A Case Study of Chronic Headaches

Brookes M, Swaffer T, Tuchin PJAustralasian Chiropractic and Osteopathy 1996 Jul; 5(2): 47-52

The following paper is a case study of a patient with a history of chronic headaches (originally diagnosed as migraine without aura) who was being treated at the Macquarie University Chiropractic Outpatient Clinic for cervical spine dysfunction. The treatments successfully reduced the upper neck and thoracic pain that the patient was experiencing and for which they had initially presented at the clinic. During the treatments, the patient also showed a significant subjective reduction in prevalence and intensity of headaches over a four month period. Analysis of the outcome is complicated by the fact that it is not clear whether the patient’s headaches were initially misdiagnosed as common migraine when in fact, they were cervicogenic. There may be some overlap between the two conditions, and a possible causative relationship between cervical spine dysfunction and common migraine. Furthermore, this case study discusses the validity of chiropractic treatment of organic disorders such as chronic headache or migraine.

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