The true cervical headache.
For the past 10 years the author, a physiotherapist, has studied unselected patients with chronic headache which had not responded to various other treatments and treated them by mobilizing the upper cervical spine. From more than 1000 cases now on record it was seen that there are two separate and distinct syndrome patterns. One of these responds to mobilization of the neck and the other does not. The author describes and contrasts these patterns, and believes that this might be helpful in the differential diagnosis of cervical headaches and migraine. A case history is presented which illustrates the headache that responds to treatment of the cervical spine and also that which does not. Coincidentally, both lesions were present concurrently in the same patient.
D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D010507:Periodicity; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities