Occipital Neuralgia Headaches Clients presenting with occipital neuralgia commonly complain of pain referring up the back of the head and around the side, sometimes reaching into the orbital region. These headaches usually result from holding an awkward, static head posture. Prolonged, non-neutral postures with the head tilted on the neck can cause mechanoreceptor excitability in surrounding muscles, ligaments, and joint capsules as the O-A condyles are crammed closed on one side. Examples might

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