Hamstring Active Release Technique in Cervicogenic Headache

Launched by CAIRO UNIVERSITY · Dec 20, 2022

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ClinConnect Summary

Cervicogenic Headache (CGH) is a secondary and often unilateral headache that is known by referring pain from soft or hard cervical structures to occipital, temporal and frontal regions. There are some fascial connections between suboccipital muscles with dura mater and C2 vertebra. Presumably, fascial restriction in one part of the body causes unusual stress in other parts of the body due to fascial continuity. It has demonstrated that increased tension and shortening of the hamstring's muscles can cause neck and shoulder pain. This occurs because the superficial fascial back line of the m...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Unilateral headache (in the same side) related by pain, movement and sustaining position of neck started from the occiput spread to the tempro-frontal region for more than 3 months.
• • Pain and tenderness at the upper cervical segment's palpation.
• • Movement restriction in cervical region, especially in the upper cervical rotation.
• • Positive SLR test for hamstring muscle less than 80◦.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Malignancy.
• • Other types of headaches, including migraine, tension type, other serious headaches.
• • History of head and neck trauma or surgery.
• • Pregnancy.
• • Physiotherapy for headache in the last 3 months.

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