Can neck pain cause a severe headache?
Question by Chris C: Can neck pain cause a severe headache?
Just wondering if neck pain can cause a severe headache? I have had a headache for a week now and my neck is killing me…..I fell on the ice 2 weeks ago and think I might have given myself wiplash ?!?!
I am scared my headache is something more serious….I wake up without one but once I start to move around and stuff it gets so bad I have to lay down..
Any suggestions? Do you think it is my neck causing me these problems?
Best answer:
Answer by natalie
yes, pinched nerve or injury from your fall…
I’d suggest you either go to a chiropractor, or have someone massage your neck where it hurts.
watch your diet, etc.. good luck
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yes definatly your neck it is probably out go to a chiropractor i had a head ache for over a week went and had an ajustment done it was gone before i left the place . But if you landed on your head you should see a doctor immediatly cause that opens up a whole new set of causes from fracture to concussion
Yes, it could be your neck but you definitely need to see a doctor as soon as possible to get an MRI. The fall you took could have made something move in your neck (such as a disk) but it is impossible to tell you for sure. The fact that you are in pain is a signal that something is going on. Please get it checked out. Good luck!
Headaches are rarely caused by injury, strain or inflammation of neck joints or ligaments. Pain from sore neck muscles could be felt towards the back of the head. There is an extremely rare condition called occipital neuralgia in which sharp stabbing pain occurs at the back of the head, on one side only, caused by injury or pinching of one of the cervical nerve roots. When a person who has had a neck injury complains of headaches, other causes of the headaches could be a cracked bone somewhere – worth checking it out via an x-ray. It could be stress because of the neck pain that is causing your headache. You could try self-help too. I have put details of a site I have seen with some info on it
I’ve had whiplash several times and with that I had severe headaches, the few things that helped were moist heat, muscle relaxers and physical therapy, you should go to your doctor he/she may give you some muscle relaxers and get you to a physical therapist. Good luck hope you feel better soon.
There are neck related headaches and they have specific characteristics. See the link below and find out if your symptoms match known pain patterns of neck related headaches.
Excess of UB/GB Meridian with blockage at neck causes it.
If you are in cold country use all warm things.
If you have cough/cold body hot water bath will help.
Massage and exercise in front of morning sun is good thing, pl try.
Pl try simple acupressure given below for immediate relief.
If it fails you will have to go for Acupuncture.
There is hardly any medicine for H/A OR MIGRAINE. Not only these but for RA, OA, Back ache, Ear ache/ringing, Stomach ache and almost all painful diseases. Hence they become chronic.
Acidity, WORRY, sadness, excessive wind, cold , heat, sour food and sinusitis, constipation, intestinal inflammation; drug side effects, stress, bad smell, TV & COMPUTER SOMETIMES, Blockage in the flow of Vital Energy, BODY CONSTITUTION etc are their causes.
None of them can be treated with medicine.
Our 100% success in treating migraine &H/A confirms it.
Acupuncture is the best treatment.
I can treat it with naturopathy and YOG, but how can you manage pl see.
Pain killers don’t treat the pain but we loose the sense of pain for some time; in that duration our body itself treats sometime and credit goes to meds.
The useless drugs have tremendous power of side effects like liver/kidney failures, ulcer, inflammation of intestines and lot more.
Avoid late sleeping if possible; worry, tension, spicy foods, sour fruits, stale bakery foods, SMOKING and alcohole.
Sweet foods, COCOANUT WATER,sweet fruits like dates, milk, rice, SPROUTS, SALADS and good sleep will help if cough is not there.
But you try one herbal remedy- two drops of drumstick leaves’ juice in opposite nostril if one side pains and both nostrils if full H/A will give you rescue. Betel leaf helps but it is very strong.
If it is acute pl search a painful point (with round tipped pen/jimmy) 3-6 mm behind your thumb nail and press it, H/A will disappear within 30 seconds.
For forehead/eye pain the points are in front of nails on the finger tips or 3-7 mm below.
It may disappear naturally too.
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