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Occipital Neuralgia Exercises, Stretches for Occipital Neuralgia
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- Опубликовано: 31 мар 2021
- OCCIPITAL NEURALGIA EXERCISES | STRETCHES FOR OCCIPITAL NEURALGIA || Stephen Dunn, Holistic Physical Therapist, Pilates & Gyrotonic Instructor, Author, Online Course Creator, Business Coach, Podcast Host & co-owner of CORE Therapy and Pilates teaches an essential unknown stretch and one exercise to improve occipital neuralgia.
Is Occipital neuralgia bothering the base of your skull and behind your eyes? Watch this video to learn more! Why is occipital neuralgia causing so much pain in my life? By the end of this you will know the essential stretch no one is talking about and the best exercise to help improve your occipital neuralgia symptoms.… I’ve helped hundreds of patients with this condition over the past two decades and can’t wait to teach you. Why is occipital neuralgia causing so much pain in my life? The nerve between the skull and the first cervical vertebra is compressed. This is caused by forward head posture putting pressure on the occipital nerve causing occipital neuralgia. The muscles in front that we want to stretch are the platysma and scalene. Place your hand under the collar bone and look up and over the opposite shoulder and hold for 4-5 deep breaths. Next, we will do the chin tuck exercise by pulling your head back and up to relieve the pressure on the occipital nerve.
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Do you have neck pain and headaches due to Occipital Neuralgia? Try these occipital neuralgia exercises and stretches
Thank you so much for that first stretch! I always tell them it's the front of my neck that hurts and feels tight like it's pulling my jaw muscles and yet they always "treat" the back of the neck.... (I'm in round two of physical therapy for my neck)
@@blake5318 you are very welcome... thanks for watching!
Yes, I do. But I also have a leftward compressed nerve from stenosis at C4/C5, so it makes part of this hard to do (the first stretch, to the right side). To top it all off I have a torn labrum & biceps tendenitis in my right shoulder, so some of my PT exercises for my stenosis agitate that and vice versa...
I have also had a TLIF (L5/S1) - but this, while painful, is no longer consequential.
I've applied for an entirely new musculoskeletal system; interestingly, insurance has not agreed to this! :-D
Are you in Austin? I graduated from college there yeeeears ago, when it was much smaller and less California-fied (coincidentally where I live now).
If you have other exercises for suggestion, I'm all eyes.
Is there any particular pillow for occipital neuralagia ?? Nd thnk u so muchhh
Great simple stretch, easy ro do a few times a day, great relief. I use computers for hours.
It's 4am I'm in complete agony and then found this gem,Instant relief. honestly thank you! 🙏🏽
I love reading this!
@Gretchen Harbourt I get this a few times a year too, waking up with this pain. I had it last night from about 10:30pm until around 1am. And then it came back the next day, I know its from posture and truly from furniture that doesn’t support my back in sitting up straighter (old arm chair and sofa that isn’t firm, and looking at iPad🙃😕. And in past was from bad pillows, ugh.
ditto LOL
I find I get the most pain from this at night when laying down trying to sleep. It is horrifying. It is a horrifying pain.
@@siobhanrose1680 are you still suffering from this pain?
Wow! I went to the chiropractor 2 days in a row and was still experiencing excruciating pain. My daughter sent me this video and I felt relief instantly. Thank you!
17 years of Occipital neuralgia caused by a stroke. Daily constant pain. Rehab doctors, physical therapists, pain doctors, nerve blocks. nothing. Doing your stretches 3 times daily and I have slept through the night pain free 9 of 10 days so far and i go hours without even thinking abut my pain. Thank you. I have other stretches I do, but the first stretch in this video is magic
How r u now
It’s 1am and as I sit in tears because of this pain, it instantly became less painful by doing these exercises. Thank you so much. I’m going to do these every few hours now💯
Great job!
5 days of nonstop headache and pain. Heating pad, Aleve and massage and it just persisted. Instant relief after doing these exercises. 🙏🏼❤️ Thank you!!!
Thanks for sharing
hey, how are you doing now?
