I've been suffering for 15 years, every doctor has always brainwashed me into thinking I have migraines. I've tried every migraine treatment there is and they do absolutely nothing. Watching this video I have never felt more hopeful. This sounds so much like what I have. All the issues with my neck, and other random symptoms actually make sense with this. I am praying I can find someone locally that can evaluate me for this.
I had this off and on for 20 years, I was in severe pain until two days ago when I started cervicogenic headache exercises found on RU-vid. Day two of doing them regularly and I'm totally pain free, I still have to work on my posture as I believe this is the cause. I hope it helps as no human should suffer the pain these things cause.
Hi Gary, I'm sorry to hear that you've experienced this. I'm so glad to hear it has made you feel more hopeful! You can google 'Watsons Headache Practitioner' into google and add your local area to find a headache clinician nearby who may be able to help.
When you mentioned all the symptoms and the nausea I cried because I told everyone about my headache and how I need to sit down a lot finally some people can relate to me
Hello Hiwatha, I'm glad you found some validity in ytour symptoms from the video. The brainstem is part of just about every process in your body, to some extent. Migraines can cause all sorts of unusual symptoms, and some are not well documented. Therefore many patients get told by medical practitioners that they are simply imagining their symptoms, when the sufferer themselves know it to be there. Have you had your brainstem assessed for central sensitisation? It could be life changing for you to undergo treatment for cervicogenic headaches.
I saw a neurologist who said i had a tension headache but put in a report I have a cervicogenic headache. Not the same thing!! I was in a car accident. Jaw broken in 3 places. Changed my bite. Thanks for video
Thankyou so much! I've been suffering from headaches for 16 years. Now I've found the name of my condition as well as hope for the cure. Thanks to you! So much...... I live in Melbourne, hopefully I could a good clinic soon.
Hi Vince, I'm so sorry to hear you've been suffering for so long. You're most welcome- I'm glad this information has been helpful! I hope you have since been able to find some relief for your symptoms. I hope this helps, please feel free to get in touch if you have any further questions!
Thanks very much for your comment! Unfortunately we don't have any videos for treatments for cervicogenic headaches as this is often done in-clinic using hands-on therapy for the affected joints in your neck with a Watson's Headache Practitioner. However, we have some videos on our channel on strategies to help relieve the muscle tension around your neck and shoulders which can provide temporary relief. I've included a link to one of the videos below, but feel free to have a look on our channel for any other videos with tips. I hope this helps- please feel free to get in touch if you have any other questions. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-221VgLyIOi8.html&ab_channel=BrisbaneHeadacheandMigraineClinic
God revealed to me that I have been sleeping with the pillow on my neck all of my life. I woke up everyday with a sore throat only on the right side. My head would hurt from the top right side, down my head behind my ear and down to my neck. The pain feels as if you have a crook in your neck. In the morning my neck would be so stiff that I could barely lift and turn my head. Just think, all the times going to the doctor and they didn't see anything in my ear from the ear pain. They didn't see any tumors on the brain from cat scans. It was all from the way that I was sleeping. These last four months since changing the way that I sleep, most of the pain is almost gone. If I experience any stiffness, I rub my neck with Bengal. It has help to the point that my ear pain is gone and I don't hear all of that crackling in my head anymore.
what changes you made in the way you sleep? I got myself a cervical pillow one, which has a curved shape.. but it is doing more harm than good.. I don't even know if there is any hope for my pain to get better...
@@tushar18 there is hope for it to get better . The first thing that I did was I stopped sleeping on my right side where I was experiencing the pain and started sleeping on my left side. That way the right side could start healing. I put a pillow against my back, one across my stomach and one for my head. I was position laying on my back yet still on my side. Can you picture that? I'm on my back yet I'm still on my side. The pillow against my back on the right side and the pillow across my stomach. It's very comfortable. You might have to change your bed. Beds are killers. People suffer from sicknesses and the doctors would gladly give you medicine and it could be something so simple that's wrong. You don't have to give up on your healing, you can make it through this, I did, but I know how you feel. I thought that I wasn't ever going to be healed. Like myself, if they couldn't find anything wrong from the x-rays and CT scan, then I knew it had to be physical, something I was doing. Oh yeah they took scans of my spine also. So I didn't have a brain tumor, I didn't have an ear infection or vertigo, I didn't have anything wrong with my spine, then what the hell was wrong? I discovered it was the way I was sleeping. It's been 2 months now and this morning I felt better than I have felt in a long time. You will get there too, just don't give up.
