Base of skull pain

[Janie03]

I’m new to the group and was wondering if anyone has experienced cervicogenic headaches. I have an appointment with physio in 2 months time to get diagnosed for certain

[sylvi]

I have never heard of it or had it sorry. I hope you soon gets some answers. Hugs.xxxx

[janmary]

I frequently wake with neck pain and headache - or can get the same problem when keeping my head in one position eg when on the computer or travelling- I have to remember to keep stretching and moving my neck. OA in the vertebrae causing it -

[Hidden]

There is significant crossover between cervicogenic and occipital headaches, to the point they can be almost indistinguishable: I had occipital headaches originating from an underlying congenital malformation, but aside from having some occipital nerve damage from the surgeries I’ve had to relieve the symptoms of that, it’s been suggested recently I still have persistent pain and neck issues due to cervicogenic headaches stemming from my inflammatory arthritis. Pain management for both is very similar with nerve blocks and Botox injections being the usual course, although these have very mixed results. Recent studies show that cervicogenic headaches respond less favourably to Botox than occipital ones. A few years back I had a nerve block that was brilliant but only lasted three weeks, and Botox jabs that were much less effective, but the effect lasted 4 months.