Occipital Neuralgia and Pain Behind the Eye: Why Back-of-Head Pain Refers to the Front
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By Dr. Rusty Lavender — Lavender Family Chiropractic, Sarasota, FL If you have ever had a deep ache at the base of your skull that somehow ended up throbbing behind your eye, you are not imagining it, and you are...
The Greater Occipital Nerve and C2: The Anatomy Behind Occipital Neuralgia
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By Dr. Rusty Lavender — Lavender Family Chiropractic, Sarasota, FL If you have ever felt a sharp, electric, or burning pain that starts at the base of your skull and shoots up over the back of your head—sometimes reaching behind...
Occipital Neuralgia vs Cervicogenic Headache: Two Upper-Neck Headaches Compared
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By Dr. Rusty Lavender — Lavender Family Chiropractic, Sarasota, FL If you have been dealing with headaches that seem to start at the base of your skull and travel upward, you already know how confusing the search for answers can...
Occipital Neuralgia vs. Migraine vs. Tension Headache: How to Tell Them Apart
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By Dr. Rusty Lavender — Lavender Family Chiropractic, Sarasota, FL If you have ever felt a sudden jolt of sharp, electric pain shoot from the base of your skull up toward the back of your head, you already know how...
TMJ and Forward Head Posture: The Neck–Jaw Connection
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By Dr. Rusty Lavender — Lavender Family Chiropractic, Sarasota, FL If you live with jaw pain, clicking, headaches, or that maddening tightness around your temples and ears, you have probably spent a fair amount of time thinking about your jaw....
TMJ vs Trigeminal Neuralgia: Two Very Different Facial Pains
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By Dr. Rusty Lavender — Lavender Family Chiropractic, Sarasota, FL Face pain has a way of taking over your life. It interrupts meals, disrupts sleep, makes you dread simple things like brushing your teeth or feeling a breeze on your...