I recommend having your neck assessed and treated by a Watson's Headache Practitioner as they would likely be able to help you receive long term resolution from your symptoms. I hope this helps, please feel free to get in touch if you have any further questions!
Thanks very much for your question. Treatment often entails a hands-on therapy for the affected joints in your neck with a Watson's Headache Practitioner. At our clinics, our Watson's Headache Practitioners use a gentle approach that doesn't involve any manipulations or clicking or clunking of these joints. I hope this helps, please feel free to get in touch if you have any further questions!
Hello! Please help, i slept for a year or two sitting up with my head hanging forward. And i work sotting up at a xoputer 8 hrs a day. And in december, i got a headache pretty severe that would not go away w tylenol and lasted for almost 3 months w little releif. And now i had it go away for about 2 months, then i went to take my dog for walk outside and now my headaxhe is back. Uesterday it was bad and i felt confused and unable to focus and not my neck and into my head is not going away again. Doe this sound like cericoggenic?
My apologies for this delayed response. I'm so sorry to hear you have been suffering from this. I hope you have since been able to find some relief for these symptoms. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us!
Hi Mags, thanks very much for your question. The brainstem is part of everyone's nervous system and sits around the first 3 vertebrae in your neck. It sends signals up in to your head and down into your body. A hands-on assessment of your neck is is the best way to assess the brainstem. This is something a Watson's Headache Practitioner would be able to help you with. If you google "Watson's Headache Practitioners in UK" you may be able to find some close to your city. I hope this helps, please feel free to get in touch if you have any further questions!
I live in Nashville and you have to be careful. They can F you up worse. I just want you aware. They did an ablation on me and it made everything worse. Now I’m trying to locate a doctor who knows about this and can help
Hi My head jerked back once out of the blue a week ago and ever since I have had these sypmtons.. very light headache on temples and back of head that come and go. Aches on my forehead cheeks eyebrows and down my nose and the odd pain on my neck under my left ear. My doctor has put this down to Sinusitis which it does fell like at the front but I am not too sure!. I am getting light-headedness with it also. Do you think I have damaged my neck muscles or a nerve?? I can move my neck absolutely fine with no pain buy it make me dizzy. Thanks
Hi Mikey, thank you for your question. Head injuries such as this, even if mild, can causes changes in the neck which can begin referring pain into the head. I recommend discussing this further with your GP to determine whether your headaches could be cervicogenic. You may also benefit from seeing a physiotherapist that is trained in treating headaches and migraines- this is also something you can discuss with your GP. I hope this helps!
@@brisbaneheadacheandmigrain3863 it says mild spondylosis. My neck has a sound when i turn my head left and up and down. I hear this sound of sand or squishy ligaments. I had nape pain and heavy head and shoulders. Now it is better but I still feel headache frequently when i am sitting and watching on laptop. I still hear the sound when i moved my head. The only thing doctor gave me is the pain reliever and bcomplex.
You mention that this condition is " managed" , and so I've heard different doctors say . I want to know if it can be cured or is it there are just options to manage the pain
Hi Gaurav, apologies for the late reply. We have cured hundreds, if not thousands of cervicogenic headache sufferers who no longer get headache pain anymore. That's the truth! Have you ever had your brainstem assessed by a headache clinician before?
@@brisbaneheadacheandmigrain3863 I am also curious about this because this sounds like what I may have as well and I am waiting for a MRI for my neck right now
What treatment modality is used if it is a sensitized brain stem. What treatment will you begin????? You’re kind of leaving us hanging here! Anyone know? Please respond.
