I feel a bit ridiculous even starting this thread, but I think it'll make me feel better to just get it out there, so here it goes. I was undergoing treatment by a sort or chinese medicine-esque practitioner (who has done things that I think have been helpful) this afternoon. I was lying on a table and he was doing various accupressure things to get my neck to relax. I told him that the headache I had hadn't changed much, and pointed to where it was, and then he strongly tapped it. Imagine cocking your wrist back and then tapping with your pointer finger fairly strongly.

I've had this headache, in it's current form, since mid-May, after hitting my head on a heavy water balloon by stepping up quickly and hitting it. It seems to me such a hit should be inconsequential, but I've had a headache where I hit it since then (not constantly, sometimes the headache moves to other spots, but that's been the predominant point since May). This is where he strongly tapped. I think I've gone through the startle response cycle and have calmed down, but it still hurts there more than it did before.

I know it seems absurd for such small impacts to be causing these symptoms, but that's my experience, and I don't think that it's entirely anxiety, because overall my anxiety this summer has been better than normal, save some dips here and there.

I guess my questions are, what could possibly be going on to cause such long-lasting pain from such a relatively minor bump, and is it possible for a strong tap like this to cause damage that would cause this pain? I find it hard to believe that my brain has been damaged by such a tap (or even the water balloon), but my constant experience of pain suggests to me that something is happening, perhaps damage to an already damaged/pain sensitive skull/meninges?

I've been on a relatively good streak, and don't want to be derailed by this before starting up a rigorous research assistantship in a couple weeks. I know part of that derailment is caused by my reaction to it, but I guess I'm looking for an honest assesment of what, other than my anxiety, could be going on to cause this pain.

Thanks. I know for those responding to threads like these it must be tiresome addressing the same points over and over.