Headache Treatment

A headache is a painful sensation in the muscles, the skin, or one of the organs in the head or near the brain.

Causes
Causes of headaches commonly fall into four categories:

• vascular headaches, which are caused by conditions affecting the blood vessels. A migraine is a common form of vascular headache.
• tension headaches, usually brought on by muscle tension
• inflammatory headaches, which are causd by infections or lesions such as tumors
• headaches associated with abnormalities of cranial nerves, or cranial neuralgias. The cranial nerves supply the face, head, and neck.

There are no nerve endings in the brain itself. Therefore, a headache is a painful sensation in the muscles, the skin, or one of the organs in the head or near the brain.

The pain can be confined to a small area or it can cover the entire head.

Treatment

• Mobilisation
• Manipulation of the joints in the neck
• Acupuncture
• Electrotherapy
• Stretching and strengthening of the muscles in the neck
• Massage
• Frictions

For more information please call 020 8455 7809 or email us on info@igophysio.co.uk

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