I’ve had occipital pain for quite a few years. Was eating dinner with a headache and then decided to RUclips tension headaches and pain relief. Your video came up and I did your 2 stretches. Instant relief, especially with the collar bone strength. Thank you so very much!
Pencil ✏️ trick works well with my occipital neuralgia. Tapping with the eraser end of it stimulates the nerves on the back of the head. It helped me relief the week long pain, I was in so much pain..
Can you please tell me where on your head you tap the pencil? This pain is so difficult that there are days when it is hard to find hope.
Omg complete healed me thank you baby Jesus!!
Glad it helped!
I didn't knew what was causing this pain to me on my head. Just searched for the type of head pain on Google found this relief excercise video and I'm bit relieved now. Thanks!
Glad I could help
Same as mine...thank you so much for this video..❤️❤️
It's really help
literally was in tears, no joke, googled for help and found you. INSTANT HELP you amazing human thank you so much
Omg! Instant relief! Thank you so so much. I've suffered for years with this pain. I'm crying with relief. X
So glad!
I think it worked with the first stretch 🙏🏻🙏🏻iv been suffering for 12 months thank you I’m in uk 🇬🇧 other wise I would calling you right now, seeing GP for first time about this pain tomorrow I’ll tell him/ her about this stretch 🙏🏻 thank you
So happy to help from across the world!
My neuralgia pains happen behind my ears most times, usually the left. The neuro called it occipital.
After battling neuralgia pain most of the weekend, the first stretch feels more helpful for me so far.
Same. The under the collar bone thing didn't work for me so I did above the collarbone and it helped the excruciating ear pain.
I've been suffering for a couple months now..I don't do doctors so I figured it would heal ..I would feel better but then I cough like today and it felt like my head was tearing my fingers feel like rubber bands are on them I couldn't turn my neck to the right ..I did the exercises from 2 of your videos and almost fell asleep where I was because my body slowly started to feel relief..I have been suffering for so long today I was going to the E.R but I found your videos 1st . Thank you so much for sharing because you really have helped me. God Bless you
Good thing you didn’t go to ER, they would just charge you a bunch and diagnose you wrong. That’s what happened to me….
THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME..."DRAMATICALLY!" I've gone to a neurosurgeon, had Xray, MRI, CAR scan, and let's not forget injection! The ONLY relief was from "HEAT," stretching the front muscles, and most of all...trying (very hard) to stretch the top of my head to the ceiling! You MUST FULLY EXTEND UPWARDS. I've tried EVERY and ALL other stretches... These are the ONLY ONES THAT WORKED!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU AGAIN!
Edward
You are so welcome
I’ve had Occipital Neuralgia for five years now on the right side of head going down behind my right ear this pain is fail and so bad along with this pain I also have Migraines with aura and right sided weakens I’ve dealt with these terrible painful every morning upon awakening the pain the bad migraines started at at 17 , I’m 65 years old now still have these terrible migraines on the right side of my head over my right eye and beside my right eye . I’m now on a preventative injection called Aimovig 70 mg every 28 day’s injection into my thigh I’ll be so thankful when my body takes to the meds in this injection . These pains are unbearable , watching your video . Thankyou for sharing it . I pray it helps me ♥️.My eye doctor mentioned at my last visit , stated that he had asked me if I had chicken pox as a child and he said that is why I have these painful conditions ❤️Praying for everyone with pain 🙏♥️
May God heal you.🙏🏽
I used to have this issue occasionally when I was a kid. I'm glad to hear it actually has a name.
It only lasted about two seconds but it felt like a ring of electricity travelling up from the based of the head to the top of the scalp where the ring would come together and zap the top of the head leaving a slightly painful burning sensation.
It hasn't happened in years and it was a very uncommon thing, probably happened three or four times during my childhood.
Thanks for sharing your experience.
Thank you so much! I’ve been suffering from back head pain for almost 5 years. Now there is a relief
I cannot thank you enough for this video! I'd been miserable for 5 days with pain. Instant relief came from doing these stretches. I'm going to include these stretches daily. Thank you!!
Glad it helped!
Really? I’ll try them soon
Great stretch - immediately relieved the tingling sensation I've had along the left side of my head into my ear, over the head, and behind the eye. Thanks CORE.
