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Migraine (All types)
Tension Type Headache
Cervicogenic Headache
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About Pain: An Overview
About Migraines & Headaches
About Trigger Points
For Medical Professionals

At your wit’s end not knowing why your headaches and migraines are getting better yet?

Take Headache Symptom Analyser to see if your pain could be coming from your neck.

Take our short interactive questionnaire to find out –the answer may surprise you…!

Headache Symptom Analyser

1 Symptoms

2 Your Details

Question 1*
Has the condition that you are experiencing right now been unchanged for the last 6 months?
- Yes
- No
Question 1a*
Please select if any of the below are true:
- I am over 50 years of age and I have never had headaches like what I am experiencing now.
- Are you pregnant and have never had headaches like I am experiencing now.
- The headache sufferer is a child.
- My headache changes immediately on changes to posture – ie immediately worse sitting than lying down or vice-versa.
- I have had new symptoms such as nausea, dizziness, auras, numbness, light sensitivity in the last six months.
- My headache had a sudden or abrupt onset – like a sudden thunderclap.
- I have tingling or numbness down my body, or a feeling of muscle weakness during an attack.
- My condition involves me going faint, dizzy, trembling, causes confusion or other “unusual” symptoms.
- Weight has fallen off me for no apparent reason in the last 3 months.
- My headache involved with fever, malaise or muscle cramps.
- I have a history of Cancer, HIV, or other systemic illnesses.
- My headache is new, and my middle and lower back has become stiffer as the days and weeks have gone on after headache onset.
- My headache is brought on by exertion such as coughing, straining or orgasm.
- None of the above.
Question 1b
Have you visited a GP, Hospital or Specialist regarding the symptoms you are experiencing right now?
- Yes
- No
Question 2
Do you have pain in your...
- Head, Face, Jaw, Sinuses, Nose, Ear or Behind Your Eye/s
- I experience no pain with my condition
Question 3
My headache can be...
- locked to just one side on occasions
- usually on both sides, but feels worse on one side than the other
- my headache is always even on both sides
Question 4
Select the statements which you believe to be true!
- My headache can swap sides between or during attacks (ie from left to right or vice versa)
- My headache has, at least 5% of the time, been on the other side to where it normally is.
- My headache can shift from being on one side of my head, to being on both sides of my head.
- My headache can be on both sides of my head, but feels worse one side than the other.
- My head pain is only ever on the same side
Question 5
Tick any which you believe to be true for your headache/migraine condition.
- I have Neck pain with my headache
- I have neck stiffness with my headache
- I have neck tightness with my headache
- My headache is brought on when my neck is in a sustained posture
- My headache condition has gradually worsened over time
- None of the above
Question 6
Have your doctors or specialists ever diagnosed you with any of the following? (tick the best option)
- Migraine
- Migraine with Aura
- Tension Headache
- Cluster Headache
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Hormonal headache/migraine
- Cervicogenic Headache
- Vestibular Migraine
- Basilar Migraine
- Silent Migraine
- Hemicrania Continuua
- Hemiplegic Migraine
- None of the above
Question 7
Have you ever had a CT or MRI Scan on your brain?
- Yes
- No
Question 8
Was your doctor/specialist satisfied that your scans were nothing to be concerned about?
- Yes
- No
Question 9a*
Please select if any of the below are true:
- I am over 50 years of age and I have never had headaches like what I am experiencing now.
- Are you pregnant and have never had headaches like I am experiencing now.
- The headache sufferer is a child.
- My headache changes immediately on changes to posture – ie immediately worse sitting than lying down or vice-versa.
- I have had new symptoms such as nausea, dizziness, auras, numbness, light sensitivity in the last six months.
- My headache had a sudden or abrupt onset – like a sudden thunderclap.
- I have tingling or numbness down my body, or a feeling of muscle weakness during an attack.
- My condition involves me going faint, dizzy, trembling, causes confusion or other “unusual” symptoms.
- Weight has fallen off me for no apparent reason in the last 3 months.
- My headache involved with fever, malaise or muscle cramps.
- I have a history of Cancer, HIV, or other systemic illnesses.
- My headache is new, and my middle and lower back has become stiffer as the days and weeks have gone on after headache onset.
- My headache is brought on by exertion such as coughing, straining or orgasm.
- None of the above.
Question 9b*
Please select if any of the below are true:
- I am over 50 years of age and I have never had headaches like what I am experiencing now.
- Are you pregnant and have never had headaches like I am experiencing now.
- The headache sufferer is a child.
- My headache changes immediately on changes to posture – ie immediately worse sitting than lying down or vice-versa.
- I have had new symptoms such as nausea, dizziness, auras, numbness, light sensitivity in the last six months.
- My headache had a sudden or abrupt onset – like a sudden thunderclap.
- I have tingling or numbness down my body, or a feeling of muscle weakness during an attack.
- My condition involves me going faint, dizzy, trembling, causes confusion or other “unusual” symptoms.
- Weight has fallen off me for no apparent reason in the last 3 months.
- My headache involved with fever, malaise or muscle cramps.
- I have a history of Cancer, HIV, or other systemic illnesses.
- My headache is new, and my middle and lower back has become stiffer as the days and weeks have gone on after headache onset.
- My headache is brought on by exertion such as coughing, straining or orgasm.
- None of the above.
Question 9c*
Please select if any of the below are true:
- I am over 50 years of age and I have never had headaches like what I am experiencing now.
- Are you pregnant and have never had headaches like I am experiencing now.
- The headache sufferer is a child.
- My headache changes immediately on changes to posture – ie immediately worse sitting than lying down or vice-versa.
- I have had new symptoms such as nausea, dizziness, auras, numbness, light sensitivity in the last six months.
- My headache had a sudden or abrupt onset – like a sudden thunderclap.
- I have tingling or numbness down my body, or a feeling of muscle weakness during an attack.
- My condition involves me going faint, dizzy, trembling, causes confusion or other “unusual” symptoms.
- Weight has fallen off me for no apparent reason in the last 3 months.
- My headache involved with fever, malaise or muscle cramps.
- I have a history of Cancer, HIV, or other systemic illnesses.
- My headache is new, and my middle and lower back has become stiffer as the days and weeks have gone on after headache onset.
- My headache is brought on by exertion such as coughing, straining or orgasm.
- None of the above.
Question 10
Have you visited a GP, Hospital or Specialist regarding the symptoms you are experiencing right now?
- Yes
- No
Question 11a
Question 11b
Question 11c
Question 11d
Question 11e
Question 11f
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It is recommended that you consult The Headache and Pain Management Centre or a medical professional for advice on whether treatment offered by The Headache and Pain Management Centre is suitable or not for you before taking any action based on the content on this questionnaire.

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