Headache In The Back Of The Head

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Headache in the back of the head

A headache in the back of the head is not a very pleasant kind of pain. A pressing feeling in the back of the head, heaviness in the head, tinnitus, pain in the neck and shoulder girdle sometimes deprive the mood and poison life. Such pain cannot be tolerated. What should you do with it?

First, you need to determine its exact location. Unfortunately, it is not always possible to immediately understand: does the pain occur in the occipital region or in the cervical region? There are various nerve endings in these areas, and if pain occurs in the back of the head, it can be given to the cervical region, and vice versa.

Only a doctor can make an accurate diagnosis by conducting a medical diagnosis. If it is not possible to consult a specialist, you can ask someone to do a small acupressure of the shoulder and neck, this will help determine the main place of painful sensations. If you are sure of where your pain is concentrated, then read the following tips that are appropriate for your case.

Content:

• What to do if your neck hurts?
• Headache in the back of the head
• Neck headache treatment

What to do if your neck hurts?

Neck pain that radiates to the back of the head can occur for the following reasons:

• Cervical osteochondrosis is a disease that occurs in people who, due to their work, have to sit a lot and move a little. Very often office workers, programmers, cashiers, truck drivers and people of other professions suffer from osteochondrosis. This disease is accompanied by pain in the neck, back of the head, and when turning and moving the head, the pain increases. Headaches with cervical osteochondrosis are very unpleasant. Such a disease is recommended to be treated exclusively under the supervision of a specialist.
• Cervical spondylosis is a disorder of the spine. At the same time, tears and cracks develop in the cartilaginous discs, and when the course of the disease worsens, intervertebral hernias develop. This disease can be accompanied by pain in the shoulders, in the occipital region and in the neck. People who move very little are very susceptible to this disease.

• Myogelosis of the neck, in another way - muscle compaction. The disease is characterized by the following symptoms: pain in the neck, shoulder, dizziness. The causes of myogelosis can be drafts, stress conditions, curvature of posture, prolonged nervous tension.
• Cervical migraine can occur when pathological bone and cartilaginous tissues affect the spinal artery, which is responsible for the blood supply to the occipital parts. This disease usually causes a headache in the occipital, cervical spine, sometimes in the temples, and it may also impair hearing or vision. To more accurately determine this disease, try to feel the first cervical vertebra, and press a little on it. If you manage to get into the vertebral artery, and the pain increases, it may be a cervical migraine. Treatment is carried out under the supervision of a neurologist.

Also, neck pain can occur with improper exercise: muscle tension sometimes causes dizziness, heaviness in the back of the head, a feeling of the presence of some foreign body in the head. In this case, you need to fix the neck in some way, reducing its mobility. Most of the time, this brings relief and the pain goes away.

If you do not move much and you have to sit often, be sure to change your position more often. Monitor your posture constantly, and you will definitely see the result.

At home, with a headache, you can ask someone or do acupressure yourself. If there is a clear improvement from it, then be sure to sign up for several sessions with a reflexologist.

Irina, who suffered from headaches in the neck and back of the head, says:

“I worked as a cashier in a store, at work I had to sit in one place for a long time during the working day. After a while, towards the end of the working day, I began to feel sharp headaches in the back of my head, shoulders and neck. Because of these pains, I was thinking about changing jobs. A friend of mine recommended that I go to a massage therapist. Since I had already tried to be treated by other doctors, and there was no result yet, I agreed to sign up for a massage. The massage turned out to be my salvation! The pains went away and did not appear for a long time. Now I definitely go through a massage course of 10 sessions twice a year. This is enough for me to feel cheerful, cheerful and active again”.

And indeed it is. Often, an ordinary massage is enough to get rid of pain in the back of the head and cheer yourself up. You should never skimp on your own well-being!

Headache in the back of the head

Pain in this part appears in the following cases:

• Mental or physical stress over time.
• Nervous tension, stressful conditions. The possibility of stress headaches increases by the age of 30, women are more likely than men to suffer from stress-related headaches.
• Arterial hypertension - this disease is not cured, it is associated with an increase in blood pressure. The older the person, the greater the possibility of such a disease. Heredity, alcohol consumption, smoking, obesity, stressful conditions, sedentary work also matter. Arterial hypertension can be brought under control if you exercise, move more, and you also need to give up bad habits. Pay attention to your diet: eat less salty foods. Canned food can also be harmful, it is worth abandoning semi-finished products in favor of natural products. You need to eat more vegetables and fruits, because they contain potassium, which reduces blood pressure.
• Various head injuries.

Neck headache treatment

First, you should ventilate the room. You can massage your neck, back of your head, shoulders a little, then try to lie down and relax. Try to completely calm down, forgetting about all the nervous situations and problems that you may have experienced during the day. These actions are often enough to relieve headaches in the back of the head. If the pain persists, then you can try folk remedies for headaches or take a pill. But always remember that you should not self-medicate, it is better to see a doctor, since a slight headache or occipital pain sometimes turns out to be a symptom of a serious illness.

Author of the article: Alekseeva Maria Yurievna | Therapist

Education: From 2010 to 2016 Practitioner of the therapeutic hospital of the central medical-sanitary unit No. 21, city of elektrostal. Since 2016 she has been working in the diagnostic center No. 3.