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Treating cervicogenic headaches with dry needling and manual therapy

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Cervicogenic headache refers to a headache of cervical origin. 1 The International Headache Society (IHS) has classified headaches as primary, where there is no other causative factor, or secondary, where the headache occurs in close temporal relationship to another disorder to which it is attributed.

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Association Between Spinal Manipulation, Butalbital Prescription, and Medication Overuse Headache in Adults With Tension-Type Headache: Retrospective Cohort Study

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Chiro.Org Blog: Our findings reveal a significant reduction in likelihood of both butalbital prescription and, tentatively, medication overuse headache (MOH), through 2years' follow-up among adults with tension-type headache (TTH) receiving spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) compared to matched controls.

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Comparative Effectiveness of Cervical vs Thoracic Spinal-thrust Manipulation for Care of Cervicogenic Headache: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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Chiro.Org Blog: The current randomized controlled trial found that cervical spine manipulation was more effective in improving pain parameters (intensity, frequency and threshold), functional disability and quality of life in patients with cervicogenic headache than thoracic spine manipulation and conventional physiotherapy.

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The Benefits of Spinal Manipulation in 2025: Why HVLA Still Matters

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Chiropractic care has continued to evolve, but one technique remains a staple in spinal health: High-Velocity, Low-Amplitude (HVLA) spinal manipulation. HVLA manipulation is a well-researched and widely used technique in chiropractic and manual therapy. But what exactly makes this technique so effective?

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Eagle Syndrome: A Chiropractic Perspective

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Symptoms often mimic temporomandibular joint disorders, glossopharyngeal neuralgia, or cervicogenic headaches, presenting as unilateral throat pain, dysphagia, otalgia, or a sensation of a foreign body in the throat. Chiropractic Management of Eagle Syndrome Research on the use of spinal manipulation for Eagle Syndrome is limited.

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F4CP President Sherry McAllister to receive Beatrice B. Hagen Award

Chiropractic Economics

Sherry McAllister, DC, MS (Ed), CCSP, FACC Sherry McAllister, DC, MS (Ed), CCSP, FACC, president of The Foundation for Chiropractic Progress (F4CP), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to informing and educating the general public about the value of chiropractic care, has been honored with Logan University’s 2025 Dr. Beatrice B.

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Top five most popular health and wellness articles of 2024

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Chiropractic Economics readers support this trend. Treatment strategies for cervicogenic headaches by Mark Sanna, DC Cervicogenic headaches are characterized by unilateral pain that starts in the neck, often after movement or injury.

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