Blog Category – Neck Pain Headaches

How Your Shoulder Causes Neck Pain & Headaches
Years ago, I was working with a young man who had upper neck pain, as well as constant headaches…let’s call him Nick.
Nick was about 24 years old and a high school music teacher. We was having significant neck pain and headaches along the left side of his neck, up towards his skull.
After working with Nick for about 3 weeks, he just wasn’t getting better, despite my best efforts to treat his irritated muscles.
And it wasn’t until he had a consult with a different PT that I realized that I was missing something: his shoulder was the ROOT CAUSE of his neck pain.

4 Reasons Your Neck Pain & Headaches Aren’t Getting Better
If you’ve already been trying everything you can think of to alleviate your neck pain and headaches, you might find yourself thinking something like “What am I doing wrong?”
Or maybe a better question is “What I am missing?” More than likely, you’re just one small change away from finally starting to ease the tension in your neck and shoulders and reducing your headaches.
The trick is just to figure out this one small change and stick to it over a period of time.
In the video below, I’ll explain the 4 most commonly overlooked reasons why people aren’t able to get on top of their neck pain and headaches, despite their best efforts with things like improving their posture and performing stretches and exercises.

5 Best Hands-On Techniques to Eliminate Neck Pain & Headaches
You’ve done your best to reduce you neck pain and headaches…you’ve improved your posture, you’re doing some neck and shoulder stretches, and you’ve done your best to reduce your triggers (like reducing your stress, sleeping more and eating better)…
And despite your best efforts, those headaches are still bothering you!
If this sounds like you (or someone you know and care about), you might just need a little help.

5 Simple Stretches to Reduce Neck Pain & Headaches
If you’ve been suffering from neck pain and headaches over an extended period, it’s very likely that your posture is a major contributing factor.
And while there are many factors to consider when trying to eliminate headaches, reducing the tension in the muscles surrounding your neck and shoulder blades is an excellent place to start.
In today’s blog, I’m going to share 5 simple stretches that you can perform in the comfort of your own home to help you start to loosen up these tight muscles and reduce your neck pain and headaches.

What Causes Headaches? Intro to Postural Headaches (and Neck Pain)
So there you are, going about your day, when you start to notice a little bit of tension building at the base of your skull.
“It’s no big deal” you tell yourself… “it should go away soon”…
But as the day wears on, the tension starts to build, and before you know it the pain has spread up the back of your skull and has reached your forehead.
Finally you admit defeat… you’ve got another headache!
What went wrong? Is there something you could’ve done to avoid yet another headache?
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