Cervicogenic Physical Therapy
 

I'll be going to a physical therapist soon for Cervicogenic Physical Therapy to treat my PCS. I'm curious to learn more about this type of PT as there seems to be little info on the web.

From what I understand "cervico" means neck. Still working on the "genic" part, though.

I recently read somewhere in the forum where MFI said that too deep of a massage can cause problems. I ran this by the specialist I see and was told that they are well trained and start with just "touch". Thanks Mark for this tip. All I needed was another bad headache :)

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The Incident: 10 months ago I slipped and fell on my back and my head bounced off the ice in a public skating rink. Though I was wearing a helmet my head took quite a blow.

My symptoms: Headaches with sensations pretty much all around my head. Difficulty managing/following more than one activity/conversation at a time, sensitivity to noise and light.

Cervicogenic would mean originating from the cervical area. This could mean cervical based radiculopathy. It could also mean PT for cervicogenic headaches.

There is a lot of online info for cervicogenic headaches and related therapies.

Thanks Mark
 

Thanks Mark. I try searching for "cervicogenic headaches" and check out the related therapies.

For some reason a search for "cervicogenic physical therapy" yielded very few results. I guess I was looking for an explanation of what the PT does and how the therapy works.

I'll do a little more research.

Btw, I'd love to hear about people's experience with the type of PT. I'm not sure what to expect but I imagine the PT will be doing most of the "work".

My PT did what I would term cervicogenic PT. She had me on my back and would make sure my jaw was not in spam, my shoulders where not in spasm and with apply a bit of traction to my head and gently manipulate C-1 and C-2 and rock my head while doing it.

Then, it was up to me to be disciplined with posture as the ligaments strengthened. It was a few months before lasting improvements were noticed. A few years before I could stop being disciplined with my sleep posture.

Hi CenterIce

I don't have TBI/PCS but my physiotherapist has helped me a lot with my chronic lower back pain and osteoarthritis in my right shoulder.

I hope that a physiotherapist will be able to help you as well.

Thanks
 

Thanks Mark. It will be interesting to see if my PT does something similar. My first appointment is coming up soon.

Kiwi33, thanks. I hoping for the best too. In the meantime I have to watch out for those "triggers" that start my headaches. I'm getting better at avoiding them.