You're very welcome!
NO WORDS CAN DESCRIBE MY APPRECIATION TO YOU. Been having this pain for years and had no idea what to do. I did stretches, Tylenol and all kinds of things. Found this video and tried the stretches and right away felt better. My pains severe so I’m going to continue doing these stretches everyday. Thank you again!
Yeah this stretch works wonders my chiro showed me it and it cured my problems
I have been to so many Doctors, painful RFA treatments and little relief. These exercises really work! First day in a year with no neck pain. AMAZING! I am so happy I found your site. Thank you so much!
Wow, I actually felt the occipital area lift up during that second exercise, even heard a fizzle sound releasing at the same time. Amazing!
Thank you so much! I thought I have a serious illness until I found this video and it worked like magic !
I found your video after a week of neck and head pain. I had already been trying all the possible neck stretches, with very little to no results. Your video was the first and only one that showed the stretch at the front of the neck. I got a substantial decrease in the level of pain, both at the neck and head - and also at the TMJ level. Thank you so much!
Oh my, out of desperation looked on Internet to see any exercises for this condition. This really works to my surprise, will do daily incorporated with my pilates for my back which is much better too! Seeing a Dr obviously was a waste of time, go away take these pills etc no thanks unless last resort. Thankyou!
Just tried this hope it helps gona try everyday thanks so much 🙏
Exactly the same as "Phone A" below - never told to raise head at same time as chin tuck! Many thanks....
Lengthen! So glad you found some help!
The side stretch was really good. I am in the middle of a hideous few days with this condition and I am going to keep doing this until its gone thank you
Keep it up
Talk about instant relief!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
Great stretches. The first stretch decreased the lesser occipital nerve symptoms. Plugged ears, pressure behind ears. The second got the greater occipital nerves 👍
So happy it helped you.
OMG Thank you so much. I haven't felt this good in 10 yrs. I can't believe just doing this for a few mins and I found much relief. 🎉. You da man Doc.
wasn't expecting it to work this effectively, now i don't feel like there's a knife thru the back of my head and eyes all the time tysm 👍
Glad it helped!
It didn't relieved my eye pressure but it did reduced the neck pain thanks
MARAMING SALAMAT PO! I'M FROM PHILIPPINES 💖
Thanks, the chin tuck is a game changer
I have been suffering unbearable headache for last one week . Just searched for Google "back of head hurts" and found this relief excercise video and did these stretches and got relieved now. Experienced with occipital neuralgia and it's very brutal... I am so thankful to you 🙏🙏
Glad it helped!
Wow! This explanation about the connection to neck and areas below -- especially to the front of the body-- really xeroed in on my particular areas of pain. No one else has suggested those stretches. Bingo! And one enormous thank you ! I've been at this for 2 years -- 7 docs and 3 phys therapists. All just brushed me off, didn't take me seriously. Thank you beyond words!
Perfect exercise......I got immediate relief at 7:00 AM in the morning.....Over six months long pain relief 60% .....in few minutes....Next few days....It's gone........Be blessed....
I was in a lot of pain yesterday and then I tried both of your exercises. What a difference they made. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Thank you Doctor, 🇧🇷
You bet! 👍
Thank you so much, the neck muscles were so tight... now I can sleep ❤
You're welcome 😊
That chin tuck is a wonder! It helped immediately!
So happy to read this!
Great exercises. Is this neuralgia curable? Do you have to do such exercises for the rest of your life for pain relief
I've been having constant headaches (and migraines) for a month, ever since I had vertigo. The doctors said it's probably just tension, but looking up my symptoms occipital neuralgia kept popping up. These exercises gave me instant relief! So I guess that's what I have
Hello!!! I'm having the same symptoms, I got vertigo and then a headache that has been there for a month and a week! I hope you are felling better
@@lilianperez1121 It turned out I have a cyst on my pineal gland in my brain. It's benign and a lot of people have it, but not many have symptoms. It usually goes away on it's own and I don't get vertigo or headaches anymore
@@BlueMoon-qv6tmhello how did you find out about the cyst what Dr to go to ? I’m so sorry I’m just going through burning headaches and I’m so scared
@@aguirrebella432 Aw, don't be scared
@@BlueMoon-qv6tm that’s so scary but so glad they finally listened to you, I just stared this journey and afraid of what I’ll run into, I hate taking meds so always try to find similar stuff to what the prescribe in natural, herb form, my dr right now thinks it’s a muscle spasm and prescribed me a strong muscle relaxant, I declined because I have severe anxiety and the last thing I need is to be out of it and hallucinate, she suggested a massage it sort of helped, but just really wanting an MRI as well, not meds I need answers first. 😞 thank you for answering! You’re awesome!
