The Headache Handbook

This book helps both generalist and specialist clinicians, including family practitioners, chiropractors, and neurologists, to understand headache, possibly the most ubiquitous symptom in medicine. This comprehensive work covers the myriad of differences among headache patients and the need for accurate fact gathering and physical and neurological examinations. Topics include anatomy and physiology of headache; evaluation and treatment of various headache types; interventional procedures; and manual medicine consultations

Gary W. Jay

Introduction. Anatomy and Physiology of Headache. General Thoughts on the Mechanisms of Headache. Migraine Headache. Migraine Headache. Cluster Headache. Tension-Type Headache: Clinical and Pathophysiological Aspects. Evaluation and Treatment of Tension-Type Headache. Combination Headache. Psychological Aspects of Headache. Post-Traumatic Headache. Orofacial Pain. Organic Causes of Headache. The Interdisciplinary Treatment of Headache. Nerve Blocks and Other Interventional Procedures. "Cervicogenic Headache," an Introduction, and Manual Medicine. Afterward. References.