Neck pain

The neck - why people say it feels 'tight' As upper cervical chiropractors we deal with a small area which can have a huge impact on the whole body. Patients present with a multitude of ...

Whiplash - Symptoms and Care Whiplash is a neck injury caused by a sudden forcible bending of the neck one way and then the other. This can affect multiple structures within the neck including the ...

What is CCI and how does it develop? Craniocervical instability (CCI) is a pathological condition whereby there is an increased mobility at an area called the craniocervical junction. This is the region where the top ...

Epilepsy and our Central Nervous System (CNS) What is Epilepsy? Epilepsy is a central nervous system disorder in which brain activity becomes abnormal, causing seizures or periods of unusual behaviour, sensations and sometimes loss of ...

Cervicogenic Headaches - what are they? A Cervicogenic headache, is a chronic headache that arises from the Atlanto-occipital and upper cervical joints and is often misdiagnosed. They are a type of secondary headache felt across ...

What is the importance of symptoms? A symptom is defined as a physical or mental feature which is regarded as indicating a condition of disease, particularly such a feature that is apparent to the patient. ...

Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) is the most common form of dysautonomia; this is a disorder of the autonomic nervous system which involves failure of the sympathetic or parasympathetic control. It is defined by an ...

Post concussion, the signs, the symptoms and the evidence This occurs when the symptoms of concussion persist for 3 months or more after sustaining a mild traumatic brain injury or another type of trauma to ...

Self-manipulation, I.E cracking knuckles and joints, is becoming more and more common amongst people that we see in the office.  Some people report cracking their necks up to 30 times per day. Despite the constant ...

Occipital neuralgia is a distinct type of headache characterised by piercing, throbbing, or electric-shock-like chronic pain in the upper neck, back of the head, and behind the ears, usually on one side of the head ...