whiplash.

Some medical conditions that can cause cervicogenic headaches include:

Treatments

Treatments for cervicogenic headaches focus on removing the cause of the pain. Treatments vary depending on the person and the severity of their symptoms.

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