Free Headache Screenings at Barrington Accelerated

The holiday season is upon us.  While many Americans are looking forward to celebrating the holidays with loved ones, more than 180 million headache sufferers are dreading the thought of loud crowds, travel delays and family squabbles which aggravate their symptoms.

To help sufferers during the peak headache season, Accelerated Physical Therapy is offering free headache screenings, including the Barrington location at 455 W. Northwest Hwy, in their Chicagoland area centers.  From November 15, 2013 through December 31, 2013, Accelerated physical therapists will provide complimentary headache screenings to help sufferers better understand the source of their headaches and obtain information on how to seek treatment.  

To schedule a free headache screening, call 877-97-REHAB.

A headache screening is performed by a licensed physical therapist and includes an assessment of your medical history, neck range of motion, posture, and joint mobility as well as a discussion of headache triggers.

Cervicogenic headaches affect between seven and nine million Americans and are often misdiagnosed because the symptoms can mimic migraines or tension headaches.

The screening will determine if your headache is cervicogenic.  These types of headaches are caused by your neck structure and alignment and can cause pain in other areas.    

Typically, cervicogenic headaches result from dysfunction in your discs, stiff joints, or an injury to neck muscles and/or ligaments.  However, pain can also be caused by an excessive amount of stress to the neck and spine as a result of a current or prior injury, poor posture and/or muscle tension. 

Accelerated physical therapists are extremely proficient at treating cervicogenic headaches and can relieve pain, improve neck function and restore your quality of life.  If necessary, our physical therapists can also refer you to a physician for further evaluation.

“With physical therapy, we have successfully treated many cervicogenic headache sufferers.  We help decrease pain and return sufferers to activities that they may have quit or modified due to their headache symptoms,” explains Denise Schneider, PT, COMT, FAAOMPT, ATC, head of the Accelerated Headache Rehabilitation Program. “With an individualized physical therapy treatment plan, we are able to return patients to their normal and active lifestyles, including their previous working, sleeping and exercising activities.”

The Accelerated headache team treats cervicogenic headaches with these specialized techniques:

s  Manual therapy techniques, such as joint mobilization and soft tissue massage

s  Exercise and stretching

s  Postural and body mechanics education

s  Pain relieving modalities

To learn more about the Accelerated Headache Program, visit www.acceleratedrehab.com.  .

*Free headache screenings are not available for federally funded payers.