causes severe pain behind left eye and cheek when I bend my head forward. Starts from back skull and up to the left ear, but then seems to skip a section and end up right behind my left eye. Been going on for 9 years after a benign facial trauma.
Thinking of a nerve block. These stretches make sense. THANK YOU !!!
Chin tucks really helped!
Awesome explanation...I was first diagnosed with Cluster Headache Syndrome but now I'm convinced I have O.N. instead. I am on a laptop 3-4 hours per day and have had problems off and on for over 15 years now. I will do these religiously and hope the frequency and intensity are mostly removed....sure beats Gabapentin, Ibuprofen and Sumatriptan or heck, Botox injections for that matter.
really helped thanks
Glad to hear!
FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU VERY MUCH..
Secondly my story.. This pain was one and off for almost a month now, sometimes as soon as i wake up in the morning, within 1 mintute this pain starts...sometimes even unable to sleep, i thought iw was due to my long hour studies.... but now i know its because during those long hours i had hunched back and wiered neck placement.. changed now...and 30-40% instant relief after these two exercises.... i will update this after few days..again thanks..i didnt knew how important posture was, now i DO.... :)
And lastly i dont understand why those 5 persons gave dislike, wiered persons.Good luck to you.
Thanks for the kind words and you made me laugh with your last comment.
Have been struggling on and off with this for years. Found the chest press and neck stretch really deep and effective. Thank you
I've had this problem since 1994. No one knew what it was. Had MRI's, scans, x rays, what have you. For me, I can't say its causing PAIN, but the electric sensation is so complete and overwhelming that it made me cry. I was told I was imagining it and that it was anxiety. Finally told my chiropractor about the symptom and he said, "Oh, I can fix that." He did a few adjustments and I was fine. I only have it occasionally now, and I do the stretches. I hope you feel better!
deeply grateful for helping me relese the pain in a few minutes
So happy to read your comment
This helped tremendously!
These are the exact areas where my migraines begin (at the base of my skull), and go over the top of my head to the back of my eye. I experience pain on one side of my head and then the other. These exercises did seem to relieve the worst of my pain.
I’ve never known about that stretch and the chalk. I didn’t know you’re supposed to pull your head up a little bit. This was very helpful. Thank you.
Thank you so much! So many videos and yours worked the best! Can sleep with some peace now 😴 ❤️
1:40 he is so right. I drive a truck for work and had been leaning my head forward all day for several weeks until I began having these nasty headaches from the occipital area all the way to like my eye sockets. Was super tender along the back of my head just above my neck and right behind my ears. Then I just started to keep my chin up higher tilting my head back and then the pain began to lessen more and more, thankfully the pain is gone.
Chin tucks. Felt strange at first but dang that sped up the healing, helpful
I’m writing this comment to get some help for my dad. He has been getting electric pain shocks in his head when he laughs, cough, bending down and when changing side when he sleeps. He also recently starting having neck pain… I was hoping if this could relate? Your video is very helpful and filled with so much information! 👍
I am so desperate this morning I will do anything you say
Hello Stephen I really like this exercise felt some relief. I have idiopathic Trigeminal Neuralgia on my right side of face. I get electric pain in my right eyebrow and right nostril. Please share the exercise to help this pain. This is very unbearable pain. My life has stopped. I will really appreciate and grateful to you.
We have a friend who had the exact same condition. It is was MOST painful! They had surgery at Uviv of FL, Gainsville. 22 years later still NO pain.
