- Do you wake up with a headache in the morning?
- Does it feel like your head wants to explode?
- Are you taking pain medication more than once a day to try and relieve your headache?
- Does it feel like there is a tight band permanently around your head?
- Do you get dizzy while reversing the car or while looking side to side in the aisle of a supermarket etc.?
Why is physiotherapy treatment important?
Headaches are often caused by muscle tension and spasms of the neck and shoulders. Poor posture also plays a major role in the development of chronic headaches. Stiffness of the cervical vertebrae can contribute to the pain.
What treatment techniques are used?
As physiotherapists we can treat this pain with
- Cervical vertebrae mobilisations
- Dry needling therapy
- Heat therapy
- Myofacial release of tense muscles
- Posture correction exercises
- Re-education of deep neck flexors and scapula stabilisers
- Kinesio tape
- Sensori-motor retraining