Hi Mmama Llama, I apologise for the late response. It really is dependent on the condition, everybody's brain stem sensitivity is slightly different, but the main principles of practice are correcting the pressure inside the C2/3 IV disc to be more symmetric and to mobilise the affected segments in a particular way to reproduce the headache, then have it desensitise as the mobilisation continues. Normally for cervicogenic headaches, this occurs at the C0/1 segment. And this is only touching the surface! Feel free to contact us if you have more questions or would like to have a consultation :)
@@3000ryuI used to think that chiropractors helped people. I now reccomend that no one should ever go to a chiropractor for any reason. Ive heard many other horrible stories. I went to the chiropractor, "dr," once to check out an old knee injury(i shouldve went to a real doctor, physical therapist, or personal trainer) and then he convinces me to see him multiple times a week for a month. A few weeks in and i start getting headaches(evey session he charges me 50 dollars and puts me on a tens machine then "checks out everything" else) He'd usually just pop my neck and back really quickly and carelessly after id been on the tens machine for 10 or 15 minutes. He would have me out the door in well less than half an hour every time. He never diagnosed me with anything and when i told him i got headaches and my neck hurt he said it was because of "dehydration" after looking at my neck for 1 second. Needless to say, after some reasearch and personal experience, im not a fan of chiropractors; they shouldn't even be considered as a doctor. Any highschool gym coach is more of a doctor and more helpful than the majority of chiropractors
A quick question: I do have headache but more importantly dizziness and a sense of loss of balance. I do have some problems at C1 and C2 and I gathered that even though my case is not severe my brain stem area is at the border, meaning there may be a slight pressure. My question is if I have this problem is there any treatment without having risky and complicated surgery?
My mother feels this kind of pain. She has a severe pain in her neck, which also causes pain behind ears and in eyes also. It used to be left sided before but now she feels it on both sides. And she feels burden and heaviness on her neck, as if neck is carrying weight of her head. She can't sleep at night, cuz she feels pain while turning over to anyside.
I’m sorry to hear your mother is dealing with this pain. I hope she’s been able to find some comfort. If she can get treatment, I believe she will find a lot of relief.
Hi Tanzeel, my apologies for this delayed response. I'm so sorry to hear your mother has been suffering from this. I hope she has since been able to find some relief for her symptoms. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us!
@SkyNet General i have these symptoms mri cleared for not being any cause of symptoms had brain head and neck mri. Going on 7 months constant pain and headaches from neck. Neck excersizes help a bit. I have many palpatations and twitching nerve issues too for whatever reason...
Hi Charlie, thanks for your question and my sincere apologies for the delayed response. This is unfortunately difficult to say as Chiari malformations can vary from person-to-person and therefore have different impacts on each individual. I recommend discussing this with your GP to determine whether any further investigations can be done to differentiate between the Chiari malformation and cervicogenic headaches. I hope this helps- please feel free to get in touch if you have any other questions!
I've had a non-stop headache that's like pressure deep inside my head with burning in my scalp since a severe whiplash motor scooter injury on 10/1/1995. Then I was in a car accident in 9/2003 that made it worse. Then I was thrown off a hammock in 4/2018 that made the headache even worse. Most recently, a forced "vaccine" 10 weeks ago has made the pain much worse. I have no quality of life. Nothing has helped and I've been to 110 doctors and healers. The right side of my face droops too. My cerebellum is very large and the hole at the base of my skull is slightly congenitally malformed.
I had this off and on for 20 years, I was in severe pain until two days ago when I started cervicogenic headache exercises found on RU-vid. Day two of doing them regularly and I'm totally pain free, I still have to work on my posture as I believe this is the cause. I hope it helps as no human should suffer the pain these things cause.
Hi Atheria, I'm so sorry to hear you've experienced this- it sounds like it would be very difficult. I recommend discussing these symptoms with your GP if you haven't already as they may be able to undergo further assessment or refer you to a specialist. I hope you have since been able to find some relief from your symptoms. Please feel free to get in touch if you have any questions.
