As the saying goes: treat the headache, treat the foot. It means that where there is a problem, we have to treat the symptoms. However, if you limit yourself to headaches, it would be a big mistake, because sometimes, headaches are not necessarily caused by problems in the head itself, but by problems elsewhere. Often patients say they have dizziness and headaches, and after a CT scan of the brain, they still can’t find the problem. Although some people can think of cervical spine-related problems, they are often overlooked because of the vague location of the pain (pain that accompanies multiple parts of the body). Here’s a look at the common causes and treatments for cervicogenic headaches. Common causes of cervicogenic headache 1, sitting posture is not good. Nowadays, many people are computer office, but the placement of the computer and the human sitting position almost do not match, either the screen is too low head to shrink, or the keyboard is too high hand to lift, which are typical of the sitting position is not right. A long time, the cervical spine ligaments, muscles are stretched slack, strain. In the cervical spine activities, strain ligaments can not play a normal protective and stabilizing role. So that in the low head or a large tilt of the head, the cervical spine because there is no elasticity of the ligaments and muscles pull and misalignment. At this time, the blood vessels in the spinal canal on both sides of the cervical vertebrae, will be misaligned cervical vertebrae compression, dizziness and headache and other symptoms. 2, improper sleeping posture. A survey shows that the vast majority of people’s pillows are not qualified, 90% of the people sleeping on the pillow is problematic. Usually 75% of the people in the sleep will be positive, side lying cross sleep. Normally, when lying on the front, the pillow should just fill the curve of the neck, which requires the neck to be higher and the head to be slightly lower. When lying on your side, the height of the pillow should be a little higher, so that the neck is not tilted downward and the entire spine is level with the bed. In fact, look at our pillows, some are too short to support the neck when lying on the right side; some are too high, the neck with the head tilted forward. Because the pillow is not suitable, the neck tension caused by working with the head down during the day can not be restored during sleep. Especially when sleeping on the side, due to the pillow height is not enough, the neck to one side of the twist, it will lead to the cervical spine on both sides of the blood vessels stretching, compression, aggravate the symptoms of dizziness and headache. 3, head and neck cold. Menstruation and postpartum are very easy to cause dizziness, sleep, the body is wrapped in a quilt, only the head and neck are most vulnerable to cold. Neck around the rich blood vessels and nerves, they are particularly sensitive to changes in the surrounding environment, blood vessels because of cold contraction is very serious, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the brain. Sympathetic nerves are also easily affected by the temperature of the external environment and become excited, increasing one’s sense of pain. And the tension of blood vessels and nerves, resulting in the muscles can not fully stretch the natural sleep will not be good. In this way, after waking up from sleep, dizziness, and in severe cases, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms. Many weak people are more prone to headaches caused by cold. This is like abstaining from taking a cold shower when you are sweating profusely. Women during menstruation, postpartum, menopause, and those who are tired from work are prone to headaches caused by cold in the cervical vertebrae while sleeping. Nursing care of cervicogenic headache Correct bad sitting posture. Workers should correctly adjust the sitting posture, do not crooked, slanting, arching the body, try to keep the upper body upright. Most importantly, adjust your desk to a more appropriate position. Do eyes can look directly at the computer screen, and arms can be more normal bending. Here to recommend a small movement, help stretch the back muscles, relieve fatigue, that is, do some reverse movement, two hands back to the back of the cross, try to neck and back to the back, adhere to a few seconds, very effective. Head and neck should pay attention to keep warm. Especially many young people do not pay attention to keep warm. But especially in this part of the population, cervical spine problems are often comprehensive. The busier you are at work the more important it is to prevent getting cold. When you come back to the office from a sweaty day out, don’t blow on the fan or air conditioner right away. Especially for those who are physically weak, it is important to keep your back warm. Treatment of cervicogenic headache If cervicogenic headache persists, consider medical consultation or medication as soon as possible. Medications can be treated with proprietary Chinese medicines, which can avoid the adverse effects of some medications.