I have been suffering from occipital neuralgia for 10 years now. Pain so excruciating that I have wanted to just end it. The first exercise was helpful but the second one did nothing for me, but my ON is more muscle based due to chronic muscle tension and muscles alway squeezing at the nerve. So the second exercise may be helpful to others
Hello Stacy 👋I wanted to comment because I also suffer from occipital neuralgia and my goodness it is so excruciating some days I just want to die and my family and friends just don't understand how bad it feels. I hope you don't mind me asking what do you do to help ease this pain? Thanks in advance. I greatly appreciate any help.😔
@@nikkilynn559 in all honesty, sometimes it’s a matter of putting myself in bed for 2 full days on muscle relaxers. Mine is triggered my chronic muscle tension in my neck and shoulders. So muscle relaxers helps me the most, but everyone’s is different.
Try using far infrared heat therapy;consulting your physiotherapist .It's gonna work wonders for u for sure
I have the same. This has literally taken my life. Mine was injury. In your case I’m not sure if this will help but the book the trigger point therapy workbook by Clair Davies might help you get those knots to release trigger points can refer serious pain
Hi Stephen. Thanks for those exercises. It turns out I was doing my chin tucks incorrectly as my PT never told me to lift my head up as I draw the chin back. I'm having tingling sensations in the upper right back portion of my head. My head is feeling less strange after doing the exercises. Thanks so much!
I love reading these comments! Keep up the good work and keep that length and lift!
First exercise had my nerves crackling while opening up and i felt instant relief, flexibility and ease. Pain got less.
my struggle is every neck stretch I have done so far causes me nausea. I will try these. God has blessed me with great compassionate doctors and physical therapists. Honestly I would rather have surgery than more steroid shots in my neck. I have had two shots in the facets of my spine(first helped but second didn't seem to) and two epidural shots in lower spine and they made a huge difference. Now my neck is having issues. SO hopefully the MRI will show what ever is going on. I know surgery would be much harder to recover from. Praying God will take control, as He always is in control, and will show the doctors exactly what is going on and what the best procedure is to do.
i was watching this video in the same position as the girl in 1:30
thank you for helping me relieve my sharp sudden headaches, i always thought it was a sudden migraine
Glad to help!
First one really worsened my symptoms for a moment but the second gave some relief. Thank you so much, I now know exactly where my symptoms lie.
Thanks for watching!
I've been suffering from this for 3 weeks on my left side. It is absolutely horrible. Thank you so much for these exercises. They really helped.
Sam! Working the front of the neck as he says and lacrosse balls on the back occipital. Hopefully this works. It's radiating to the sides and from of my head and tingling.
Chin tuck changed my life! Thanks
So happy to read this!
😮 wow thank you instantly relief I knew something was inflamed and I felt the relief pushing down on my chest bone and stretching
So glad the video helped.
These stretches have also helped with tension in my sternoclydomastoid.
Happy to read this!
Thank you for this video. My neurologist recently diagnosed with occipital neuralgia and I have been looking all over the place to find relief this is some of the most excruciating pain I've ever experienced so again thank you so much for your videos I just subscribed.
Thank you so much Nikkii!
Has it helped you with the pain?
@@amandachandler7319 yes it has.
How to diagnose occipital neuralgia
Oh ma gawd it actually worked whattt breuuhh i am literally dying with this pain (not really its not that bad but inconvenient) and this relaxed it like immediately. 2 good stretchs and its as if nothing happened.
I've been going hard on the pain meds for 3 days and this has actually helped. Not gone, but my pain is significantly less. Thank you.
So glad it helped some!
Wow this helping with the burning sensation I feel on the top of my head. Weird that a stretch is relieving this! Thanks so much. Will make this part of my daily stretching routine after sittig at computer all day!
You're so welcome!
Now you are totally fine ?
And what you did for occipital neuralgia .... Plz
Please guys listen to me i was struggling with occipital neuralgia the pain was unbearable but i feel so relaxed after doing these 2 things number 1- exercise number- 2 cupping (hijama) im muslim and someone told me to try this last thing after all these doctors n etc etc i swear everyone put 8 cups on your back i swear to god you'll all feel the difference and relief from pain i beg you guys to do this if you wanna live a normal life and let me know how you people feelafter all this please go do hijama (cupping).
