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What if you could be helped with a specific manual therapy approach to determine whether your neck is a contributing source of your headache?
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What if you could address a previously unrecognised pattern of musculoskeletal misbehaviour in the upper cervical spine with innovative clinical reasoning and novel manual techniques?
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If you don’t know where to start, and need some help, we confirm or rule out the neck as a cause in Cervicogenic and Primary Headache. 

Here is some important information for you as you get underway.

Cervicogenic Headache

is a Secondary Headache as it is caused by 'misbehaviours' in the neck.

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Cervicogenic Headache

Secondary Headache

is caused by anatomical, inflammatory, infectious or physiological abnormalities.

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Secondary Headache

Primary Headache

is caused by dysfunction or overactivity of pain-sensitive structures in the head, for example a sensitised brainstem.

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Primary Headache

These include: Tension Headache (TTHs); Migraine Headache (with or without aura), as well as vestibular migraine, hemiplegic migraine, menstrual migraine; Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalalgias (TACs) which include cluster headache, paroxysmal hemicrania, and SUNCT, an acronym for short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache with conjunctival tearing; New Daily Persistent Headache (Chronic Headache).

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Watson Headache® Clinic

If you, a family member, friend or colleague are living with headache or migraine, it is likely that you also experience neck symptoms (discomfort, stiffness) before and/or during a headache or migraine episode.

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Are You A Health Professional?

Watson Headache® Institute

As a health professional, those living with headache or migraine who seek your expertise are likely to be experiencing neck symptoms (discomfort, stiffness) before and/or during an episode.

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Watson Headache® Institute educates Physiotherapists, Chiropractors and Osteopaths in the Watson Headache® Approach as part of their continuing professional development requirements. 

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How Do We Help?

Watson Headache® Approach

The Approach is medication and radiation free, non invasive (no injections) and comprises a series on non manipulative (‘no cracking’) techniques applied in a systematic way.

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My vision is that a skilled examination of the upper cervical spine becomes accepted universally as integral when investigating the source of headache and migraine (and other conditions in which the underlying disorder is a sensitised brainstem).

Dr Dean Watson PhD (APA Titled Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist)

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Clinical experience supporting those living with a headache or migraine condition

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Teaching internationally about cervical afferents in cervicogenic and primary headache

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Physiotherapists, Osteopaths, and Chiropractors from varying countries have attended Institute Courses

Supporting You With A Powerful Alternative
to Ongoing Medication

Watson Headache®

Advocating for the Role of the Neck in Headache and Migraine

Watson Headache® advocates for the role of neck disorders in headache and migraine, by raising the awareness of cervical afferents (neck input) and thereby redressing current medical perspectives that the neck does not play a causal role.

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Watson Headache® Approach

Identifying the Role of the Neck in Headache and Migraine

Watson Headache® Approach is a sequence of manual therapy techniques and innovative clinical reasoning, identifying and managing relevant neck disorders not only in cervicogenic headache but also in primary headache.

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Dr Dean Watson (PhD)

Advancing the Role of Cervical Afferents In Primary Headache

Dr Dean Watson PhD, APA Titled Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, consults at the Watson Headache® Clinic and also presents educational programs, nationally and internationally, for the Watson Headache® Institute.

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Supporting You By Managing Neck Disorders
in Cervicogenic and Primary Headache

Watson Headache® Clinic

Managing Relevant Neck Disorders in Headache and Migraine

Now recognised nationally and internationally, the Watson Headache® Clinic, established in 1991, was the first dedicated headache clinic in Australia focusing on the management of neck disorders in headache and migraine.

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Watson Headache® Management

Confirming Relevant Neck Disorders in Headache and Migraine

The Watson Headache® Approach is a credible, alternative to pharmaceutical management and confirms or rules out relevant neck disorders as a sensitising source of the brainstem (the cause) of headache and migraine.

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Practitioner Directory

Connecting those with Headache and Migraine to Health Professionals

Increasingly, those experiencing headache and migraine, along with health professionals, reach out to find a Physiotherapist, Chiropractor, Osteopath and Manual Therapy Doctor who have attended an Institute course.

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Supporting You By Educating About The Role Cervical Afferents
in Cervicogenic and Primary Headache

Watson Headache® Institute

Educating About the Role of Cervical Afferents in Headache and Migraine

Watson Headache® Institute has provided education for individuals along with delivering continuing professional development programs (on/offline courses and symposia) to health professionals (manual therapists) in over 25 countries.

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Watson Headache® Education

Understanding the Role of Cervical Afferents in Headache and Migraine

Programs and courses are designed to inform individuals living with, and health professionals managing headache and migraine, about the role of cervical afferents in cervicogenic and primary headache and the Watson Headache® Approach.

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Watson Headache® Community

Providing Updates in the Role of Cervical Afferents for Manual Therapists

Watson Headache® Membership provides access to collegiate discussion, complimentary and paid resources, programs and events for national and international manual therapists who have attended Institute courses.

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Commentary For Professionals

Educating About Headache

C2-3 The Most Common Source Of Headache

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Outcomes For Chronic Headache Patients

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Active Cervical Range of Movement

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Misconception 4 of 10

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Insights For Individuals

Living With Headache

Determining if the Neck is the Cause

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Living With Headache

Decreasing Migraine Progression

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Living With Headache

Neck Stiffness, Discomfort or Pain

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Educating About Headache

Headache and Migraine Frequency

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Headache and Migraine Area of Pain

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Educating About Headache

One Sided Headache or Migraine Pain

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Watson Headache® Approach

Recognised internationally, the Approach has evolved from 27 years of clinical experience exclusively with those living with recurring headache and migraine. The Approach is medication and radiation free, non invasive (no injections) and comprises a series of non manipulative (no ‘cracking’) techniques applied in a systematic way.

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