{"id":57,"date":"2009-03-14T18:25:34","date_gmt":"2009-03-14T18:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abbottcenterblog.wordpress.com\/?p=57"},"modified":"2023-01-02T15:58:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T15:58:02","slug":"headache-pain-in-a-teenager-neuromuscular-therapy-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abbottcenter.com\/bostonpaintherapy\/2009\/03\/14\/headache-pain-in-a-teenager-neuromuscular-therapy-view\/","title":{"rendered":"Headache pain in a teenager: A Neuromuscular Therapy point of view"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a Neuromuscular Therapist<\/strong>, how did I think about the case of Katy H.?<\/p>\n

First I thought about Trigger Points<\/strong> because that is the focus of NMT evaluation and treatment. There are three muscles that have this pain pattern, so I examined Katy and found hyperactive twitching and Trigger\u00a0Points in the suboccipitals,\u00a0referred pain when compressing the upper trapezius<\/strong>, and\u00a0Trigger\u00a0Points to the head and throat from the\u00a0SCM (sternocleidomastoid).\u00a0Recall that one of her first symptoms was a sore throat?\u00a0All three muscle groups were tight and referred\u00a0to where she complained about pain in her head<\/strong>.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Upper trap TrPs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Suboccipital TrPs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Levator Scapula TrPs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For the pain at the angle of her neck and shoulder, the levator scapula muscle\u00a0<\/span>that lifts her shoulder was examined.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Thinking about sources for pain:<\/strong> posture, a heavy backpack and stress were the suspected three main contributors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Relief from headache pain<\/span> in teenagers comes from treating the hyperactive Trigger Points and releasing tension in the neck, tops of the shoulders and upper back. Icing and a home stretch program are helpful, and corrections to postural habits and backpack choices will be necessary to prevent recurrence.<\/span><\/div>\n

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As a Neuromuscular Therapist, how did I think about the case of Katy H.? First I thought about Trigger Points because that is the focus of NMT evaluation and treatment. There are three muscles that have this pain pattern, so I examined Katy and found hyperactive twitching and Trigger\u00a0Points in the suboccipitals,\u00a0referred pain when compressing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,30],"tags":[825,289,290,845],"class_list":["post-57","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headaches","category-neck-pain","tag-backpacks","tag-head-pain","tag-headache","tag-neck-pain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abbottcenter.com\/bostonpaintherapy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abbottcenter.com\/bostonpaintherapy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abbottcenter.com\/bostonpaintherapy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abbottcenter.com\/bostonpaintherapy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abbottcenter.com\/bostonpaintherapy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abbottcenter.com\/bostonpaintherapy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4541,"href":"https:\/\/abbottcenter.com\/bostonpaintherapy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions\/4541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abbottcenter.com\/bostonpaintherapy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abbottcenter.com\/bostonpaintherapy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abbottcenter.com\/bostonpaintherapy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}