Have you ever had a headache from time to time, lasting from hours to weeks, when your head has been down for a long time? Research shows that about 70% of headaches are closely related to our cervical spine. Prolonged head bowing leads to excessive tension in the cervical muscles and abnormal compression or strain on the intervening nerves or compression of the spinal nerve, sympathetic nerve and vertebrobasilar artery due to cervical spine osteophytes can cause headaches. We call headaches caused by acute or chronic injury of the cervical spine cervicogenic headache. Self-recognition and early prevention 1. Cervical headache mostly occurs unilaterally, but may alternate bilaterally, and rarely is a full headache; 2. Pain in the posterior occipital region and cervical collar mainly, often accompanied by discomfort in the neck and shoulder region and posterior occipital region. It is often aggravated by cold, exertion, alcohol consumption and emotional excitement; 3. The duration of headache attack or aggravation varies from a few hours to several weeks. At the beginning of the disease, the headache is mostly paroxysmal, and as the disease progresses, the pain gradually increases and the duration increases. Warm tips 1. Maintain good lying and working posture. Change your posture frequently and avoid the same posture for too long; 2. Treat acute head and neck injuries in time so that the injured cervical vertebrae and muscles can recover as soon as possible; 3. Avoid excessive mental work and long-term mental tension, pay attention to the combination of work and rest and adjust the psychological state frequently can effectively control the attack of cervicogenic headache; 4. symptoms and relieve pain.