My mother is going through this and she is in pain thank for the help
Glad it helped!
I was in agony for going on two months. doctors said it was migraines to IIH ..test and scans were showing nothing abnormal but still I had a almost constant “headache” but it was more of pressure and tightness behind my ears and eyes . Did these exercise and in two days, I’m pain free smh thanks so much
I have horrible swishing (like my heartbeat sound) in my ears for almost four years now…. They can’t find anything wrong but I have these symptoms that match this nerve pain in the base of my neck and skull! I feel like the swishing sound stems from my collarbone area and into my neck and base of my skull. I start PT next week, I am hoping this helps! Definitely trying these stretches tonight!
Lifesaver. God bless you 🙏
This makes my day!
Worked like magic.. didn’t realised how tense the anterior neck muscles were.. thank you so much
I'll try this to see if it works. I'm not sure I have ON or not, it's a pain that hits me on the biggest muscle behind my left ear lobe. I wouldn't describe it like an electric shock but definitely like a pinched nerve. I've had it now for about 6-months, some days there's nothing, other days I have it almost all day. Oddly I never experience it during heavy lift sessions, more from when I'm relaxed (like slouching) or if I'm looking over my shoulder to the right (that's a product of working on a tractor). So far the only relief I have found is digging my fingers into my left upper trap, that or looking up at the sky which seems to pinch my neck but also relieves the pain somewhat. Otherwise it'll go as quickly as it comes. It's weird.
that 1st stretch has been the only thing to help my ON. Thank you
I just watched the video. I have been in pain all day with some very massive jolts of pain. Hopefully I'll get some pain free sleep tonight. Thank you. 😊
Instant relief wow
I love reading this! Thanks for sharing
Thankyou so much for this I'm watching this in bed but I will be doing these exercises tomorrow and see how I go, I've suffered for two years with this and thought it was either eustachian tube dysfunction or otitis media due to everything being so close to each other in the neck and sinuses. Wow this has just help me recover thankyou sir
O damn it's so relieving 🥺 i hv been having this pain for years now n nothing helped like it is doing
Thanks for the comment and the 5 star google review! We really appreciate it and so happy you feel better.
That first exercise really exacerbates my symptoms, meaning that is where my issue is. Thank you 🙏
Glad to help you get some clarity...
I love that neck stretch!
I have been suffering for 7 months now. First it was intense throbbing pain around left eye and burning sensation around eye. Now it is like around left ear and eye. I have seen this video helped some of my pain. Thank you for this content.
Same here it’s 7 months
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Wow! I’ve been suffering from this pain on my right side of my head for 3 days and tried this and got instance relief. I will continue to do this a few times daily for continued improvement.
I love reading this!
I'm having throbbing nerve and then lightheadedness in back of head mostly right side
I think I have occipital neuralgia. A 40 year old car accident hurt my neck and the neuralgia I’ve been plagued with likely comes from that. I’ll be doing you exercises again, hoping for relief. Thanx for sharing~
The first one made a difference quickly. The pain is still there, but lessened greatly. As a miner I'm steady looking up and with a hard hat on its extra weight and hard on my neck. What set it off was sleeping on a floor I believe.
Wow...how amazing. For the first time in 10 years my ears stopped screeching..really helps...thanx ever so Brother. God Bless You.
Thanks for watching!
Now your are totally fine ?
And what you did for ....
SERIOUSLY! Is that all it took to help this awful pain! Totally worked! Totally amazing! Absolute genius! Thank you so much 💓
Glad it helped!
Thanks as it started giving me instant reliefs
The exercise sounds like it will help.
Superb Doctor, I had pointed pain at left side just below skull and start of neck from last 3 days. Got instant relief...Thank you so much...God bless you.
Very nice!
Oh, this along with some nearby issues on my upper back and neck has been absolutely wrecking my life. Glad to finally have a name to the issue.
Thank you! The throat stretch is great and I would love more info and stretches and/or advice. Occipital neuralgia is NO joke and I have been suffering from it for a long time!