Neck muscles have fairly predictable referred pain areas that can help narrow down which ones to focus on for your particular headache. In my previous post, I listed 5 muscles to look at if your headaches are in your forehead. In this post, I am going to list out the muscles associated with pain inContinueContinue reading “Dry Needling for Tension Headaches: 5 Muscles to Needle and 2 to Avoid”
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Dry Needling for Forehead Headaches: Top 5 Muscles to Consider
Muscles of the neck can refer pain into the head causing you to have a headache. It can be daunting to try and figure out which muscle is the problem. Thankfully, we have evidence to tell us where a muscles will typically refer to. Of course, there will always be individuals who have atypical referralContinueContinue reading “Dry Needling for Forehead Headaches: Top 5 Muscles to Consider”
What is Dry Needling?
Read the original post here. Dry needling is an increasingly popular treatment option that can be performed by physical therapists to improve a patient’s pain and range of motion. A needle without medication (i.e “dry” needling) is inserted into a trigger point, or “knot” in the muscle. There are several techniques that can be usedContinueContinue reading “What is Dry Needling?”
The Headache Therapist 