ABSTRACT

The Headache Handbook: Diagnosis and Treatment 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.

chapter chapter one|9 pages

Anatomy and physiology of headache

chapter chapter two|5 pages

General thoughts on the mechanisms of headache

chapter chapter three|16 pages

Migraine headache

chapter chapter four|12 pages

Cluster headache

chapter chapter six|9 pages

Evaluation and treatment of tension-type headache

chapter chapter seven|7 pages

Combination headache

chapter chapter eight|9 pages

Psychological aspects of headache

chapter chapter nine|8 pages

Post-traumatic headache

chapter chapter ten|6 pages

Orofacial pain

chapter chapter eleven|10 pages

Organic causes of headache

chapter chapter twelve|9 pages

Interdisciplinary treatment of headache

chapter chapter thirteen|5 pages

Nerve blocks and other interventional procedures

chapter chapter fourteen|8 pages

Cervicogenic headache: an introduction and manual medicine