Spinal Manipulation and Headaches: An Update

Vernon HTopics in Clinical Chiropractic1995 Sep; 2(3): 34-47

The role of cervical spine and of spinal manipulation in headache unresolved. This article will review the existing literature in three important areas which relate to these controversies, namely: (1) studies of spinal manipulation for headache; (2) mechanisms of cervicogenic head pain; and (3) components of cervicogenic dysfunction. The main thesis of this article is that the cervical spine plays an important role in benign headache and that evidence exists supporting chiropractic spinal manipulation as a beneficial therapy.

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