Headaches 104 / 1 Credit

Learning Objectives:

1. Compare spinal manipulation (SMT) to other manual therapies for the management of cervicogenic headache
2. Summarize and analyze the current evidence regarding the use of manual therapy interventions alone to improve pain intensity, headache frequency and impact of headache in individuals with tension-type headache
3. Outline the existing evidence and theories pertaining to the evolutive nature of migraine headaches for most patients
4. Breakdown the literature regarding the link between the gut-brain axis and migraine headaches
5. Explore the efficacy of manual acupuncture and quantify the true placebo response in the prophylaxis of episodic migraine without aura

Reviews Included

1. Spinal Manipulation for Cervicogenic Headache – Evidence Update +MP3
2. Effectiveness of Manual Therapy for Tension-Type Headache +MP3
3. Migraine as a Chronic Evolutive Condition +MP3
4. Gut-Brain Axis and Migraine Headache +MP3
5. Manual vs. Sham Acupuncture & Usual Care for Prophylaxis of Episodic Migraine Without Aura +MP3

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