Craniocervical Instability vs Occipital Neuralgia: Two Upper-Neck Problems Compared
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By Dr. Rusty Lavender — Lavender Family Chiropractic, Sarasota, FL Read the names of these two conditions carefully and you will notice something the internet rarely says out loud: both of them live at the very top of your neck....
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 A patient points to the back of their head to show me where the trouble starts, then drags a finger up over the scalp and lands on the eyebrow. “But...
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 a sharp, electric, or burning pain fires from the base of your skull up over the back of your head — sometimes reaching behind the eye — there is...
Occipital Neuralgia vs Cervicogenic Headache: Two Upper-Neck Headaches Compared
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By Dr. Rusty Lavender — Lavender Family Chiropractic, Sarasota, FL Here is the fact that should reframe your entire search for answers: both of the headaches most often confused for each other — occipital neuralgia and cervicogenic headache — are...
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 a sharp, electric jolt fires from the base of your skull up the back of your head, you have almost certainly been handed a label — “migraine,” “tension headache,”...
natural occipital neuralgia
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Natural Occipital Neuralgia Relief: If you’ve been waking up with the same pain at the base of your skull for months, dreading the next migraine, or living in fear of the next jolt of facial pain that drops you to...