I switched my job from active to more relaxed one last year, and since then my migraine problem started.. I used to get mostly after consuming alcohol. I had for almost 4-5 months. Then I started feeling uncomfortable in my heavy office coats on my neck and shoulder. Then my neck pain started. (cervicogenic headache maybe) And now after every 2-3 days my neck pain starts and then leads to bad headache.. stays until I take strong medicine (called- headset)
And when I just had migraine, I used to have the problem of nausea as well. Now since my neck pain started I don’t feel nausea but I still get pain on just one side every time. Someone please suggest something or share a link of appropriate exercises. Is it happening due to not drinking enough water or bad posture or my intimidate fasting or bad sleeping schedule or bad diet?
Hi Nancy, thanks for your question. Those with occipital neuralgia experience symptoms such as stabbing or electric pain in the back of their head and may feel very sensitive to touch around the back of their head. This is not something those with cervicogenic headaches experience. I hope this helps- please feel free to get in touch if you have any more questions.
Just realised i had a car accident 2 years ago and every since my headaches and dizziness/floating has been constant.. i did visit a doctor and he laughed it out saying this is not concussion, someone who has experienced concussion would have been unable to walk to his clinic :)
Everyone always mentions the first to go is your eyes ears hair and back to go when you start getting older but no one ever mentions the deterioration of the kneck with age. Its inevitable too and deteriorates from birth pretty much I will please ask anyone who is suffering with an undiagnosed kneck problem to go speak to a professional. The longer you leave it the worse it gets and ultimately could become life debilitating I wish I started physio asap and not wait 3 years after a head on motorbike accident... Dont be me, make the call today. 👍
Hi R3d R0bb1n, thanks for your comment. You're absolutely correct, as we start to age our muscles and bones can slowly start to deteriorate which can increase the likelihood of pain or injuries. It's important to look after our bodies and create a long term treatment plan to prevent future complications. This is where physios can come in very handy, just like you said. I hope you have since been recovering well from your accident!
Looking for advice. Is it possible to have symptoms of Cervicogenic headache in regards to the pain radiating over from back of neck and into my eye area all on one side, but without any major stiffness or pain around the spine at all? I get almost crippling headache pain at times, but the only stiffness I get is in back muscles on my right side, just below the shoulder blade, and an overall stiffness and lack of mobility in my shoulder movement on that side. And a history of Subacromial bursitis on same side (treatment was pump me with cortisone and send me on my way). Headaches get worse when i've been using those muscles/areas more. I'm a gardener, so activities like digging and hedge trimming (swinging 5kg petrol trimmer around for 8 hours) makes these areas more stiff on the right side, followed by the intense headaches on that same side. Doctors never seem interested for some reason. Headaches are occationally crippling, a sharp pain on right side of head, starting sort of behind my ear, between ear and spine, then over the top and into eye area. Its such an effort to try to get doctors to show interest or run any sort of scans or test so i'm just asking here if youve any other ideas, before I go find another dcotor and start making demands. Am I being soft? Is this maybe just tension headache?
Hi Steven, thank you for your question and my apologies for the delayed response. You can indeed get pain in the neck and head without experiencing stiffness in the spine. It sounds like what you're experiencing could possibly be a cervicogenic headache. This is something a Watson's Headache Practitioner would be able to help you with. If you google "Watson's Headache Practitioners" and enter your state/city, you may be able to find someone close to you. I hope this helps, please feel free to get in touch if you have any further questions!
Thanks for your question. It's unlikely to die from cervicogenic headaches that are caused by a neck-related issue. If you're still feeling quite concerned, I recommend discussing your symptoms with your GP and they can determine what can be done to investigate further and/or relieve your pain. I hope this helps- please feel free to get in touch if you have any questions or concerns.
I live in the US, how do you examine the brain stem? Mri? What is the treatment that you provide. Obviously can't travel.to Australia. Please help. 🙏 Would a NUCCA chiropractor or trigger point therapy work?
Hi Nancy, thanks very much for your question. A hands-on assessment of your neck is is the best way to assess the brainstem. This is something a Watson's Headache Practitioner would be able to help you with. If you google "Watson's Headache Practitioners in US" you may be able to find some close to your city or state. I hope this helps, please feel free to get in touch if you have any further questions!
