Originally Posted by Dr. Smith

Hi Mooglie, welcome.

This type of headache is called cervicogenic in case you want to read up on it. Some of the articles will have sections on treatment options.

There's a fair chance that arthritis may be a factor in the headaches. This would/should have shown up on cervical x-rays. Muscle spasm can also be a factor.

I get cervicogenic headaches from similar cervical issues as yours. There are a number of things that may help—I don't know if you've tried them or not:

• physical therapy
• meditation
• biofeedback
• massage—particularly myofascial trigger point massage
• TENS

Your pain management doctor should be familiar with these, and probably more. If your x-rays do show arthritis, I don't know if a rheumatologist might have any ideas or not.

Doc