Headache Pain

Suffering regular headaches? Jaw tension could be the culprit, especially if you are under constant stress, or have bad posture.

The upper cervical area is known to tension headaches. These cervicogenic headaches can often be mistaken for a migraine due to their severity.

In today’s blog post, we examine another muscle with headache referrals, although this one a bit different than the typical headache most people experience. For most, headaches tend to show up around the eyes, temple, face, and back of the head. However, on the occasion, a headache will show up as scalp pain and scalp … Read more

In this series, we will be looking at muscles which refer headaches. Headaches can be one of the most irritating pains in the human body. Headaches also come from a variety of different sources, such as dehydration, stress, hormone imbalances, and problems with circulation. For today, we are at looking at trigger points found in … Read more

Last week, we looked at the role the sub-occipital muscles played in tension headaches, specifically in migraine presentations. For many, differentiating between true migraines and tension migraines can be difficult. While muscles can refer pain similar to a migraine, true migraines can be caused by a plethora of different causes: Hormonal imbalances Circulatory changes and … Read more

As we continue our journey into common trigger point pains that people experience, we shift our attention to one of the primary culprits in migraine type headaches: the suboccipital muscles. The suboccipital muscles are buried deep under the back of the skull, between where the skull meets the vertebrae of the neck. This small, deep … Read more