Cervicogenic Headaches – A Pain in the Neck (Part 1) – Cause and Effect

Headaches can raise for a variety of different reasons including air and food allergens, chemical reactions, sinus and vision problems and of course just being over stressed. However, the most common form of a headache is termed a cervicogenic headache. These are headheads that originate due to an imbalance in the neck. These imbalances can be initiated by a number of things from car accidents to sports injuries. The most common origin of cervicogenic headaches is that of postural imbalances in the neck.

The neck has over 20 muscles and ligaments that attach to and around the skull. With the skull weighing approximately 13 pounds, it is like these muscles must hold the weight of a movable bowling ball in correct position. Any injury weakens or tears the ligaments resulting in overcompensation of the surrounding muscles, this often times results in knots in the muscles or trigger points. As referred above, a more common form of neck imbalance with associated trigger points is created by postural deficiencies.

How we stand, sit, read, work and possibly most importantly sleep dictates the muscles ability to function. Any prolonged head forward or flexed position creates a stress on the muscles from the shoulders to the base of the skull. Work requires us to have our head sideways with one ear to the phone, schools have us in uncomfortable positions from grade school through college with significant reading and writing requirements which necessitate a head forward or flexed position. Lastly, with the spread of computers from the work place to home to wireless to portable, we now can spend all our waking moments with our head in the wrong position resulting in a predictable surge in headache complaints.

So you can see that for most of us our day to day activities place our neck muscles and the cervical spine in work mode all day. Therefore, the only rest we may give our ankle neck and shoulders is while we sleep. Unfortunately, for most of us our sleeping posture is no better than our posture while we are awake and unexpectedly our neck gets little rest during the night as well. As stated earlier, the head forward or flexed is the most common for the neck imbalance and resulting cervicogenic headache. Translate that to how we sleep and it becomes important to sleep on our back with the proper pillow for support or on our side.

Sleeping on the stomach is the worst as it creates stress on the muscles and places the cervical spine in the reverse position of its normal state. For all of the side sleepers out there this is fine if done correctly, the challenge is we tend to tuck our chin down into a fetal position either due to habit or temperature and this creates the same posture we face during the day. Additionally, for both the side and back sleepers, many of us use pillows that are too big creating either a lateral flexion or forward flexion position.

It should be noted that cervicogenic headaches can be linked to other symptoms as well due to the abundance of the brain stem containing the 12 cranial nerves. These nerves allow for a variety of functions including digestion, vision, taste, hearing and more. Therefore, if you experience a combination of these symptoms such as headaches with blurred vision or seeing spots or headaches with nausea it is quite possible that the cause is that of cervicogenic headaches secondary to cervical spine and muscle imbalances. Of course always check with your doctor to rule out more serious conditions if symptoms persist.

This completes a brief overview of cervicogenic headache causes and effects (part 1). Please refer to Cervicogenic Headache Treatment Options (part 2) coming soon to follow … the quality of your life may depend on it. Best Wishes.



Source by Eric J Chartier



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