“A bad headache can destroy all plans for the day.”
These are few common type of headache:
1. Cervicogenic Headache
- Commonly having one sided headache from the back of the head until forehead and eyes, it will involve with shoulder pain and soreness too.
- It will last for one hour or several weeks
- Moderate to severe intensity
2. Migraine
- One sided headache involving eyes and head mostly with gradual onset.
- It will last for 4-72 hours
- Moderate to severe intensity of headache
3. Tension Headache
- Most common headache which involve bilateral side during the attacks.
- It will last half an hour to several hours
- Mild to high intensity
- Normally can be resolved by OTC medication or Panadols.
4. Cluster Headache
- Intense and explosive headache which involve at one side eye area more.
- It can last for 3 hours or sometimes weeks follow by remission period for months or years.
- High intensity of pain
5. Sinus Headache
- Headache that involve forehead, eyes, eyebrows, cheek and ear due to inflammation of the sinus.
- It will last days to weeks (resolved faster if treated)
- Mild to moderate intensity
Pain pattern of cervicogenic headache
Work from home has become a lifestyle recently due to Covid-19, work at home will need to use computer or other electronic devices for longer period. Will this become one of the causes of your headache?
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Article by LAI YU FENG
Physiotherapist of Your Physio Ampang